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Patricia Robinson, PhD, ARNP

Patricia Robinson , PhD, ARNP

Senior Director of Research

Whole-Person, Center for Academic Research Excellence

Patricia Robinson, PhD, ARNP, NE-BC

Overview

Dr. Patricia Robinson is the Scientific Director of Nursing, Population Health, and Academic Research at AdventHealth Research Institute. She has been a research leader at AdventHealth since 2009, when she left her tenure track academic appointment in the College of Nursing at the University of Central Florida to pursue research fulltime.
In 1994, she received her B.S. in Nursing from the University of Central Florida. She did her graduate work at the University of Florida, receiving her M.S. in Nursing in 2000 and her Ph.D. in Nursing in 2006.
She has received numerous awards and accolades for her research, leadership, and service. As a highly regarded nurse scientist, she understands the intricacies of the challenges faced by caregivers, the rigorous demands of scientific inquiry, and how to merge the two perspectives. She provides effective leadership by leveraging her 16 years of direct clinical care experience with a sophisticated understanding of methodology gained as a scholar at a leading research university. Dr. Robinson works closely with her teams to develop and implement innovative, data-driven solutions to improve care quality and processes. She has a well-established history of external collaboration projects designed to advance the field of healthcare. Her expertise is complemented with her passion for addressing the needs of the most vulnerable populations. She seeks to identify barriers to care of the stigmatized and medically underserved while working tirelessly to promote public policy changes that impact community health. She continues to distinguish herself as a leader both within AdventHealth and in the broad field of healthcare as a medical ethicist, champion of the underserved, and change maker.

Articles

Validation of the Moral Injury Outcome Scale in acute care nurses

FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY

2023

Addressing chronic pain with Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in integrated primary care: findings from a mixed methods pilot randomized controlled trial

BMC PRIMARY CARE

2022

Clinical Leader Series A Virtual Mental Well-being Initiative for Nurse Leaders During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond

JOURNAL OF NURSING ADMINISTRATION

2022

Employment Status of Nurses After a Psychoeducational Group Intervention A Matched Case-Control Study

JOURNAL OF NURSING ADMINISTRATION

2022

The OneFlorida Data Trust: a centralized, translational research data infrastructure of statewide scope

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL INFORMATICS ASSOCIATION

2022

Examining Associations With Mental, Well-Being and Faith in Nurses (LIFT)

JOURNAL OF NURSING ADMINISTRATION

2021

Resilience, Insight, Self-Compassion, and Empowerment (RISE): A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Psychoeducational Group Program for Nurses

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC NURSES ASSOCIATION

2021

A Psychoeducational Group Intervention for Nurses: Rationale, Theoretical Framework, and Development

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC NURSES ASSOCIATION

2021

Evaluation of NICU Healthcare Providers' Experience of Patient Ethics and Communication Excellence (PEACE) Rounds

ADVANCES IN NEONATAL CARE

2021

A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Motivational Interviewing Intervention to Improve Whole-Person Lifestyle

JOURNAL OF PRIMARY CARE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH

2020

Education & Training

Education

University of Central Florida