Laura Moffat

Areas of Expertise

• Adult-Geriatric Medical-Surgical Nursing
• Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
• Evidence-Based Practice
• Administration and Curriculum Design

School of Nursing Research Area(s)

• Care of the Older Adult
• Nursing Education

Biography

Dr. Moffat is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the School of Nursing. Laura earned her Doctorate from Purdue School of Nursing in 2021. Dr. Moffat’s DNP work focused on using artificial intelligence to predict in-hospital cardiac arrest. Dr. Moffat developed a class to explore the use of AI in healthcare with a project designed to use AI to predict cardiac arrest in hospitalized adults.

Since joining, Dr. Moffat has taught undergraduate nursing courses, including Nursing Essentials, Health Alterations in Adults I, Health Alterations in Adults II, and Nursing Leadership. Laura is an advanced practice nurse specializing in adult geriatrics as a Board-Certified CNS; she came to Purdue after working at IU Health, where she oversaw nursing Policies and best practices for the three hospitals in the IU Health West Central region. In addition, Dr. Moffat worked as an RN in an Adult Medical-Surgical Unit and Renal/Pulmonary Progressive Care Unit at Bethesda North and the Heart Failure Critical Care Unit at Cleveland Clinic.

Education

• DNP, 2021, Purdue University, Nursing
• MSN-APRN, 2016, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Nursing
• ASN, 2011, University of Saint Francis, Nursing
• MS, Indiana University, Kinesiology, Administration and Curriculum Design
• BS, Indiana University, Kinesiology, Ballet Minor

Current Courses

• NUR 314 - Health Alterations in Adults I
• NUR 314CLN - Health Alterations in Adults I Clinical
• NUR 317 - Health Alterations in Adults II

Selected Honors/Awards

• Excellence in Mentoring Level II - 2022

Professional Affiliations

• HHS Representative for the MS in AI for Purdue University Online
• HHS Representative for the MS in Data Science for Purdue University Online
• Purdue School of Nursing Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
• Purdue School of Nursing Faculty Affairs Committee
• John Martinson Honors College Faculty
• Purdue Ballet Club Faculty Advisor