Michelle Fulkerson
Assistant Professor of Nursing
(260) 359-4253
mfulkerson@huntington.edu
Joined the Huntington University faculty in 2014.
Dr. Michelle Fulkerson joined the Huntington University faculty facilitating psychiatric clinical in 2014.
Michelle currently works in the Department of Nursing where she teaches Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing, Health Assessment, Discipline of Professional Nursing, and assists in facilitation of Role Transition for senior nursing students.
Michelle’s area of expertise is in psychiatric nursing, a topic in which she strives to help students provide empathetic, nonjudgmental nursing care. She enjoys seeing students participate in new experiences, grasp new concepts, and integrate faith into their nursing care. Michelle encourages her students to always be open to learning new things and asking questions.
Originally from Paulding, Ohio, Michelle now lives with her husband and 3 children in New Haven, Indiana. When she is not teaching, she enjoys walking her dogs, camping, singing, and reading.
- Doctor of Nursing Practice, Indiana Wesleyan University
- Master of Science in Nursing Education, University of Phoenix
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Indiana Wesleyan University
- Associate of Applied Science in Nursing, Northwest State Community College
- Board Certified in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
- Board Certified in Nursing Professional Development
- Certified through National League for Nursing as Certified Nurse Educator
- Certified Instructor of Crisis Prevention Institute
- Psychiatric Nursing, 12 years plus Psychiatric Clinical Instructor, 10 years
- Crisis Prevention with Verbal De-escalation Certified Instructor, since 2014
- Hospital Based Nursing Education, 7 years
- Doctoral Scholarly Work – Implementation of Return on Investment Tracking Process in Hospital-Based Nursing Professional Development, Indiana Wesleyan University
- Return on Investment and Financial Stewardship in Nursing Professional Development, published 2023, Nursing Economic$
- American Psychiatric Nurse Association
- National League for Nursing
- Northeast Indiana Stop Suicide
- Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
- Nurses Christian Fellowship
- Professional Nurse Educator Group Conference – Podium Presenter – Experiential Nursing
- Professional Nurse Educator Group Conference – Podium Presenter – Experiential Learning in Nursing Onboarding
- Michigan Chapter Association for Nursing Professional Development – Podium Presenter – Creative Curriculum Design
- Professional Nurse Educator Group Conference – Podium Presenter – Return on Investment in Hospital-Based Nursing Education