Erin D. Maughan, PhD

Dr. Erin Maughan, PhD, MS, RN, PHNA-BC, FNASN, FAAN is an associate professor in the School of Nursing. Maughan is a leading expert on school nursing and the health of school-age children, with over 22 years experience working as a frontline school nurse, the state school and adolescent school nurse consultant for the Utah Department of Health, and as a school nurse researcher.  Her research expertise is in looking at the role of infrastructure and policy on school nurse staffing and services. Before coming to Mason, Maughan served as Director of Research at the National Association of School Nurses, where she co-led the development of a national uniform data set for school nurses, identification of school nurse indicators, and the creation of NASN’s Framework for 21st Century School Nursing Practice™. In addition to her expertise in school and public health research, she has expertise in leadership, strategic planning, innovation, and mentoring. Her career is dedicated to children’s health, especially vulnerable populations.

Research Interests

• School-age children health
• School Nursing
• Nursing innovation & leadership
• School health
• Health policy

Select Publications

• Maughan, E.D., & Baltag, V. (2023). The global shortage of school nurses [invited editorial]. The Journal of School Nursing: The official publication of the National Association of School Nurses https://doi.org/10.1177/10598405231213929

• Ohneck, M.*, Dake, J, Maughan, E.D., Tellojohann, S.K., & Glassman, T, (2023). A Cost-Benefit Analysis of School Nursing in One Large Urban School District. The Journal of School Nursing: The official publication of the National Association of School Nurses. doi: 10.1177/10598405231197836. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37661668.

• Johnson, K., Thurman, W., Hoskote, A. & Maughan, E.D (accepted 2023). A mixed methods exploration of Texas school nurses’ involvement in addressing substance use and sexual/reproductive health among students in alternative high schools. The Journal of School Nursing: The official publication of the National Association of School Nurses.https://doi.org/10.1177/10598405231195655

• Maughan, E.D., Thompson, M.E., Issa, A., Lin, J.S. & Walsh, C. (2022). Feasibility assessment of a school nurse-led approach using chronic absenteeism to establish the school-based active surveillance process. The Journal of School Nursing: The official publication of the National Association of School Nurses. https://doi.org/10.1177/10598405221144259

• Maughan, E.D. & Luehr, R.E. (2022). The role of school nurses during the 1918 pandemic: Lessons that apply to COVID-19. NASN School Nurse, 37(3). 149-152.https://doi.org/10.1177/1942602X221084896

• Kuehnert, P., Fawcett, J., DePriest, K., Chinn, P., Cousin, L., Ervin, N., Flanagan, J., Fry-Bowers, E., Killion, C., Maliski, S., Maughan, E. D., Meade, C., Murray, T., Schenk, B., Waite, R. (2022). Defining the social determinants of health for nursing action to achieve health equity. A Consensus paper from the American Academy of Nursing. Nursing Outlook, 70(1), 10-27.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2021.08.003

• *Sharma, S. Scafide, K., Maughan, E.D. & Dalal, R.S. (2021). Relationship between perceived supervisor support and workplace bullying in school nurses in Virginia. The Journal of School Nursing: The official publication of the National Association of School Nurses. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10598405211025771

Honors and Awards

• Evelyn Cohen Leadership Award, George Mason University School of Nursing, 2023

• School Health Leader, School Health Education and Services Section, American Public Health Association, 2020

• School Health Leadership Program Fellow, Johnson & Johnson, 2016-2017

• Fellow, National Association of School Nurses, 2016

• Fellow, American Academy of Nursing, 2015

• Executive Nurse Fellow, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), 2013-2016

Professional Affiliations

• Chair

          School Health & Wellness Section, American Public Health Association 

Degrees

• Doctorate of Philosophy, College of Nursing, University of Utah
• MS, Community Health Nursing, University of Utah
• BS, Nursing, Brigham Young University