Donna Grandbois, assistant professor of nursing; Donald Warne, Master of Public Health program director; and Valerie Eschiti, a colleague from the University of Oklahoma, co-wrote the guest editorial, “The impact of history and culture on nursing care of Native American Elders.” It was published in the Journal of Gerontological Nursing. 

Grandbois also co-wrote an article with Greg Sanders, associate dean of the College of Human Development and Education. Their article, “Resilience and stereotyping: The experiences of Native American elders,” was published in the Journal of Transcultural Nursing.

Grandbois, Warne and Eschiti are all Native American faculty. Grandbois and Eschiti are among the fewer than 30 American Indian nurses who have earned their doctorate.

NDSU is recognized as one of the nation's top 108 public and private universities by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education.