Rate My Professor Lisa eelan-Fancher

Dr. Heelan-Fancher has been recognized with the American Nurses Association 2020 Excellence in Nursing Research award and the 2018 Pearl Rosendahl Teaching Excellence award. Her scholarly contributions include numerous peer-reviewed publications, such as Heelan-Fancher, L., & Nsiah-Jefferson, L. (2024). Advancing climate justice to achieve birth equity: An intersectionality-based policy approach, in Climate justice and public health; Heelan-Fancher, L., et al. (2024). Nulliparous women’s expectations and experiences of early labor, Maternal Child Nursing; Zhang, Y., et al. (2023). Health disparities in the use of primary cesarean delivery among Asian American women, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Nguyen, H., & Heelan-Fancher, L. (2022). Female relatives as lay doulas and birth outcomes, Journal of Perinatal Education; Heelan-Fancher, L., & Edmonds, J. (2021). Intrapartum nurses’ beliefs regarding birth, birth practices, and labor support, Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing; Heelan-Fancher, L., et al. (2019). Impact of continuous electronic fetal monitoring on birth outcomes in low-risk pregnancies, Birth; and Heelan-Fancher, L. (2016). Patient advocacy in childbirth, Nursing Science Quarterly. She teaches evidence-based practice and research, philosophy of nursing science, nurse educator roles in academic settings, maternity and women’s health, and ethics and health policy.