Barbara J. Hoerst, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, is the newly appointed Director of the Undergraduate Nursing Program. Dr. Hoerst attended Northeastern Hospital School of Nursing (diploma), La Salle University (BSN), Villanova University (MSN), and University of Pennsylvania (PhD).Her clinical preparation at the graduate level is maternal-infant nursing. Dr. Hoerst has been teaching in the Undergraduate and Graduate Nursing Programs.