Faculty and Staff Profile

Erin Shepherd

Educational Background

DNP Doctor of Nursing Practice
Clemson University 2024

MSN Masters of Science in Nursing, Clinical Nurse Educator
Jacksonville University 2019

BSN Bachelors of Science in Nursing
The College of New Jersey 2011

Courses Taught

NURS 4120 Nursing Care of Women and Their Families
NURS 4120 (HON) Honors Section of Nursing Care of Women and Their Families
NURS 4121 Obstetrics Clinical faculty
NURS 4121 Simulation Laboratory
NURS 4100 Leadership and Management

Profile

I have been a Registered Nurse since 2011 with experience caring for pregnant women through the antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum periods as well as providing newborns care to well infants in a variety of settings, from an acute inpatient and high-risk environment to low-risk inpatient and birth center care settings. I also work with non-pregnant patients throughout the lifespan in outpatient care as an RN. I am a Senior Lecturer and have taught Nursing Care of Women and Their Families (NURS 4120) and run the obstetric simulation experiences for the Senior 1 nursing students since 2019. My dual professional passions include nursing care of women and nursing education. I have earned National Certification in Inpatient Obstetrics, verifying expertise in the care of antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum women, fetal monitoring and newborn care. I am also a Certified Nurse Educator, a title that denotes excellence and commitment to the scholarship of teaching and learning, and a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator. I am a member of the National League for Nursing (NLN), the American Nurses Association (ANA), and the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) and a past member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nursing and Phi Kappa Phi graduate honor society. I enjoy spending time hiking with my husband and our two dogs. We appreciate the beauty of the SC mountains and lakes and love to be outdoors. I also love reading, horseback riding, yoga, and cooking and baking for my family and friends.

Research Interests

Nursing care of antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum women
Nursing care of the well and critical newborn
The use of Simulation in nursing education
Mental health and coping strategies of nurses
Professional Role Development in Nursing
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)

Honors and Awards

Junior Non-Tenure-Track Outstanding Teaching Award (2026)
Member, Sigma Theta Tau
Faculty Counselor of Clemson's Gamma Mu Chapter of Sigma (2020-2024)
Daisy Award Recipient (2017)