A Brief History of the Journal of Nursing Care Quality.

Dr. Staci Reynolds is a Clinical Professor at Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON). At DUSON, Dr. Reynolds primarily teaches in the DNP program. Previously, she clinically served as a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) at Duke University Hospital within the neuroscience inpatient units and Infection Prevention and Hospital Epidemiology department. In January 2023, Dr. Reynolds was appointed the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Nursing Care Quality.  Before coming to DUSON, she was a neurocritical care nurse and a neuroscience CNS at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital.

Dr. Reynolds received a baccalaureate degree in nursing science from Indiana University (IU) School of Nursing in Indianapolis, Indiana.  She earned a Master’s degree as a Clinical Nurse Specialist at IU in 2011, and completed her PhD at IU in May 2016.  Dr. Reynolds’ current scholarship interests include evidence-based practice implementation and evaluation, and she is an expert in quality improvement.

Beth Blackwood (she, her) is a Research & Education Librarian at the Medical Center Library & Archives, where she serves as the Lead for Research Impact and the Liaison to the Department of Global Health. Her primary duties focus on assisting researchers and administrators with bibliometric questions and program evaluations, as well as specialized teaching and searching. Prior to Duke, she served as the Digital Archivist & Data Librarian at California State University Channel Islands, where she on-boarded a variety of new library infrastructure, developed and taught for-credit courses in data and algorithmic literacy, and implemented data management best practices across campus.