Connell School of Nursing

Barbara Hazard, PhD, RN, FAAN

dean emeritus

barbara hazard

barbara.hazard.1@bc.edu


educational history

  • PhD - Education Psychology, University of Connecticut
  • MS - Nursing, University of Rhode Island
  • BS - Nursing, University of Rhode Island

recent publications

Articles
  • Magee, T., Lee, S., Giuliano, K.K., Munro, B. H. (2006) Generating new knowledge from existing data: The use of large data Sets for nursing research. Nursing Research, 55, S50 – S56.
  • Kearney, M. H., Munro, B. H., Kelly, U., & Hawkins, J. W. (2004).  Health behaviors as mediators of the effect of partner abuse on infant birth weight.  Nursing Research, 53(1), 36-45.
  • Kearney, M. H., Haggerty, L. A., Munro, B. H., Hawkins, J. W. (2003).  Birth outcomes and maternal morbidity in abused pregnant women with public versus private health insurance.  Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 35(4), 345-349.
  • Munro, B. H. (2003).  Caring for Hispanic populations:  The state of the science.  Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 14(3), 174-176.
  • Capasso, V., & Munro, B. H. (2003).  The cost and efficacy of two wound treatments.  AORN Journal, 77(5), 984-1004.
    AACN Task Force (member) (2002).  Indicators of quality in research-focused doctoral program in nursing.  Journal of Professional Nursing, 18(5), 289-294.
  • Brooten, D. Naylor, M. D., York, R., Brown, L. P., Munro, B. H., Hollingsworth, A. O., Cohen, S. M., Finkler, S., Deatrick, J., & Youngblut, J. M. (2002).  Lessons learned from testing the quality cost model of advanced practice nursing (APN) transitional care.  Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 34(4), 369-375.  (Received Best of Image Award for Health Policy and Systems, November 2003).
  • Frame, K. B., Haussler, S., & Munro, B. H. (2002).  A collaborative model:  Twenty health care agencies and academic institutions share resources to educate preceptors.  Journal of Nurses in Staff Development,  18(4), 185-191.

Books
  • Munro, B. H. (2005).  Statistical methods for health care research (5th ed.).  Philadelphia:  J. B. Lippincott
  • Munro, B. H. (2002).  Statistical methods for health care research (4th ed.).  Translated into Korean, Koonja Publishing, Inc.:  Seoul, Korea.




Barbara Hazard, PhD, FAAN served as Dean and Professor at the William F. Connell School of Nursing at Boston College from 1991 to 2008. She has served on the faculty of the schools of nursing at the University of Pennsylvania, Yale University, and the University of Rhode Island. Best known for her expertise in statistics and research methods, Dean Hazard teaches a course in statistics for PhD students at Boston College, continues to serve as statistical consultant on several research studies, and is a reviewer for a number of research journals. Dean Hazard has served on the Board of Trustees at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston since 1994. She has been an Associate Editor of the journal Clinical Nurse Specialist, since its inception in 1987. Her awards include the Second Annual Research Award from the Eastern Nursing Research Society, the Annie Goodrich Award for Teaching at Yale University, the Connecticut Nurses’ Association Virginia A. Henderson Award for Outstanding Contributions to Nursing Research, the University of Rhode Island Alumni Association Award for Excellence in Research, and the Tenth Annual Alumni Award from the College of Nursing at the University of Rhode Island. She recently completed a term on the Board of the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists.


research interests

Research methods; statistics; clinical research studies


appointments & awards


  • Member, Board of Trustees, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston.
  • University of Rhode Island College of Nursing Tenth Annual Alumnae/i Award
  • Nominated to be an International Health Professional of the Year, 2003.
  • Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2004.
  • Empire’s Who’s Who of Women in Education, 2005/2006, Honors Edition.
  • International Health Professional of the Year, 2004.