Donna Scott Tilley

Associate Professor and Director, Nursing at Harris College of Nursing and Health Science

Phone: 817.257.6810

Email: D.Tilley@tcu.edu

 

Educational Background

B.S.N. (Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing ), 1991; M.S. (Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing ), 1997; Ph.D. (University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio), 2002.

 

Teaching Responsibilities

  • Research and Theory in Practice
  • Community Health Nursing Clinical Practicum
  • Teaching Strategies for Professional Practice

Research Interests

  • Understanding and preventing family violence
  • Educational Issues

Selected Publications

Scott-Tilley, D., Allen, P., & Green, A. (In press). Competency in nursing: A concept analysis. Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing.

 

Walker, C., Scott Tilley, D., Lockwood, S., & Walker, M.B. (in press). An Innovative Approach to Accelerated Baccalaureate Nursing Education. Nursing Education Perspectives.

 

Weeks, S., Rubinson, D., & Scott Tilley, D. (in press). The ABCs of organizational credentialing. Nursing Management.

 

Scott-Tilley, D., Allen, P., Green, A., Collins, C., Bridges, R., & Francis-Johnson, P. (June, 2007). Promoting clinical competence: Using scaffolded instruction for practice based learning. Journal of Professional Nursing.

 

Cherry, B., Marshall-Gray, P., Laurence, A., Green, A., Valadez, A., Scott-Tilley, D., & Merritt, P. (2007). The geriatric training academy: Innovative education for certified nurse aides and charge nurses. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, March 2007, 37-44.

 

Scott Tilley, D., Boswell, C. & Cannon, S. (2006). Developing and establishing on line student learning communities. CIN: Computers & Informatics in Nursing 24(3).

 

Scott Tilley, D., Marshall Gray, P., Valadez, A., & Green, A. (2005). Integrating long term care concepts into baccalaureate nursing education: The road to quality geriatric health care. Journal of Nursing Education, 44(6).

 

Scott Tilley, D., & Brackley, M. (2005). Men who batter intimate partners: A grounded theory of the development of male violence in intimate partner relationships. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 26(3), 281-298.

 

Scott Tilley, D., & Brackley, M. (2004). Violent lives of women: Critical Points for Intervention – Phase I Focus Groups. Perspectives in Psychiatric Nursing, 40(4), 157-166.

 

Scott Tilley, D. (2004). The development of violence in men who batter intimate partners. The Texas Journal of Rural Health, XXII (1).

 

Scott Tilley, D. (1999). Nursing interventions for domestic violence. American Journal of Nursing, 99(10), 24JJ-29JJ.

 

Scott Tilley, D. (2007). Qualitative Research Methods. Chapter in C. Boswell, & S. Cannon, Nursing Research: Incorporating evidence based practice. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.

 

Cox, H., Hinz, M., Lubno, M., Scott Tilley, D., Newfield, S., McCarthy Slater, M., & Sridaromont, K. (2002). Clinical applications of nursing diagnosis: Adult, child, women’s psychiatric, gerontic, and home health considerations. (4th and 5th Editions). F.A. Davis Publishing.

 

Recent Presentations

The Development of Male Violence in Intimate Partner Relationships:Grounded Theory Development. 8th International Family Violence Research Conference, Portsmouth, New Hampshire - July, 2003.

 

When Assessment and Intervention are Not Enough: Caring as an Essential Element in the Treatment of Battered Women. International Association for Human Caring, San Antonio, Texas - April, 1999.

 

The Depression Status, Social Support and Perceived Health of Battered Women. World Conference on Family Violence, Singapore - September, 1998.

 

Comprehensive Geriatric Education Program. Department of Health and Human Sciences Health Resource Service Administration Grantee Meeting, Washington DC – September, 2004.

 

The Development of Male Violence in Intimate Partner Relationships: Grounded Theory Development. 8th International Family Violence Research Conference. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. - July, 2003.

 

Focus Groups in the Violent Lives of Battered Women: Critical Points for Intervention. AHWONN, 2001 Convention, Charlotte, North Carolina - June, 2001.

 

Violent Lives of Women: Critical Points for Intervention. All University Conference on the Advancement of Women in Higher Education. Texas Tech University - April, 2000.

 

Violence in College Dating Relationships. Southwest College Health Association, Lubbock, Texas - October, 1998.

 

Nursing Care of the Battered Woman. Lubbock Department of Health, Lubbock, Texas - February, 1996.

 

Withdrawal of Nutrition and IV in the Terminal Patient. Ethical Perspectives Conference, Lubbock, Texas - October, 1994

 

Posters Presented

Lighting the Path to Preeminence. Poster session presented at Texas Tech University, Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas. 2004.

READS: Retention in Education and Academics for Disadvantaged Students. Poster session presented at Texas Deans and Directors Meeting, Austin, Texas. 2004.

Life Histories of Violence in Battered Women – Focus Groups Data. Poster session presented at the Southern Nursing Research Society, Little Rock, Arkansas. 2000.

 

Professional Affiliations

  • Texas Nurses Association, District 18. President. 2002-2004.
  • Sigma Theta Tau International, Iota Mu Chapter. Counselor. 2003-2004.
  • Texas Nurses Association District 18. Chair of Workplace Issues Committee. 1996-1997.
  • Southern Nursing Research Association. Member.
  • International Society of Nurse Geneticists. Member.
  • National League for Nurses. Member.

Professional Service

  • Doctorate of Nursing Practice Advisory Committee 2007
  • Doctorate of Nursing Practice Task Force. Texas Christian University. Member. 2006- 2007.

Community Activities directly related to professional skills

  • Hospice of Lubbock, Board of Directors. President. 2002-2004.
  • Hospice of Lubbock, Board of Directors. Vice President. 2002.
  • Women’s Protective Services. Board of Directors. 2001-2002.
  • Hospice of Lubbock. Board of Directors. 1997-2005.
  • Women’s Protective Services. Board of Directors. 1996-1999.

Honors & Awards

  • Distinguished Alumni Award. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing. 2007.
  • Mortar Board Outstanding Faculty Award, Texas Tech University Mortar Board.2005.
  • AACN Helene Fuld Leadership Fellow. 2003.
  • Mortar Board Outstanding Faculty Award, Texas Tech University Mortar Board. 2003.
  • Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Student Senate Teacher of the Year Award. 2003.
  • Leadership Texas Class of 2002.
  • Who’s Who in American Health Care. 2002.