Sharon Elizabeth Metcalfe
Biography
Sharon Elizabeth Metcalfe is currently an Associate Professor of Nursing at Western Carolina University in Asheville, North Carolina. For over 8 years, Sharon has been an Associate Professor of Nursing and has had previous academic appointments as a Dean of Nursing for a private and community college. Additionally, she has been an educational grants researcher and has focused on grant funding for partnerships with colleges and medical facilities. Sharon is currently serving on the Board of the North Carolina Nursing Association Foundation from 2010 to the present. Sharon has focused her nursing research agenda on global leadership development for nurses and on mentoring transformational nurse leaders to meet the needs of the future. She additionally has been serving as the Program Director of the NN-CAT Program (Nursing Network-Careers and Technology Program) which is a national program that provides scholarships, stipends, and personal mentors to underrepresented ethnic minority students for guidance for applying to the baccalaureate of nursing education program at Western Carolina University, USA.
Abstract
Abstract : Promoting inclusion of diversity in nursing education