Alison D Swift

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Dr. Alison Swift is an Associate Professor in the Advanced Nursing Practice and Education department and has taught at ECU CON since 2011. She is the Concentration Director for the MSN and Post-Master's Certificate (PMC) in Nursing Education programs. Dr. Swift teaches primarily in the MSN Nursing Education concentration, but also mentors PhD students and honors students in their research projects. Her research interests include psychological and physiological chronic stress (hair cortisol, telomere length), mental health, coping mechanisims, and quality of life in women with reproductive traumas of infertility and pregnancy loss. Other research interests include integrative health and nursing education.

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- Secondary qualitative analysis of the effect of work-related stress on women who experienced a miscarriage during the COVID-19 pandemic
  . JOGNN. 2025
- A secondary analysis of a cross-sectional study to examine factors associated with marital benefit in US women with infertility
  . Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy. 51:462-476. 2025
- Exploring Psychological Distress and Adverse Childhood Experiences Among U.S. Women with Concurrent Reproductive Trauma and Infertility: A Secondary Analysis of a Cross-Sectional Study
  . Women's health reports (New Rochelle, N.Y.). 6:1236-1245. 2025
- Compounding stress: A mixed-methods study on the psychological experience of miscarriage amid the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 24. 2024
- Infertility-related stress, quality of life, and reasons for fertility treatment discontinuation among US women: A secondary analysis of a cross-sectional study. Sexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives. 39. 2024
- An integrative review of adverse childhood experiences and reproductive trauma.. Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health. 2023
- Comparing infertility-related stress, coping, and quality of life among Assisted Reproductive Technology and non-Assisted Reproductive Technology treatments. Human Fertility. 26:1248-1255. 2023
- Infertility Stress, Cortisol, Coping, and Quality of Life in U.S. Women Who Undergo Infertility Treatments. Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN. 50:275-288. 2021
- Infertility-related stress and quality of life in women experiencing concurrent reproductive trauma. Journal of psychosomatic obstetrics and gynaecology. 43:171-176. 2021

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Peer Reviewer Human Fertility (2 Reviews)
January 2025
August 2023 2025
Beta Nu Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau Second Counselor 2013 - 2014

Background

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B.S.N. in Nursing, East Carolina University
M.S.N. in Nursing Education, East Carolina University
Ph.D. in Nursing in Nursing, ECU

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Associate Professor, Concentration Director MSN-Nursing Education

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