Overview
Alison Edie is a Family Nurse Practitioner with extensive experience in the primary care of under served populations. She earned her BSN from the Medical College of Georgia School of Nursing in 1984 and her MSN from Vanderbilt University School of Nursing in 1991. She completed her DNP at Georgia Southern University School of Nursing in May 2012. She is a member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties and Sigma Theta Tau. She is an American Association of Nurse Practitioner fellow.
Dr. Edie’s interests are in understanding the issues and concerns of vulnerable populations with a focus on self-efficacy and health promotion practices of women and adolescents. She has extensive clinical experience providing care to women and children in health departments and community health centers. Before joining the DUSON faculty, she practiced and conducted clinical trials at Duke in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology. Since 2006, she has served as a clinical instructor and assistant professor at the Duke University School of Nursing. She teaches primarily in the MSN program, chairs DNP projects and serves as lead faculty for the Family Nurse Practitioner Program.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Recent Publications
Advanced Clinical Activities in Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Majors
Journal Article Journal for Nurse Practitioners · May 1, 2025 The purpose of this project was to identify how frequently nurse practitioner (NP) students in primary care clinical experiences performed advanced clinical activities. We conducted a 5-year retrospective analysis of clinical logs from students in 4 popula ... Full text CiteBuilding resilience in families experiencing homelessness through integration of health, parenting and child development programs.
Journal Article Child Care Health Dev · July 2024 Children who experience homelessness are vulnerable to mental health problems, developmental delays and lower academic achievement. Research suggests that parental health literacy, sensitive parenting behaviour and child self-regulation are modifiable mech ... Full text Link to item CiteClinicians Address Gestational Weight Gain and Nutrition Using the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) Nutrition Checklist.
Journal Article Journal of midwifery & women's health · May 2024 The negative effects of excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) and obesity during pregnancy are well documented in the literature. However, lack of time, education, comfort, and confidence among health care providers often make it difficult to provide pro ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
A Woman's Health Nurse Practitioner (WHNP) program at Duke University School of Nursing
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEParticipating Faculty Member · Awarded by Health Resources and Service Administration · 2014 - 2018Combined Peanut Oral Immunotherapy and Anti-IgE: Mechanistic Studies
ResearchNurse Practitioner · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2011 - 2012View All Grants