Theresa Jizba, DNP, AGACNP-BC, ACHPN

Department

Nursing - Doctorate

Position

Assistant Professor

Publications

• Nurse educator
  Jizba Theresa, Enhancing Primary Palliative Care Competency With Graduate Nursing Students 2024
• Journal of hospice and palliative nursing
  Lippe Megan P, Instruments for Evaluating Student Learning Outcomes in Palliative Care: A Literature Review 2024
• Jizba Theresa, A comparison of clinical outcomes associated with dosing metronidazole every 8 hours versus every 12 hours: a systematic review and metaanalysis 2024
• Journal for nurse practitioners
  Iverson Lindsay, Beat The Clock! Implementation and Evaluation of an Escape Room
  19:5 2023
• Journal of professional nursing
  Potthoff Meghan, Interprofessional primary palliative care: Do the AACN Essentials prepare nurses for collaborative practice?
  46, p. 197 - 204 2023
• Journal of Emergency Nursing
  Jizba Theresa A., Implanted Port Access in the Emergency Department: A Unit-Level Feasibility Study of a Nurse-Led Port Access Algorithm
  47:4, p. 599 - 608 2021
• Radiation Oncology
  Curtis Kelly K., Outcomes of patients with loco-regionally recurrent or new primary squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck treated with curative intent reirradiation at Mayo Clinic
  11:1, p. - 2016
• Journal of clinical oncology
  Curtis Kelly Kevelin, Outcomes of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) treated with reirradiation (RRT) at Mayo Clinic
  33:15_suppl, p. 6064 - 6064 2015

Presentations

• Portsche, A. & Jizba, T. (2025, March 26-29). Early recognition and intervention in burn patients with positive PTSD screening. Midwest Nursing Research Society 29th Annual Research Conference. Indianapolis, IN. 2025
• Bassett, E., Marcuzzo, G., Jizba, T., Edwards, H. (2024, September 27-29). A learning needs assessment for primary palliative care education in an obstetrics and gynecology residency program. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Districts I, V, and VI Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. 2024
• Schoepke, M. & Jizba, T. (2024, February 28-March 2). Nurse-led prevention and early identification of ICU delirium. Midwest Nursing Research Society 28th Annual Research Conference. Minneapolis, MN. Creighton University Deans Choice Award 2024
• Benz, M. & Jizba, T. (2023, October 10-11). Implementation of a palliative care screening tool in the medical intensive care unit: a quality improvement project. 2023 University of Colorado Palliative Care Days. Aurora, CO 2023
• Banzhaf, S., Jizba, T., Iverson, L., Thinnes, A. & Price, P. (2023, September 27). Bridging the gap from education to practice: interprofessional simulation incorporating diverse and vulnerable populations. [Podium presentation] NEXUS Summit 2023. 2023
• Jizba, T., Iverson, L. (2023, June 14) The Effects of the ELNEC Graduate curriculum on nurse practitioner students perceptions of primary palliative care competency. [Audio podcast]. Nurse Educator Tips for Teaching. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/elnec-graduate-curriculum-for-teaching-primary-palliative/id1467432231?i=1000617078431 2023
• Iverson, L., Jizba, T., & Manning, L. (2023, May 23). A race against time: an escape room simulation for nurse practitioner students. [Podium presentation] University of Kentucky College of Nursing Simulation Conference 2023, Lexington, KY 2023
• Jizba, T. & Iverson, L. Effects of the ELNEC graduate curriculum on nurse practitioner students perceptions of primary palliative care competency (Poster presentation). National Hospice and Palliative Care Organizations 2023 Interdisciplinary Conference (2023, April 24-26). 2023
• Jizba, T., Kirkpatrick, M., Potthoff, M. (2023, March 1-3) Interprofessional primary palliative care: do the Essentials prepare nurses for Collaborative practice? [Paper presentation]. 2023 National Symposium for Academic Palliative Care Education and Research. Long Beach, CA. 2023
• Iverson, L., Jizba, T., Manning, L. (2023, February 27-28). Escape Room for nurse practitioner students: an innovative teaching strategy (Podium presentation). 3rd Global Virtual Summit on Advanced Nursing Practice. 2023
• Jizba, T., Iverson, L., & Hall, A. (2023, February 7). Effects of the ELNEC graduate curriculum on nurse practitioner students perceptions of primary palliative care competency. [Video]. Nurse Educator. https://journals.lww.com/nurseeducatoronline/pages/video.aspx?v=305 2023
• Manning, L., Jizba, T., & Iverson, L. (2022, October 26-November 2). Beat the clock! Implementation and evaluation of an escape room. (Poster presentation). Creighton University 2022 Virtual Assessment Symposium. Omaha, NE. 2022
• Banzhaf, S., Iverson, L., Jizba, T., Price, P., & Thinnes, A. (2022, July 29-30). Interprofessional practice simulation exploring cultural humility and social determinants of health in the management of older adults experiencing complex medical and psychiatric comorbidities (Podium presentation). Annual Heartland Interprofessional Education (HIPE) Conference. 2022
• Jizba, T., Iverson, L., (2022, June 23-24) Nurse practitioner students' perceptions of palliative care competency following completion of the ELNEC Graduate curriculum (Podium presentation). 2022 Innovation Summit for Health Professions Education 2022
• Jizba, T., Iverson, L., & Malesker, M. (2022, April 20-21). Simulated interdisciplinary hospital on-call day for nurse practitioner students: preparing hospital-based nurse practitioners for independent provider roles (Poster presentation). 29th National Evidence-Based Practice Conference. Iowa City, IA. 2022
• Iverson, L., Jizba, T., & Manning, L. (2022, April 20-21). A Clinical Escape Room for Nurse Practitioner Students: An Innovative Teaching Strategy (Poster presentation). 29th National Evidence-Based Practice Conference. Iowa City, IA. 2022
• Jizba, T. (2021, November 30). Implanted port access in the acute care setting (Presentation). Creighton University Scholarship Salon. 2021
• Iverson, L., Jizba, T., & Manning, L. (2021, November 17-24). Escape room for nurse practitioner students: an innovative teaching strategy (Poster presentation). Creighton University 2021 Virtual Assessment Symposium. Omaha, NE. 2021
• Jizba, T., Manning, L., & Iverson, L. (2021, October 1-November 14). Escape room for nurse practitioner students: an innovative teaching strategy (Poster presentation). 2021 Nebraska Nurses Association Annual Convention. Lincoln, NE. 2021

Other

• A Clinical Escape Room for Nurse Practitioner Students: An Innovative Teaching Strategy

• LifeSavers: An Interprofessional Critical Care Escape Room

• LifeSavers: An Interprofessional Critical Care Escape Room

Awards

• Teaching Excellence Award
  Creighton University Graduate Nursing Class
• ENLEC Award Winner 2022
  “ELNEC Graduate-Creighton University” group has been chosen as an ELNEC award winner for 2022. Your group was chosen because of your commitment to provide ELNEC education to your students and colleagues, and to promote this work to improve the care of those who are seriously ill in your community.
  Dr. Betty Ferrell (ELNEC)
• ELNEC Faculty Spotlight
  10/24/2022 email to all ELNEC faculty to highlight the publication of "Effects of the ELNEC graduate curriculum on nurse practitioner students' perceptions of primary palliative care competency" in Nurse Educator.
  End-of-Life Nursing Education Curriculum (ELNEC)
• The Meaning of Care Award
  Award nomination received from a "grateful family member" in memory of her mother.
  Nebraska Methodist Hospital
• Top Poster Award
  A Clinical Escape Room for Nurse Practitioner Students: An Innovative Teaching Strategy
  29th National Evidence-Based Practice Conference
• Positive Image of Nursing Award
  Nebraska Nurses' Association

Consulting

• Primary Palliative Care Consultant
  Educator/Lecturer
  Developing lecture content and serving as faculty mentor for two ob/gyn residents who are completing a quality improvement project focused on enhancing primary palliative care education for ob/gyn residents.
  CHI Health Obstetric and Gynecology Residency Program
  2024 - 2024