Phone: 309.677.2568
Email: pnflan@bradley.edu

An associate professor in the Department of Nursing, Dr. Flannigan teaches Legal Issues in Nursing to graduate students, and guides graduate student research.  She teaches medical-surgical and leadership practicum courses for seniors, and Nursing Research theory to juniors and seniors in the undergraduate program.

Her personal research interests include NCLEX-RN success, ethical decision-making, geriatric issues, and mild traumatic brain injury in athletes.

Dr. Flannigan is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, and is chair of the Mark Linder Walk for the Mind Committee. She is a member of the Tazewell County Board of Health and is on the Tazewell County Breast and Cervical Cancer Coalition, Tazewell County Free Mammogram Day Planning Committee, and Tremont United Methodist Church Staff-Parish Council.

Background
Dr. Flannigan joined the Bradley faculty in 1996.  Prior to that time she was employed in a variety of settings, including acute care, rehabilitation, and physicians’ offices, and in nursing education administration.  She has recently been involved in online course development and delivery, and employs a variety of methods in the classroom ranging from the traditional lecture to interactive learning via seminar/discussion and group activities. During 2006-2007 she participated in the Ethics Scholars Program at the Donnelley Family Center for Disability Ethics at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.

Degrees & Certification
Dr. Flannigan received her BSN (1989) from Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing in Peoria, her MSN (1990) at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing at Peoria, and her PhD (2003) from the University of Illinois at Chicago.