
Tara Walker, DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
140 Cohntara.walker@wayne.edu , ej0304@wayne.edu
313-577-3647
Office hours
Wednesdays 11-12:30 pm by appointment
Tara Walker, DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC
Education
- BSN - University of Rochester
- MSN/MBA - University of Phoenix
- DNP - Wayne State University
- ANCC Board Certified Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
- Graduate Certificate Nursing Education - Wayne State University
Research Interests
- Doctoral mentoring programs
- Reducing 30-day readmission rates
- Quality improvement in long term care facilities
- Hospital throughput to reduce length of stay in adult populations
- Provider to provider communication
- Adolescents and health promotion
Clinical Area(s) of Expertise
- Internal Medicine
- Leadership
- Reduction strategies for length of stay
- Reduction of 30-day readmission rates
- Nursing Mentorship
Selected Publications
Villaseñor, S., Walker, T., Fetters, L., & McCoy, M. (2017). e-Prescribing in the acute care setting: Determining the educational and motivational needs of healthcare providers. Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 35(8), 392-400.
Casida, J., Crane, P., Walker, T., Wargo, L. (2012). Elaboration of leadership and culture in high-performing nursing units of hospitals as perceived by staff nurses. Research and Theory for Nursing Practice: An International Journal, 26( 4), 241- 261.
Courses taught by Tara Walker, DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC
Spring-Summer Term 2023 (future)
Winter Term 2023 (current)
- NUR2050 - Fundamentals of Nursing Care
- NUR7555 - Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice
- NUR8990 - Directed Study
- NUR9510 - DNP Project Practicum III
- NUR9520 - DNP Project
Fall Term 2022
- NUR2050 - Fundamentals of Nursing Care
- NUR7444 - Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology Across the Lifespan for APRNs
- NUR9505 - DNP Project Practicum II
- NUR9510 - DNP Project Practicum III
- NUR9520 - DNP Project
Spring-Summer Term 2022
- NUR9510 - DNP Project Practicum III
- NUR9500 - DNP Project Practicum I
- NUR8695 - APN Specialty Clinical III: Advanced
- NUR7030 - Advanced Nursing Assessment
Winter Term 2022
- NUR2050 - Fundamentals of Nursing Care
- NUR7555 - Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice
- NUR9505 - DNP Project Practicum II
- NUR9510 - DNP Project Practicum III