Susan Glose

Dr. Glose has recently returned to the UNCW School of Nursing as a faculty member. Her professional career has included a combination of practice, teaching, research, and service with the goal of improving the care, life, and well-being of older adults. She been a nurse for 36 years and a nurse practitioner for 24 years. Her experience as a nurse practitioner has always been caring for older adults and spans acute care, community-based care, long-term care, sub-acute care, and primary care settings. She has been an educator for 12 years having started as a clinical preceptor on a med-surg unit. She has taught in an Associate Registered Nurse program, BSN programs, RN-BSN programs, Master's and Doctoral level Nurse Practitioner programs. In addition, she served as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Jacob's School of Medicine where she was involved in coordinating geriatrics rotations for Internal Medicine and Family Medicine Residents, and worked closely with Geriatrics Fellows. She maintains national certification through the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Education

Dr. Glose earned a BS in Psychology from SUNY College at Brockport and a BSN from D’Youville College (University). She earned an MS in Nursing Administration from the University at Buffalo. She subsequently completed the Nurse Practitioner in Adult Health post-Master’s certificate program at the University at Buffalo. After several years of teaching in a baccalaureate nursing program she completed her PhD in Health Practice Research at the University of Rochester.

Specialization in Teaching

Dr. Glose teaches the Gerontological Nursing course in the RN-BSN program as well as several courses in the Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) and Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP) programs. She recently assumed the role of Concentration Lead AGPCNP program. She is also an affiliate faculty member in the College of Health & Human Services Gerontology Program.

Research Interests

Dr. Glose's research focuses on harm reduction in older adults. Her doctoral dissertation examined family caregiving during the hospitalization of an older family member. Results indicated that while hospitalized older adults receive focused health care from many professional caregivers, family members continue to provide many aspects of care including oversight, education, social interaction, and information to staff as well as many health-related tasks that can prevent complications and promote healing. Her subsequent research has focused on fall prevention, delirium prevention, medication harm reduction, and most recently examining older adults' perceptions of marijuana.  She is also collaborating with other faculty on several projects including evaluating an intervention to improve older adults' medication adherence, exploring older adults use of smart phones, and examining ageism of older adults with COPD.

Professional Service

Dr. Glose continues to practice as an Adult Nurse Practitioner supporting community living older adults in maintaining their health and well-being. She has participated in medical missions trips to the Dominican Republic, providing health care services and education to various underserved populations. She also led a service learning trip for nursing students, along with Spanish students, to Peru where they provided health education and screening to children and adults living in rural and remote areas. Dr. Glose serves as an Abstract Review for The Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting. She maintains membership with The Gerontological Society of America (GSA), the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA), the North Carolina Nurses Association (NCNA), and the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF).

Community Engagement

Dr. Glose is a member of the New Hanover County Aging Coalition. She is currently partnered with a local older adult residential community to provide a mobile health/resource fair for its residents in the Fall of 2025. Dr. Glose volunteers at Mother Hubbard's Cupboard, a food pantry in Wilmington.