Clinical Assistant Professor
Department
Department of Health Behavior and Clinical Sciences
Contact
University of Michigan School of Nursing
400 North Ingalls Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5482
Laura Gultekin is accepting new PhD students.
Interests
Health disparities
Family homelessness
Exposures to Trauma and Violence
Community Engaged Research
Qualitative Research
Dr. Gultekin has spent the past several years partnering with community agencies to develop and implement research aimed at improving the health and well-being of families experiencing homelessness and housing instability. Through qualitative, multidisciplinary, community-engaged research, Laura is working to develop, implement, and measure community-sustainable programs that positively impact housing stability and the life circumstances, specifically exposures to trauma and violence, that contribute to family homelessness.
Current Research Grants and Programs
Breaking the Cycle: Piloting a Trauma Intervention in Mothers Experiencing Homelessness (MICHR)(PI) 2016- 2017. UL1TR000433
Teaching
Dr. Gultekin is a lecturer in the Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program. Her years of clinical experience as a Pediatric Intensive Care nurse and role as a practicing Family Nurse Practitioner allow Laura to bring real world experience to the classroom setting, support a connection between clinical and didactic learning.
Affilliations/Service
Member, Midwest Nursing Research Society, 2012-present
Member, National Council on Family Relations, 2012-present
Committee Member, Planning Committee, Dean’s Research Day, University of Michigan School of Nursing, 2013-present
Member, International Family Nursing Association, 2016 to present
Notable Awards/Honors
Ella E. McNeil Award, University of Michigan School of Nursing, 2012
Emilie Gleason Sargent Award, University of Michigan School of Nursing, 2010
Education
PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2014
MS, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2010
BSN, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1999
Publications Highlights
Munro-Kramer, M. L., Gultekin, L., & Seng, J. S. (under review). Trauma-informed care in nursing: A scoping review of the state of the science
Brush, B. L., Gultekin, L., Dowdell, E., & Saint Arnault, D. (under review). Understanding trauma normativeness, normalization, and help seeking in homeless families.
Gultekin, L., & Brush, B. L. (in press, 2017) In their own words: Exploring family pathways to housing instability. Journal of Family Nursing.
Brush, B. L., Gultekin, L., & Grim, E. (2016). The data dilemma in family homelessness. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 27(3), 1046-1052. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2016.0122
Baiardi, J.M., Brush, B.L., & Gültekin, L. (2015). Using sociograms to enhance power and voice in focus groups. Public Health Nursing. doi: 10.1111/phn12199
Grim, E. C., Brush, B. L., & Gultekin, L. (2015). Do policies aimed toward the homeless help families? : The Detroit experience. Journal of Policy Practice, 14(1), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/15588742.2014.956971
Gultekin, L., & Brush, B. L. (2014). Homeless Elders. In E. A. Capezuti, M. Malone, P. Katz & M. D. Mezey (eds.), The Encyclopedia of Elder Care, 3rd Ed. New York: Springer Publishing Company.
Gultekin, L., Brush, B.L., Baiardi, J.M, & Kirk, K., VanMaldeghem, K. (2014). Voices from the street: Exploring the realities of family homelessness. Journal of Family Nursing. doi: 10.1177/1074840714548943
Brush, B. L., & Gultekin, L. (2014). Spirituality. In E. A. Capezuti, M. Malone, P. Katz & M. D. Mezey (eds.), The Encyclopedia of Elder Care, 3rd Ed. New York: Springer Publishing Company.
Gultekin, L., & Brush, B. L. (2012). Family homelessness, housing insecurity, and health: Understanding and acting on what we know. National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) Report, 57(3), F5-F7.
Brush, B. L., Kirk, K., Gultekin, L., Baiardi, J. M. (2011). Overcoming: A concept analysis. Nursing Forum, 46(3), 160-168.