Darla Gowan worked for IWU as adjunct and affiliate faculty for 15 years prior to becoming full-time faculty in December 2009. She is currently the Assistant Dean for Nurse Practitioner programs. She grew up on the mission field of Haiti and has spent the majority of her life in the Midwest working in critical care settings and teaching. She has a special love for children undergoing treatment for cancer. Interests outside of academia include music, reading and traveling.
INTERESTS
- Very interested in the effects of pain on recovery and how children and their caregivers perceive pain.
- Care of the adolescent patient
- Mentoring and succession planning in academia
DNP
University of Southern Indiana , 2013
MN
University of California, Los Angeles , 1991
BS
Marion College (Indiana Wesleyan University) , 1986
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Peer-reviewed journal articles:
- Gowan, Darla. “End-of-life issues of children.” Pediatric Transplantation 7, suppl. 3 (2003): 40–43. doi:10.1034/j.1399-3046.7.s3.5.x.
- Goebel, W. Scott, Robert P. Nelson Jr., Zacharie Brahmi, Darla J. Gowan, Paula J. Towell, Kent A. Robertson, and Paul R. Haut. “Serial transplantation resulting in tolerance to an unrelated cord blood graft.” Transplantation 81, no. 11 (June 15, 2006): 1596–1599.
- Subba Rao, G., Jean Molleston, Darla Gowan, and P. R. Haut. “Risk factors for liver dysfunction in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) recipients.” Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation (February 2005).
- Kronenberger, William G., Bryan D. Carter, Jeanette Stewart, Catherine Morrow, Kimmery Martin, Darla Gowan, and Leonard Sender. “Psychological adjustment of children in the pretransplant phase of bone marrow transplantation: Relationships with parent distress, parent stress, and child coping.” Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings 3, no. 4 (December 1996): 319–335. doi:10.1007/BF01994017.
