Phone: 309.677.2568
Email: pnflan@bradley.edu

Dr. Flannigan is coordinator for the graduate nursing program, teaches Legal Issues in Nursing to graduate students, and guides graduate student research.  At the undergraduate level, she teaches medical-surgical and leadership practicum courses for students in their senior year and Nursing Research theory to juniors and seniors.

Her research interests include NCLEX-RN success, decision-making capacity and surrogate decision-making in the older population, as well as other geriatric issues.

She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Walk for the Mind Committee, Tazewell County Breast and Cervical Cancer Coalition, Tazewell County Free Mammogram Day Planning Committee, and Tremont United Methodist Church Child Care Center Board.

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 she served as a nursing education administrator.  She has recently been involved in planning courses for online education and enjoys using a variety of methods in the classroom ranging from the traditional lecture to interactive learning via seminar/discussion and group activities.

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