Laura A. McLaughlin, MSN, PhD

Saint Louis University (SLU)

My clinical research focus is on nursing care to mitigate the effects of head and neck cancer treatment. Hospital readmission is common and costly in this population. Nursing care focused on oral intake, and dehydration prevention has the potential to reduce the cost of care and improve quality of life. I am also working on strategies to improve genomic literacy in nurses and nursing students. This interest aligns the future of nursing education with the needs of cancer patients in general in the age of precision medicine and genetic testing. My skills include meta-analysis, systematic review, secondary analysis or large data sets, and taste sensory assessment.