William T. Campbell, Ed.D., RN

Office: Devilbiss Hall – Office 218                                                    
Telephone: 410-543-6414 
Fax: 410-548-3313 
Email: wtcampbell@salisbury.edu

Welcome to my web page.

I am an Associate Professor of Nursing at Salisbury University where I teach clinical and classroom nursing for Pediatric Nursing. I am also the classroom instructor for the Pharmacotherapeutics elective course and the History of Nursing course, an Honors course. My area of interest, research, writing, speaking, and publishing is nursing during the Civil War as well as medicine and pharmacy during that time period. I have been teaching at SU for 20 years. Before I came to SU I taught in a local community college for 7 years and worked at 2 local community hospitals.

I am very active in Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing where I am the Past-President of Lambda Eta & served on an international taskforce, Delaware Nurses Assocation where I am the Co-Managing Editor of the DNA Reporter, and Delaware 4-H Youth Development where I am the County Leader for the Shooting Sports, Archery program.  

Positions Held

• Salisbury University, Dept. of Nursing, Associate Professor - Instructor for Pediatrics, Health Assessment, History of Nursing, Adult Med-Surg., & Pharmacotherapeutics; RN Coordinator; Interim Associate Chair; Departmental Web Master; Adjunct Professor in Psychology (Developmental Psychology) & Honors College (History of Nursing)
• Delaware Technical & Community College, Adjunct Instructor - Clinical Nursing, Nursing Skills Lab, Psychology (Human Growth & Development), & Math (Clinical Math for Nurses)
• Milford Memorial Hospital, Staff Nurse - Cardiac Step-down, OR, & Day Surgery
• Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, Charge Nurse - Cardiac Step-down & Pediatrics; Staff Nurse - Surgical; Staff Educational Consultant

Honors, Memberships

• Delaware Today Top Nurses, 2017
• Joy Sparks Spirit of 4-H Award, 2015
• Delaware Today Top Nurses, 2015
• Lucy Tull Distinguished Nursing Faculty Award - 2014-2015
• Friend of 4-H Award - Sussex County Delaware - 2013
• Delaware Excellence in Nursing Practice Awards, Nurse Educator, Finalist - 2010
• Governor's Outstanding Volunteer Award, Nominee - 2007
• SU Outstanding Student Organization Advisor - 2002
• 4-H Salute to Excellence Volunteer of the Year - Delaware state winner - 2002
• Sigma Theta Tau International, Lambda Eta chapter - past President, past delegate to Biennial Convention, past Alternate Delegate, International Taskforce member
• Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) - SU Circle member and Faculty Vice President
• American Nurses Association (ANA) - member
• Delaware Nurses Association (DNA) - past Director at Large for Sussex County, Co-Managing Editor DNA Reporter, Board of Directors Co-Chair of Communications Committee
• National Student Nurses Association (NSNA) - past chapter Advisor, Outstanding Student Organization Advisor Award 2002
• National Museum of Civil War Medicine - member, past Pry House Patriot, 1st Charter member of Barton's Brigade, speaker, Pry House Docent, volunteer

Institutions Attended

• EdD in Educational Leadership (Administration & Policy) - University of Delaware
• MS in Nursing (Family Clinical Specialist) - Salisbury University
• BSN - University of Delaware
• BA in Psychology - University of Delaware
• AA in Biology - University of Delaware
• Philadelphia College of Pharmacy & Science

Thesis: "The Relationship of Smoking Attitudes to the Smoking Behaviors of First and Second Year Nursing Students in a Rural Nursing Program"

Dissertation: "Improving Nursing Student Progression to RN at Salisbury University"

Major Area of Interest/Research/Speaking/Publication

• Civil War Medicine/Nursing/Pharmacy
• Nursing History
• CV listing all Civil War Medicine & Nursing Presentations and Publications
• Civil War Bio for Dr. Campbell
• Speakers Brochure for Dr. Campbell. page 1
• Speakers Brochure for Dr. Campbell, page 2
• Civil War's Fort Delaware Bibliography
• Civil War Nursing and Medicine Bibliography

Other Areas of Interest/Research & Volunteerism

• Professionalism & Tradition in Nursing
• Pictorial Documentation of Nursing
• Tobacco Use Prevention in Youth (Wicomico County)
• Health Education & Developmental Screening of Youth (Head Start)
• Nursing Career Exploration in Youth (Girl Scouts)
• Community Youth Development (4-H)
• Shooting Sports / Archery for Youth (4-H)
• Leadership in Education (ODK)