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Laura Espinosa is the Director of Nursing for Methodist West Houston Hospital, specializing in critical care, cardiology/cardiovascular, medical/surgical oncology, post-anesthesia, and neurological fields. In addition to clinical and nursing management experience, including M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center, Ms. Espinosa is a nursing activist as part of the Texas Nurses Association, American Association of Critical Care Nurses, and Sigma Theta Tau. She is also a member of the National Honor Society of Nurses, the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the National Association of Hispanic Nurses. She is Visiting Assistant Part-time Faculty at Texas Woman's University and was named one of the Texas Nurses Association 20 Outstanding Nurses for 2009.
Research interests
Ms. Espinosa´s research centers on outcomes studies in critical care settings.
Education/Academic qualification
Nursing, PhD, Texas Woman's University
Acute Care Nursing, MSN, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
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- Critical care
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ICU nurses' experiences in providing terminal care
Espinosa, L., Young, A., Symes, L., Haile, B. & Walsh, T., 2010, In: Critical Care Nursing Quarterly. 33, 3, p. 273-281 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Barriers to intensive care unit nurses providing terminal care: An integrated literature review
Espinosa, L., Young, A. & Walsh, T., Jan 2008, In: Critical Care Nursing Quarterly. 31, 1, p. 83-93 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
30 Scopus citations