Associate Professor
University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Betty J. Braxter is the Associate Dean of the Undergraduate Nursing Program and an Associate Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Nursing. Her clinical focus is caring for birthing persons given her nurse midwifery background, Tobacco use, specifically, attitudes toward and use of electonic nicotine delivery systems before and during pregnancy, and during the postpartjm period is a primary focus of her resaerch. Aligned with her cliical focus is current research activities that address the psychometric properties of a self-advocacay tool. The concept of self-advocacy may have utility within the maternal health space as a factor to include in intervention strategies designed to reduce maternal mortality and maternal morbidity among the most overprepresented popuation of birthing persons experiencing the outcomes, Black birthing persons.
An interest and recent work in the simulation health care space targets a concept that has prominently emerged within the 2021 American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) BSN New Essentials. The concept is that of clinical judgment. Dr. Braxter's interest and beginning simulation work targets aligning the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) six-step model to incorporating the steps into assessments and handoff reports within a matnerl health driven simulations.