The URI College of Nursing welcomed Assistant Professor Ashley Viveiros to the college in the fall of 2019. Learn about one of the College’s newest professors:

Education: B.S. in Nursing, 2011, Rhode Island College; M.S. in Nursing, 2016, RIC; D.NP, 2019, RIC

Experience: Viveiros worked as a registered nurse at Rhode Island Hospital in acute and critical care for seven years. She has held adjunct faculty positions as a clinical instructor at RIC, the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and Salve Regina University, teaching medical/surgical clinical courses. She is also a per diem patient navigator for the Minimally Invasive Urology Institute at The Miriam Hospital. 

Clinical focus: Viveiros’ clinical interests have focused on the practice of bedside nurses in acute care, specifically translating evidence to professional practice and improving quality of care. Her doctorate project involved implementing an evidence-based guideline for vascular access nurses to make recommendations for more appropriate uses of certain vascular access devices that are associated with dangerous infections that can harm patients and increase healthcare costs.

Future plans: Viveiros plans to focus on simulation-based clinical education at the Kingston campus for nursing students at URI. “I believe that learning in a safe simulation-based education setting is essential for nursing students to develop the decision-making skills, confidence and critical thinking necessary to practice in the current healthcare environment,” Viveiros said.