
Tom Meyer, MSN, BS, RN, CCRN, CNS, ACNP-BC
Assistant Professor Adult Health Nursing Department
Research and Areas of Interest
- Adult Acute Care
- Critical Care
- Wilderness Medicine
- Veterans health
Education
- MSN- University of South Alabama, Acute Care NP Program, 2000
- BSN - University of Southern Mississippi, Nursing (With Honors), 1979
- BS- University of South Alabama, Biology, 1975
Publications
- Revising four chapters, Measures of Oxygenation and Ventilation, The Chest X-Ray, Oxygen Supplementation, and Mechanical Ventilatory Support, in: Barkley, T & Myers, C. Practice Guidelines for Acute Care Nurse Practitioners, 3nd Ed. (in print). Saunders.
- Buckner, E. B., Meyer, T., Hamilton, K., & Norris, K., (2011). Perspectives worth sharing: Wilderness and Adventure Therapy for Behavioral Health. CompassPoint 21(4), 19-22.
- Contributed four chapters, Measures of Oxygenation and Ventilation, The Chest X-Ray, Oxygen Supplementation, and Mechanical Ventilatory Support, in: Barkley, T & Myers, C. Practice Guidelines for Acute Care Nurse Practitioners, 2nd Ed. (2007). Saunders.
- Jacobs, M. & Meyer, T. Pulmonary Hypertension: The push is on. Nursing made incredibly easy! (May/June, 2006)
- Meyer, T. Calculating Drug Dosages -- Accurately: Getting most of them right isn't good enough. American Journal of Nursing, Vol. 104, No. 11, Nov. 2004.
- Meyer, T. & Xu, Y. Academic and Clinical Dissonance in Nursing Education: Are we guilty of failure to rescue?. Nurse Educator, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp 2-6
Teaching
Graduate Courses
- Physio-Pathological Basis of Advanced Nursing Practice
- Pharmacology for Advanced Practice Nurses
- Advanced Nursing Assessment of Adults
- Advanced Nursing Assessment of Adults Practicum
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Adult Acute Care Nursing (Coordinator) - Advanced Adult Acute Care Nursing I
- Advanced Adult Acute Care Nursing I Practicum
- Advanced Adult Acute Care Nursing II
Honors & Awards
- Excellence in Community Service Award, Sigma Theta Tau, Zeta Gamma Chapter, 2016
- Received Appreciation of Service plaque for coordination of College of Nursing support of campus wide Student Health events.
- 2013 Excellence in Fundraising for Scholarships, Sigma Theta Tau International, Zeta Gamma Chapter
- Chief Marshal for Fall 2011 & Spring 2012 Commencements.
- 2011 Faculty Service Award, College of Nursing, University of South Alabama
- 2010 President’s Award for Excellence in Service, Sigma Theta Tau International, Zeta Gamma Chapter
- 2005 Faculty Teaching Award, College of Nursing, University of South Alabama