Laurie Soroken

Laurie Soroken is a Clinical Professor and Director of the Baccalaureate Program at the Susan and Alan Solomont School of Nursing, Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell. Her expertise spans Adult Health and Medical Surgical Nursing Education, with a focus on improving clinical practice and educational methodologies.

• Ph.D. in Nursing (2019), UMass Lowell
• Other degrees include Adult Nurse Practitioner (1995), Clinical Nurse Specialist (1993), and BSN (1989).

Her research emphasizes nursing staff communication and teamwork, simulation-based learning, and healthcare workflow optimization. She has received awards for teaching excellence, including the 2014 UMass Lowell Innovations in Teaching and the UML School of Nursing Teaching Excellence Award.

Notable grants include projects on standardized patients in nursing education (2013), Restless Leg Syndrome awareness (2007), and glycemia optimization (2002). She has presented on topics such as simulation evaluation and clinical grading outcomes, and therapeutic communication in undergraduate education.

Laurie’s work integrates clinical practice innovations with educational strategies, aiming to enhance patient care and nursing education quality.