University of Utah Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence

Lynn Underwood, RN, MSN, GCNS-BC

Name: Lynn Underwood
Lynn UnderwoodOccupation: Assistant Professor, University of North Alabama College of Nursing
Hometown: Florence, AL
Contact: lynm.underwood@utah.edu
Major Advisor: Margaret Clayton, PhD, RN, FNP-CS
Degree Information:
BSN, University of Alabama, Birmingham
MSN, University of Alabama, Huntsville

Favorite Quote

"How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong because someday you will have been all of these."

-George Washington Carver

Why did you choose the University of Utah to pursue your doctoral degree?

"The gerontology focus with a distance learning format at a Hartford Center"

Research Interests

Simulation use in gerontology education, use of written cues to reduce agitated behaviors in the elderly, perceptions of gerontology nursing.