Rate My Professor Barbara Reyna

Reyna earned her BSN from Binghamton University, an NNP certificate from West Virginia University, and both her MSN and PhD in Nursing Science from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2010. Her doctoral dissertation, titled 'Mother-Infant Synchrony during Infant Feeding,' explored synchrony in feeding interactions between mothers and preterm infants, developing and testing the Maternal-Infant Synchrony Scale. Her research specializations include neonatal feeding progression, mother-infant interactions, preterm infant outcomes, and the role of non-nutritive sucking. Key publications include 'Mother-infant Synchrony' (Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, 2009), 'A Descriptive Study of Mothers’ Experiences Feeding Their Preterm Infants After Discharge' (Advances in Neonatal Care, 2006), 'Relationship of the First Suck Burst to Feeding Outcomes in Preterm Infants' (2006), 'Effects of Non-Nutritive Sucking on Nutritive Sucking, Breathing, and Behavioral State in Preterm Infants' (2004), and co-authored works such as 'Strategies to Improve Mother’s Own Milk Expression in Black and Hispanic Mothers of Premature Infants' (2022) and 'Role of the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner in the Community Hospital' (2019). Reyna's contributions enhance graduate nursing education and neonatal practice through her leadership in the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner program and scholarly work on infant feeding and neurodevelopmental risks.