Chair, College of Nursing Graduate Program
Assistant Professor
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Nancy D . Bredenkamp, PhD, APRN-NP
Chair, College of Nursing Graduate Program
Assistant Professor
Dr. Nancy Bredenkamp is Assistant Dean for the Graduate Nursing Programs and assistant professor of nursing at Creighton University College of Nursing. She teaches classes in the Family Nurse Practitioner Program, including classroom instruction and practicum courses. In addition, she teaches courses on evaluating evidence for practice and DNP seminar courses. Dr. Bredenkamp also has a faculty practice site at the Blue Hill Clinic in Blue Hill, NE where she works as a family nurse practitioner.
Dr. Bredenkamp is passionate about nursing and nursing education and finds inspiration from Steve Jobs when he stated, “your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do”.
After working in the emergency room as an RN, Dr. Bredenkamp began teaching courses to other nurses. It was through this experience that she began to pursue a faculty position at Creighton College of Nursing. She says, “being able to practice as a family nurse practitioner and help other nurses reach their dreams is exciting and rewarding.”
Her ongoing research interests include interprofessional education for online students and simulation.
Dr. Bredenkamp received her BSN from Creighton University and her PhD in Nursing Education from the University of Northern Colorado. In addition to academia, Dr. Bredenkamp enjoys spending time with family and friends, going to the movies and music.
Department
Nursing - Doctorate
Position
Assistant Professor
Presentations
- Monaghan, M.S., Malesker, M.A., Ryan Haddad, A.M., Packard, K.E., Elsasser, G.N., Iverson, L.M., Hawkins, K.S., Bredenkamp, N.D., Carrico, C., and Connelly, S.: Development and Assessment of an Interprofessional Education Simulation for Pharmacy and Nurse Practitioner Students. American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting, National Harbor, Maryland 2015
- Hadenfeldt, C., Aufdenkamp, A., Harms, A., & Bredenkamp, N. Evaluation of a Frailty Assessment Instrument in Non-Geriatric Adults at a Primary Care Clinic for a Medically Underserved Population; Sigma Theta Tau, Iota Tau Chapter Research Day, Omaha, NE 2015
- Kim Hawkins, PhD, APRN-NP1, Lindsay Iverson, , DNP, APRN-NP, ACNP-BC, Nancy Bredenkamp, PhD, APRN-NP1, Cathy Carrico, DNP, FNP-BC1, Meghan Potthoff, MSN, APRN-NP1, Susan Connelly, M.N., APRN-NP1, Mark Malesker, PharmD2 and Michael Monaghan, Pharm.D., BCPS3,"Innovative Approaches to Interprofessional Simulation," Presented at the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties 41st Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD 2015
- Panel Speaker at Caring in a Complex World: Leading Through Health Information Technology Creighton University Harper Center 2013
- Bredenkamp, N., Carrico, C., Hawkins, K., Iverson, L., & Morris, K. (2013, April). Use of high fidelity simulation with advanced practice nursing students. Presented at the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties 39th Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA. 2013
- Bredenkamp, N., Carrico, C., Hawkins, K., Iverson, L., & Morris, K. (2013, April). Use of high fidelity simulation with advanced practice nursing students. Poster presentation at the 24th Annual Sigma Theta Tau International, Iota Tau Chapter Research Day, Omaha, NE. 2013