Marjorie Lawson PhD, APRN, BC, FNP

Marjorie Thomas Lawson is a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) who received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from Thiel College, her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from the University of Pittsburgh, her Master of Science degree in Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner from Pennsylvania State University, and her PhD in nursing from the University of Rochester. She is currently an Associate Professor of Nursing in the School of Nursing and has been teaching in the SON since 1995. Since 2006 she has been the Coordinator of the Graduate Nursing Programs. She has worked as an FNP at University Health Services for a total of 13 years on the Portland campus. Her practice background includes the following: working as a FNP in rural Appalachia sites as a Commissioned Officer in the United States Public Health Service, women’s health clinics, family practice centers, a university and medical center collaborative women’s center for uninsured, and college health services. Her professional interests and research areas include provider-patient communication, decisional control in the provider-patient relationship, patient self-determination, collaborative practice, and the integration of genetics in advanced nursing practice.