Dorothy Mary Govin Hubbard, PhD, RN
Associate Professor, Continuing Education Coordinator
Nursing Education Center
Shreveport, Louisiana 71101
(318) 677-3133
hubbardd@nsula.edu

EDUCATION
BSN, University of Texas Medical Branch,
Galveston, Texas, 1973

MSN, Northwestern State University
Natchitoches, Louisiana, 1977

Ph.D., Texas Woman’s University,
Denton, Texas, 1981

RESEARCH
Doctoral Dissertation: A Nursing Intervention for Hemodialysis Patients

Master’s Research Project: A Self-Report of Accidents and Time of Day

PRESENTATIONS
March 20, 1992 Planning Committee Chairman/Speaker
“Ethical Issues in Health Care Decision Making” (First Annual Ethics Conference), sponsored by Schumpert Medical Center.
Presentation: Legal/Administrative Issues

October 20, 1995 - Speaker
Louisiana State Nurse’s Association Annual Convention - Baton Rouge
Presentation: The Ethics of Managed Care

August 7, 1998 Planning Committee Member/Speaker
“Changing the Culture of Health Care: An Ethics Conference” sponsored by Louisiana State University Medical Center Hospital PEER Center
Presentation: What is Feminist Ethics, Anyway?

October 14, 1998 Speaker
“The Changing Seasons of the Aging Population” Community education sponsored by Affiliated Home Health, et al.
Presentation: “Advance Care Planning”

October 22, 1998 Panel Participant
“Ethical Practical Issues Seminar” sponsored by Willis Knighton Medical Center for nurses. Member: Panel for discussion of Ethical Issues

October 30, 1998 Panel Participant
“Ethical Practical Issues Seminar” sponsored by Willis Knighton Medical Center for community and pastoral education.
Member: Panel Discussion

October 18, 2000 Speaker
“Ethical Issues: End of Life Decisions for the New Millennium” sponsored by Willis Knighton Medical Center
Presentation: Ethics Issues in Pain Management

October 20, 2000 Speaker
“Ethical Issues: End of Life Decisions for the New Millennium” sponsored by Willis Knighton Medical Center
Presentation: Ethics Issues in Pain Management

December 6, 2002 Speaker, Panel Participant & Planning Committee Chair  “When is it Time to Call in the Ethics Committee?” day-long Ethics Workshop sponsored by NSU Continuing Nursing Education. Presentation: Ethics Committees: An Overview

National Meeting Presenter

April 15, 2000 Speaker
American Society of Pain Management Nurses national meeting, St. Louis, MO (April 13 – 16) Presentation: “The Ethics of Pain Management”

PUBLICATIONS

"Pressure Ulcers: Management at Schumpert Medical Center" Schumpert Medical Quarterly, Vol.8, No.2, February 1990.

“An Ethical Framework for Operating Room Infection Control” Seminars in Perioperative Nursing, Vol. 3, No 2 April 1994, 88-92.

Several articles were published in the Shreveport Medical Society’s Bulletin, 1993-95.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Society of Bioethics & Humanities
American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics
American Nurses Association
Kennedy Institute of Ethics
Sigma Theta Tau International
Nursing Honor Society
Beta Chi Chapter, Secretary (1990-94)
Ethics Committees
Louisiana State University Medical Center
Christus Schumpert Medical Center

GRANT PROPOSAL
“Improving Care at the End-of-Life in Louisiana”
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,
Application made: July 1998