Mrs Barbara Fletcher

Barbara J. Fletcher, RN, MN, FAHA, FPCNA, FAAN is currently Clinical Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, College of Health, at the University of North Florida and Research Collaborator, Mayo Clinic Florida, in Jacksonville, Florida. As a clinician and researcher in the field of cardiovascular nursing, she has conducted seminal studies on activity for cardiac patients, which evolved into a steady trajectory of scholarly inquiry into exercise behaviors and outcomes for different patient populations. She has led multidisciplinary research projects as a co-principal investigator of federally funded studies addressing cardiovascular risk factors. Barbara has consistently disseminated her expertise and research through more than 50 publications in peer-reviewed journals and books,. She is a founding board member of the PCNA and has supported nursing education and leadership for many years through the American Heart Association and PCNA.