Dr. Teak Nelson
Phd - Nursing - Professor of Nursing
Academic Year (Fall/Spring Semesters):
Monday 1030-1230 and 1530-1700; Wednesday 1030-1230 and 1430-1600; and Friday 1030-1230 and 1330-1430, as well as additional hours as designated on the Google Calendar (see link below). Office hours will be conducted during these times by appointment using Google Calendar scheduling function.
https://calendar.app.google/HHEUEpC31w6DA59B9
When scheduling a time to meet for office hours you will have the following options (note which kind of meeting you are scheduling in the comments box:
A. Face-to-face (HS 3230)
B. Zoom ( Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/91187253811): Waiting room will be enabled to prevent others from joining in until their own appointment times - thus ensuring privacy).
BSN, University of Missouri-Columbia
MSN, University of Michigan
PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia
Teak has worked in professional nursing as an RN and an APRN (family nurse practitioner) for over 30 years primarily in areas of maternal/neonatal and pediatrics with an emphasis upon primary care - health promotion/disease prevention. She joined the nursing faculty at Truman State University in 2002 and has taught a variety of courses ranging from pharmacology and nutrition to pediatric nursing. Teak also teaches courses in the disability studies minor and has facilitated or taught liberal arts and sciences freshman seminars. Her varied other interests include farming with her husband and two children, scuba diving, hiking, knitting, horseback riding, and reading. She is an advocate for reasonable risk-taking (scuba and skydiving are good places to start).