Susan L. Taylor
Interim Dean of the School of Nursing
Biography
Throughout her decades-long career as a nurse educator, clinician and administrator, Susan Taylor has remained passionate about community engagement and teaching. She began working in medicine in the late 1970s, at which time she served as an assistant professor of nursing at Mobile College in Alabama, followed by Westbrook College in Maine.
Taylor later worked as a nurse manager with the Southern Maine Division of American Red Cross Blood Services, through which she managed a permanent blood donor and pheresis center site. She then taught at Saint Joseph College of Maine as both an associate and assistant professor with that institution’s B.S.N. and M.S.N. programs. There, she co-founded the Nursing and Wellness Center at the Bath (Maine) Housing Authority Congregate Housing Complex. This program received a recognition award by the Maine Public Health Association.
Most recently, Taylor held roles with Signature Healthcare/Brockton Hospital School of Nursing, including academic administrator and dean. Under the direction of the Chief Nurse Officer of Signature Healthcare, she was responsible for the planning, operation, control, and evaluation of all school programming and activities. She also co-founded the organization’s Homeward Bound Program, through which chronically ill patients at home receive visits from students and faculty, as well as telehealth contact from an R.N. Since its inception, the program has resulted in hospital readmission rates at Signature Healthcare that are lower than the national average.
Taylor’s scholarship has been featured in numerous publications, including Nursing Education Perspectives, Advance for Nurses and American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care, among others. Taylor has also offered her professional services to various organizations over the years, including, but not limited to, the Silver Lake Regional High School Health Careers Advisory Board, the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing, the Fisher College R.N. to B.S.N. Advisory Board, and the Massachusetts/Rhode Island League of Nursing.
Education
- Ph.D., Nursing Science, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
- M.S., Nursing, University of Alabama Birmingham
- B.S., Nursing, University of South Alabama
- R.N. Diploma, Lawrence Memorial Hospital