Loureen Downes PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP
Dr. Loureen Downes is Professor at Florida Gulf Coast University School of Nursing in Fort Myers, Florida, where she is the founding Director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program. She developed the Motivators and Barriers of Health Behaviors Scale used in research and practice to screen for factors related to healthy lifestyle behaviors. Her research has been cited nationally and internationally. She has a part-time faculty practice as a NP for homebound patients. She is passionate about managing and preventing chronic diseases with lifestyle behaviors, and integrates lifestyle concepts into her research, teaching, and practice.