A Team-Based Approach to Delivering Person-Centered Care at the End of Life

Dr. Webb joined the faculty of Duke University School of Nursing in 2020.  She earned a BSN from Indiana University, a MSN from The George Washington University (Nursing Leadership and Management) and a  DNP from the University of Minnesota.  She has diverse nursing practice and leadership experience and has held executive leadership positions in behavioral/psychiatric-mental health, home health, acute care, and hospice care. She is a member of the American Nurses’ Association, DNPs of Color, North Carolina Nurses Association, National Black Nurses’ Association, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses’ Association.  She currently serves as the immediate past President of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses’ Association and Hospice and Palliative Nursing Foundation Board of Directors.  She is a certified hospice and palliative care administrator and has served as a faculty member for the CORE End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC)  Train-the-Trainer Course sponsored by the Hospice and Palliative Nurses’ Association. She is also a Teaching for Equity Fellow, a Certified Cultural Intelligence Facilitator, and Unconscious Bias Coach.

Her scholarly and research interests include: the application of the cultural intelligence framework to advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, and build community; end-of-life nursing education for undergraduate students, graduate students and practicing professionals; innovation in healthcare delivery systems, and interprofessional education and practice.  Dr. Webb continues to practice as a consultant for Teleios Collaborative Network and as a consultant for Four Seasons, a hospice, palliative care, and home care provider in western North Carolina.