Rate My Professor Becki Turpin

Becki Turpin, PhD, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Nursing at Appalachian State University, where she also serves as Director of Compliance and Student Support. She earned her PhD from East Tennessee State University in 2016, receiving the University’s Doctoral Dissertation of the Year Award for her work titled "Psychometric Testing of the Presence of Nursing Scale: Measurability of Patient Perceptions of Nursing Presence Capability of Nurses in an Academic Medical Center." Her Master of Science in Nursing Administration is from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1995, and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Tennessee Technological University in 1983. Prior to her current role, she was Assistant Professor and Clinical Coordinator for the undergraduate nursing program at Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN. Over her more than 45-year nursing career, Turpin has held leadership positions such as quality management specialist, nursing staff development coordinator, nurse manager, nurse supervisor, service line nursing director, and nurse executive across metropolitan and rural healthcare settings, including acute care, long-term acute care, skilled nursing, operative, and ambulatory services. Her clinical background includes medical/surgical, critical care, pulmonary, and oncology nursing.