Diane R. Andrews, PhD, RN

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR --
Coordinator, MSN Nursing Leadership & Mgmt

Office: HPA-I (building 80), Room 214 (Map)
Phone: 407-823-3084
E-mail: andrews@mail.ucf.edu

PROFILE

College of Nursing Assistant Professor Diane Andrews has more than 30 years of nursing experience.

Her expertise covers a range of areas associated with workforce issues, especially as it relates to nursing recruitment, retention and the nursing shortage. She is the track coordinator for the Nursing Leadership and Management master's program at UCF, and her current area of research focuses on work force development and leadership and management issues.

She has a doctorate in public affairs from UCF and is a registered nurse with a master's degree in nursing service administration and a bachelor's degree in nursing.

Dr. Andrews has studied nurse satisfaction and the role that structure and stressors associated with a nurse's job plays in retention. She has published in the Journal of Professional Nursing and the Journal of Nursing Management. Dr. Andrews is also a reviewer for the International Journal of Public Policy, Internal Journal of Nursing Studies and Journal of Nursing Management.

She continues to serve her community as president of the Florida Medical Association Alliance and as a member of the Community Advisory Board for the Orlando Science Center. Download full CV.

PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS

Journals
Andrews, D.R. & Wan, T.T.W. (2009). The importance of mental health to the experience of job strain: An evidence guided approach to improve retention. Journal of Nursing Management.

Andrews, D.R. & Dziegielewski, S.F. (2005). The nurse manager: job satisfaction, the nursing shortage and retention. Journal of Nursing Management, 13, 286-295.

Andrews, D.R. (2004). The nurse reinvestment act: the impact of governmental and non-governmental administrative tools. The Journal of Professional Nursing, 20(4), 260-269.

Andrews, D.R. (2004). Fostering ethical competency: an ongoing staff development process that encourages professional growth and staff satisfaction. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 35(1) 27-33.

Andrews, D.R. (2003). Lessons from the past: confronting past discriminatory practices as a tool to alleviate the nursing shortage through increased professional diversity. Journal of Professional Nursing, 19(5), 289-294.

Book Chapters
Andrews, D.R. (1987). Tactics for the post-anesthesia care unit nurse administrator. In K.E. Fraulini (Ed.) After Anesthesia: A Guide for PACU, ICU and Medical-Surgical Nurses (p. 39-60). Norwalk: Appleton & Lange.

Andrews, D.R. (1987). Strategies for the post-anesthesia care unit nurse administrator. In K.E. Fraulini (Ed.) After Anesthesia: A Guide for PACU, ICU and Medical-Surgical Nurses (p. 61-86). Norwalk: Appleton & Lange.

PRESENTATION HIGHLIGHTS

Andrews, D. Analysis of serendipitous qualitative data related to job strain. Podium presentation at the 24th Annual Southern Nursing Research Society. Baltimore, MA. February, 2009.

Andrews, D. The lived experience of staff nurse response to job strain. Podium presentation at the 16th Annual Research Day, Theta Epsilon Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau, Inc. Orlando, FL. April, 2008.

Andrews, D. The lived experience of staff nurse response to job strain. Poster presentation at the 2008 Annual Conference, Southern Nursing Research Society. Birmingham, AL. February, 2008.

Andrews, D. A structural model of job strain. Poster presentation at the Southern Nursing Research Society Annual Conference. Galveston, TX. February, 2007.

AWARD HIGHLIGHTS

  • Outstanding Dissertation Award, UCF College of Health and Public Affairs (2006)
  • Outstanding Service Award, Orange County Medical Association Alliance (2005)
  • Summit Award for Community Leadership, Women’s Resource Center (2004, 2001)
  • William Trickel Award for Volunteer Leadership, Florida Hospital Foundation (2000)
  • President’s Award for Service, Florida Medical Association Alliance (1999)

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION HIGHLIGHTS

  • American Association for Colleges of Nursing
  • American Nurses Association
  • American Organization of Nurse Executives
  • American Society of Post Anesthesia Nurses
  • Florida Nurses Association
  • Florida Organization of Nurse Executives
  • Florida Society of Post Anesthesia Nurses
  • National League for Nursing
  • Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
  • Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society, Gamma and Theta Epsilon Chapters
  • Southern Nursing Research Society

COMMUNITY SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS

  • Elected 2008-2009 President of the Florida Medical Association Alliance (FMAA)
  • Member of FMAA’s Board of Governors, Executive Committee & Finance Committee
  • Serves on Orlando Science Center’s Community Advisory Board for Health and Medicine
  • Member of Board of Directors and Executive Committee for Jewish Family Services of Greater Orlando
  • Member of the Finance Committee for Florida Hospital Foundation
  • Founding member of Florida Hospital Cancer Institute’s Foundation Board
  • Founding member and former chair of Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences Foundation Board
  • Founding Trustee and Finance Committee member of Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences
  • Chair of the Florida Hospital and University of Central Florida Endowment Oversight Committee

EDUCATION HISTORY
PhD-University of Central Florida
MS-University of Illinois
BSN-University of Iowa

RESEARCH INTERESTS
-Environmental and worker analysis to gauge the impact and outcomes associated with employment within health care settings, particularly in light of current workforce projections.

-Special interest in the physical and psychological stressors associated with work in a health care environment and the coping response of individuals to those stressors.

-Health services research including the dissemination and implementation of nursing research.

-Health systems and policy research.

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