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Diane Pastor - UNCW Faculty

Dr. Diane K. Pastor

Assistant Professor

"It is a lot of work but very much worth it! You will enjoy forming communities with other students who share similar professional goals."

Degrees Held:

  • Advanced Certificate as Adult Nurse Practitioner – Molloy College, 2011
  • Ph.D. in Nursing – Columbia University, 2008
  • MBA in Finance – Boston College, 1986
  • BSN – University of Maryland, 1979

Career Highlights:

Associate professor of nursing with research interests in community caregiving for frail elders with dementia

Published research about hospice care, Alzheimer’s disease and family caregiving

Graduate council chair

  • Which online degree program(s) do you teach?

    MSN Nurse Educator

  • Which class do you teach online?

    NSG 593: Collaboration for Population Health, Finance, and Policy

  • What types of work/projects can students expect in your online course?

    Research projects about current health policy issues.

  • What advice would you give to people considering an online nursing program?

    It is a lot of work but very much worth it! You will enjoy forming communities with other students who share similar professional goals.

  • What qualities make someone particularly successful in nursing?

    Critical thinking, intellectual curiosity, kindness and collegiality.

  • What is the value of a BSN for current, working nurses?

    Critical thinking, understanding research and community care.

  • Why did you start teaching?

    I love contributing to the next generation of thought leaders and caregivers.

  • What is the one book you think everyone should read?

    Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande

  • Tell us something interesting about yourself that your students might not know.

    I have an identical twin sister!

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