Holly Christina Sak, EdD, MSN, RN

Assistant Professor

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Contact

HollySak@creighton.edu
Faculty - Nursing
College of Nursing

Holly Christina Sak, EdD, MSN, RN

Assistant Professor

Dr. Holly Sak is an Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing at Creighton University. She holds an EdD with an emphasis in public health policy and a master’s in nursing education from Nebraska Methodist College. Dr. Sak brings over 15 years’ nursing and non-profit leadership experience working with high-risk obstetric, addiction-recovery, and community case management. Dr. Sak’s teaching focuses on social and structural determinants of health, interprofessional education, and public health policy. She is active on several boards including the NNA Political Action Committee and Creighton University’s Institute for Population Health Advisory Committee. She has received the NNA Positive Image in Nursing Award in 2025. Dr. Sak’s research involves community-engaged partnerships focused on restorative justice and health equity for under-resourced populations.  

Teaching Interests

  • Shelter Nursing

Research Focus

Health Policy
Health Equity
Interprofessional Education

Position

Assistant Professor

Publications

  • Journal of professional nursing
    Sak Holly, Luksan Mesha, Davis Rebecca, Harty Anne, Jessen Jennifer, Genua Jo Anne, Advancing competency-based education in Nursing: Faculty-driven innovation for transforming population health
    66, p. 28 - 35 2026

Presentations

  • Practice Partner Perceptions of Competency-Based Pedagogy in Community Nursing Education 2025
  • Practice Partner Perceptions of Competency-Based Pedagogy in Community Nursing Education 2025
  • Meaningful Partnership with Population Health Clinicians to Enhance Competency-Based Nursing 2025
  • 2025 Annual Research Conference Competency-Based Qualitative Evaluation of Population Health Clinical Outcomes 2025
  • Competency-Based Qualitative Evaluation of Population Health Clinical Outcomes 2025

Grants

  • Enhancing Transdisciplinary Service-Learning Collaboration in Nursing and History/Sponsor: Creighton University Center for Faculty Excellence/CFE

  • Humanities to Teach Civility Through an Immersive Prison Reentry Simulation/Sponsor: Humanities Nebraska