Megan Taylor

Nurse practitioner and educator with passion for helping individuals achieve their greatest potential in practice and personal well-being. Dedicated to empowering current and future nurses by equipping them with skills and attitudes to excel in practice. Fosters a supportive classroom environment to build confidence and generate effective learning in healthcare professionals. Provides essential support and guidance to nurses of various levels of experience.

• Lori Libbert New Faculty Teaching Commendation 2024
• WE CARE Round of Applause Spring 2024 for finding Arkansas practicum placement for Mississippi students
• WE CARE Round of Applause Spring 2024 for providing sports physicals to students from Decatur ISD
• Positive student course evaluations in 2023-2024 academic year

• ACUE Microcredential: Creating and Inclusive and Supportive Learning Environment. Fall 2024
• DNP Skills Day: Demonstrated skills of incision and drainage, superficial shave biopsy, and punch biopsy to DNP students. This involved preparing written material to accompany the demonstration and working with students individually and in small groups to practice the skills on simulation pads. Fall 2024
• Co-developed NURS 41513 Elevating Professional Nursing Practice to align with goals for competency-based education. Spring 2024
• Refined NURS 40233 Health Promotion Across the Lifespan to align with Program Learning Outcomes after an audit of former student work revealed aspects of the formative assessment needed updated instructions. These changes involved re-writing several weeks of course content and re-recording instruction videos for asynchronous online students. Spring 2024
• ACUE Microcredential: Inspiring Inquiry and Lifelong Learning in Your Online Course. Spring 2024
• Developed and successfully piloted a process to communicate Online BSN student clearance from the practicum team to clinical coordinators using Microsoft Excel sheets and formulas. Fall 2023-Spring 2024
• ACUE Microcredential: Promoting Active Learning. Fall 2023.
• SEC Teaching With Artificial Intelligence: Eight-module course completed to become informed and skilled in using AI productively, including how to develop assignments that allow students to use AI while genuinely thinking and demonstrating learning.

• Faculty Affairs Committee. Member. Fall 2024
• J1 Level Committee. Member. Fall 2024
• Decatur School District Sports Physicals. Provided sports physical assessment to adolescents as an advanced practice provider alongside DNP students who have passed their pediatrics rotation. Spring 2024.
• Sigma Theta Tau, Pi Theta. Awards Chair Fall 2024-Spring 2025. Member since Fall 2023.
• Research, Scholarship, Discovery, and Innovation Committee. Member. Fall 2023-Spring 2024
• Online BSN Committee. Member. Fall 2023-Spring 2024.
• Arkansas Track Club. Team Advanced Practice Nurse. I travel with the team to national competitions for oversight of health and nutrition. 2021-Present.