Dr. Bobby Lowery is Director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice Programs at East Carolina University College of Nursing. He serves as the Nurse Educator, BSN and Higher representative to the NC BON chairs the NP Joint Subcommittee of the Boards of Nursing and Medicine, the Midwifery Committee, Licensure Review Panel, serves on the Governance Committee and chairs the NCSBN Distance Learning Committee builds on his research interests on best practices in regulation. With over 27 years combined nursing experience as a family nurse practitioner, health policy advocate and educator, Dr. Lowery holds a PhD in Nursing and BSN from East Carolina University, and Masters of Nursing, Emory University School of Nursing. His experience has served as a foundation for education and motivating both practice NPs and NP students for involvement in health care policy. His dissertation work “The Impact of Regulatory Requirements for Physician Oversight on Nurse Practitioner Practice” will expand nursing knowledge and inform key stakeholders, policy leaders and legislators regarding the impact of the impact of regulation of nurse practitioner practice and the need for evidence based consumer centric NP regulation, interporfessional education and interprofessional healthcare. A native of Robeson County, Dr. Lowery is a member of the Native American Lumbee Tribe. He currently lives in Goldsboro, NC.
Our Interest in Interprofessional Practice and Education:
Director of the DNP Program; PI HRSA Grant $1,091,723 The grant proposes to address the health care needs of individuals in rural communities with multiple chronic conditions (MCC) by implementing interprofessional education (IPE) strategies and IPE competencies in the primary care clinical and didactic curriculum of AGNP and FNP students. The US Department of Health and Human Services defines multiple chronic conditions (MCCs) as two or more conditions that last a year or more and require the ongoing medical attention and/or limit activities of daily living. The objectives of this proposal are to: 1) Integrate Interprofessional Education (IPE) competencies throughout the AGNP and FNP curriculum; 2) Create case-based interprofessional learning scenarios in the VCCLE that address the IPE core competencies in the management of individuals with MCC, including those with MCC due to occupational causes; 3) Develop and expand clinical and didactic content in the management of individuals with MCC living in rural communities through interprofessional experiences with Standardized patient (SP) simulated case scenarios; and 4) Promote and evaluate IPE competencies used by clinicians, faculty, and students practicing in a rural, underserved community that serves a diverse, ethnic minority population.
Signature Programs and Activities:
- Doctor of Nursing Practice Website, College of Nursing, East Carolina University: http://www.nursing2.ecu.edu/DNP/
- Adult Gerontology Nurse Practitioner and Family Nurse Pracittioner Website, College of Nursing, East Carolina Univeristy: http://www.nursing2.ecu.edu/NurseFNP/