Overview
Marilyn H. Oermann, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN is Thelma M. Ingles Professor of Nursing at Duke University School of Nursing. Dr. Oermann’s scholarship focuses on nursing education, with an emphasis on studies of the nursing literature. Her current research is on predatory publishing in nursing. Dr. Oermann is the author or co-author of 35 books (all of which have won national awards), more than 230 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and a wide variety of other publications. Her current books include Evaluation and Testing in Nursing Education (7th ed., 2025), Writing for Publication in Nursing (5th ed., 2024), Clinical Teaching Strategies in Nursing (7th ed., 2026), Teaching in Nursing and Role of the Educator: The Complete Guide to Best Practice in Teaching, Evaluation, and Curriculum Development (4th ed., 2026), and A Systematic Approach to Evaluation of Nursing Programs (2023). In addition, she edited 6 volumes of the Annual Review of Nursing Education. Dr. Oermann is the Editor-in-Chief of Nurse Educator. She is past editor of the Journal of Nursing Care Quality and Nurse Author & Editor. She lectures widely on writing for publication and nursing education topics.
Dr. Oermann is a member of the American Academy of Nursing and National League for Nursing (NLN) Academy of Nursing Education. She received the NLN Award for Excellence in Nursing Education Research, the Sigma Theta Tau International Elizabeth Russell Belford Award for Excellence in Education, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Excellence Award, the Margaret Comerford Freda Award for Editorial Leadership in Nursing from the International Academy of Nursing Editors, and the NLN President's Award.In 2023, the National League for Nursing named a new award in her honor: the NLN Marilyn H. Oermann Award for Distinguished Research in Nursing Education, to recognize an individual or team that has generated an evidentiary base for the science of nursing education.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Recent Publications
Weight Bias Interventions for Healthcare Professionals: An Integrative Review.
Journal Article Journal of advanced nursing · May 2025 AimTo describe interventions to mitigate weight bias among practicing healthcare providers and examine their effectiveness.DesignAn integrative review.MethodsThe framework of Whittemore and Knafl (2005) was utilised to identify a ... Full text CitePrevalence of Words and Phrases Associated With Large Language Model-Generated Text in the Nursing Literature.
Journal Article Computers, informatics, nursing : CIN · April 2025 All disciplines, including nursing, may be experiencing significant changes with the advent of free, publicly available generative artificial intelligence tools. Recent research has shown the difficulty in distinguishing artificial intelligence-generated t ... Full text CiteCompleteness of Systematic Reviews in Nursing Literature Based on PRISMA Reporting Guidelines.
Journal Article ANS. Advances in nursing science · April 2025 Systematic reviews and meta-analyses provide the highest levels of evidence to support practice and research. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) 2020 guidelines were established to ensure comprehensive and trans ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
Adaptive BLS Training: Optimizing Individual BLS Maintenance of Competence Training
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National League for Nursing · 2014 - 2018A 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 - 2018View All Grants