Associate Professor
Dr. Nancy Nivison Menzel is an associate professor of community health in the Department of Psychosocial Nursing.  She teaches Population-Focused Care in the Community (undergraduate) and the graduate courses of Nursing Research Methods and Utilization, Health and Public Policy, Community-Based Participatory Research: A Strategy for Social Change, and Epidemiology and GIS for Urban Health.

Dr. Menzel’s research focus is on the health of workers.  She has conducted several studies on the prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in healthcare workers through ergonomic and psychosocial interventions. She also collaborated in a National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health-funded project to revise the curricula of schools of nursing to include safe patient handling principles. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave this program its Award of Excellence for Public Health Training.  She has completed a funded pilot study on the relationship between cytokines and low back pain. In addition, she conducts community-based participatory research on the causes and prevention of injuries and illnesses in Hispanic construction workers. She is a Fellow of the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses,  a Certified Clinical Specialist in Community Health Nursing, a Certified Occupational Health Nurse - Specialist, a Certified Nurse Educator, and Certified in Public Health. She has published articles in a variety of journals, including occupational health nursing, pain management, and nursing education.  She is a co-editor of The Illustrated Guide to Safe Patient Handling and Movement (2009), Springer Publishing and has written chapters in other nursing textbooks.

Dr. Menzel serves on the School’s Academic Affairs Committee. She is president of the Nevada Association of Occupational Health Nurses, president of the Nevada Public Health Association, and a board member of the Nevada Nurses Association.  She is on the editorial review panel of the AAOHN Journal and reviews articles for the Journal of International Nursing Studies, Western Journal of Nursing Research, and Industrial Health (Japan).

Biographical Sketch