Biography
Sandra K. Prunty, Ph.D., RN has been teaching in the Marshall University School of Nursing since fall 2005. She was a member of the first MSN degree class at Marshall University and completed her MSN degree with an emphasis on the Family Nurse Practitioner in 1992. She received her Ph.D. in Nursing in 1999 from the University of Kentucky. Her doctoral research was entitled “Symptoms of Myocardial Infarction by Sex and Gender Identity.” Dr. Prunty currently teaches in the undergraduate nursing program, both in the pre-licensure and RN to BSN. Dr. Prunty served as Director of the RN to BSN Program for 12 years. Since 2008, Dr. Prunty has served as primary investigator and co-investigator on several research projects and has presented at conferences at the international, national, and regional level. Her current emphasis of research is nursing education. She has served on numerous committees at the University, College, and Departmental level as well as been involved in nursing organizations at the state and international level. Dr. Prunty is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, the International Honor Society of Nursing and a founding member of the Marshall University School of Nursing Alumni Association.