|  | | Adjunct Faculty,
MUSC Colleges of Nursing and Medicine
Dean and Professor, Charleston Southern University School of Nursing Charleston Southern University
9200 University Boulevard
Charleston, SC 29423-8087 Telephone: (843) 863-7075
Fax: (843) 863-7430
hulseyt@musc.edu | | Dr. Tara Hulsey is Dean and Professor in the School of Nursing at Charleston Southern University; is Adjunct Faculty in the Colleges of Medicine (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology) and Nursing; and is full faculty member in the College of Graduate Studies at the Medical University of South Carolina. She received her bachelor of science in nursing from Clemson University, her master of science in maternal/child nursing from the Medical University of South Carolina, and her Doctor of Science in Nursing from the University of South Carolina. Dr. Hulsey is also a Certified Nurse Educator. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau and is a past-president of the Gamma Omicron at-Large Chapter. She is currently the Region 7 Coordinator for Sigma Theta Tau International. Dr. Hulsey has held numerous leadership positions in the area of perinatal nursing, serving on the Board of Directors for the South Carolina Perinatal Association, the Regional Perinatal Association, and the National Perinatal Association. She served 5 years as Chair of the research committee of the National Perinatal Association. She is one of 20 nurses in the country chosen annually for the Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellowship. | | Dr. Hulsey has been at the Medical University since 1990 and has held numerous positions during her tenure here. Her specialty area is high-risk obstetrics, and she previously held the position of the Perinatal Outreach Educator and the Regional Systems Developer for the Medical University's eight county perinatal region. She has served two terms on the executive committee for the University Faculty Senate, the University Research Advisory Committee, and chaired the University Gender Equity Committee. She has extensive clinical experience in high-risk antepartum and intrapartum nursing and in level I and II newborn nursing. She has taught and advised in the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs and is the track coordinator for the Nurse Educator master's program. She served as Associate Dean for Academics and as Associate Dean for Faculty in the College of Nursing at MUSC. In addition to teaching, she conducts research and has published in the areas of unwanted pregnancy, infant mortality and low birth weight, and maternal pregnancy behaviors. She has presented her research at local, regional, and national levels. Currently, Dr. Hulsey is funded by the March of Dimes to pilot Centering Pregnancy, a group approach to prenatal care. |
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