College of Nursing
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Abbott and Kootz Publish Article
Posted on March 17, 2021 | No CommentsAmy Abbott, PhD, RN, associate professor in the College of Nursing, and former traditional BSN student Olivia Kootz, BSN, RN, published an article, “Improving Sleep in Patients with Heart Failure,”... -
Nursing Students Participate in Pinning and Hooding Ceremonies
Posted on January 21, 2021 | No CommentsSix Doctor of Nursing Practice students were hooded and 35 undergraduate students received their nursing pins during a virtual Omaha Hooding and Pinning ceremony. In addition, 50 nursing students in... -
Members in Action: Team-Based Care Leads to Improved Value for Patients
Posted on January 14, 2021 | No CommentsCHI Health and Creighton University Medical Center, partnered to design and build University Campus, a new primary care-based medical facility that functions as a learning laboratory for interprofessional health sciences... -
Kirkpatrick Named a March of Dimes Nurse of the Year
Posted on December 10, 2020 | No CommentsCollege of Nursing associate professor Mandy Kirkpatrick, PhD, was named March of Dimes Nebraska and Western Iowa Nurse of the Year in the category of Public/Community/Home Health and Hospice/Palliative Care.... -
Nursing Faculty Published in Nursing Education Perspectives
Posted on November 17, 2020 | No CommentsCollege of Nursing faculty Cindy Hadenfeldt, EdD, RN; Hez Naylor, MSN, FNP, and Marilee Aufdenkamp, RN, MSN, published “Escape the Pharmacy: An Active Learning Strategy for the Nursing Pharmacology Classroom” in... -
Nursing Faculty Present at Midwest Regional Nursing Educators Conference
Posted on November 17, 2020 | No CommentsCollege of Nursing faculty members Jacque Williams, RN, MSA; Dana Koziol, RN, MSN; Christine Young, RN, MSN; Whitney Van De Graaff, MSN, RN, CPN; Jacquie Hanks, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC/AC; Chelsea... -
Shirley Named Nursing Interim Associate Dean in Phoenix
Posted on November 17, 2020 | No CommentsAssociate professor Nancy Shirley, PhD, RN, will assume an interim Associate Dean role for the College of Nursing in Phoenix effective Jan. 4, 2021. Share/Bookmark -
Congratulations to 2020-2021 Kingfisher Research & Scholarship Fellows
Posted on August 11, 2020 | No CommentsCongratulations to the faculty and students chosen for the latest cohort of Kingfisher Research and Scholarship Fellows! Fellows from across Creighton’s schools and colleges will meet throughout the coming academic... -
Interprofessional Team Published in Diabetes
Posted on June 17, 2020 | No CommentsVanessa Jewell, PhD, OTR/L, vice-chair and assistant professor in the department of Occupational Therapy along with interprofessional colleagues, Amy Abbott, PhD, RN, associate professor of Nursing and Emily Knezevich, PharmD, BCPS, CDE,... -
Health Science Faculty Publish Research Grant Work
Posted on April 3, 2020 | No CommentsSeveral health science faculty members were published in the Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice for “Clinician, Caregiver and Patient Perspectives of the Continuum of Care for Autism A Focus... -
Nursing Granted Full Approval for Accelerated BSN Program in Phoenix
Posted on January 21, 2020 | No CommentsThe College of Nursing Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program in Phoenix was granted full approval from the Arizona State Board of Nursing. The three-step process, required review by the State... -
Midwest Nursing Research Society Selects Creighton Abstracts
Posted on January 16, 2020 | No CommentsThe Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS) has accepted the following College of Nursing abstracts for presentation at its 44th Annual Research Conference, April 1-4, in Schaumburg, Illinois: For poster presentation,... -
Abbott Selected as Alpha Sigma Nu Inductee
Posted on December 6, 2019 | No CommentsAmy Abbott, PhD, RN, associate professor in the College of Nursing, has been selected for honorary membership in the Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit Honor Society. Abbot was selected for her... -
Bredenkamp Named Educator of the Year
Posted on December 6, 2019 | No CommentsNancy Bredenkamp, PhD, APRN, FNP-C, assistant dean of graduate programs and graduate faculty chair in the College of Nursing, was awarded the Nebraska Nurse Practitioners Educator of the Year award.... -
Nursing’s Koehler ‘Makes a Difference’
Posted on December 6, 2019 | No CommentsEcho Koehler, DNP, RN, assistant professor of nursing, recently received the Nurses Making a Difference Award from the Nebraska Center for Nursing. She was honored for her contributions to the... -
Haunted Hospital: Interprofessional Patient Safety and Medication Error Simulation Competition Winners
Posted on November 21, 2019 | No CommentsCongratulations to the interprofessional student teams who won the Interprofessional Education Passport Activity, Haunted Hospital: Interprofessional Patient Safety and Medication Error Simulation Competition on Nov. 1. First Place Team John... -
Interprofessional Article Published in Nursing Journal
Posted on October 30, 2019 | No CommentsKathleen Packard, PharmD, professor of pharmacy practice; Lindsay Iverson, DNP, APRN-NP, assistant professor in the College of Nursing; Ann Ryan Haddad,* PharmD, professor of pharmacy practice in the School of Pharmacy and... -
Abbott Receives Award from Nursing Honor Society
Posted on October 15, 2019 | No CommentsAmy Abbott, PhD, RN, associate professor in the College of Nursing, received the Winnifred E. Pinch Award from Iota Tau, the local chapter of Sigma Theta Tau the International Honor... -
Dean Todero Co-Authors AAN Policy Brief
Posted on October 11, 2019 | No CommentsCatherine Todero, PhD, RN, FAAN, dean of the College of Nursing, co-authored the American Academy of Nursing Policy Brief, “Nurse fatigue, sleep, and health, and ensuring patient and public safety.”... -
Interprofessional Collaboration Research Aids Groundbreaking Report
Posted on October 10, 2019 | No CommentsThe National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education released results of its two-year national study on accelerating community-based interprofessional health education and practice. This project used design models of interprofessional... -
Banzhaf Appointed to Executive Committee
Posted on September 30, 2019 | No CommentsCollege of Nursing assistant professor Sara Banzhaf, DNP, APRN-NP, PMHNP-BC, has joined the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska (BHECN) Executive Committee. The Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska was... -
Naylor, Orsi Receive Dean’s Award
Posted on September 25, 2019 | No CommentsAt the annual Nursing faculty and staff retreat held Aug. 13, Dean Catherine Todero, PhD, presented the Dean’s Award for Faculty Excellence to instructor Heather Naylor MSN, RN, (Phoenix campus)... -
College of Nursing Pinning and Hooding Ceremony
Posted on September 25, 2019 | No CommentsThe College of Nursing’s summer Pinning and Hooding Ceremony, Omaha campus, was held Aug. 16. One Doctor of Nursing graduate was hooded, and 45 Accelerated Nursing students received their nursing... -
Hamzhie’s Abstract Selected for Poster Presentation
Posted on September 25, 2019 | No CommentsThe abstract by College of Nursing assistant professor Chelsea Hamzhie, DNP, RN, “Implementing Food Insecurity Screenings and Self-Care Assessments Among People with Diabetes in a Safety Net Clinic,” has been accepted... -
Schoening Accepts Interprofessional Poster Presentation
Posted on August 30, 2019 | No CommentsAnne Schoening, PhD, RN, CNE, co-director of Interprofessional Faculty Development for the Center for Interprofessional Practice, Education and Research (CIPER), associate professor and assistant dean for faculty development for the...
