Debra Gillespie

Debra Gillespie, RN, MS, PhD, received her BSN from the University of Southern Maine, her MS from Northeastern University in Boston and her PhD from the University of Wisconsin School of Nursing. She has over 20 years of experience as a Magnet Coordinator, Clinical Nurse Educator, Research Nurse Coordinator, and Compliance Officer, and is currently the Assistant Director of Research and Resources and an Assistant Professor at the School of Nursing at the University of Southern Maine. She is the...See more

Debra Gillespie, RN, MS, PhD, received her BSN from the University of Southern Maine, her MS from Northeastern University in Boston and her PhD from the University of Wisconsin School of Nursing. She has over 20 years of experience as a Magnet Coordinator, Clinical Nurse Educator, Research Nurse Coordinator, and Compliance Officer, and is currently the Assistant Director of Research and Resources and an Assistant Professor at the School of Nursing at the University of Southern Maine. She is the author of a number of publications, and her areas of expertise are nursing research, evidence-based practice, informed consent, knowledge translation, and mentoring. See less