Kathleen B. Hirsch, RN, MSN

Kathleen B. Hirsch, RN, MSN

Kathleen B. Hirsch, RN, MSN

Instructor
College of Nursing, Phoenix Campus

Expertise/Specializations

  • Med-Surg; Geriatrics
  • Health Assessment
  • Care Management

Academic Appointments

Position

  • Instructor

Teaching Activity

  • Acute Medical Surgical across the curriculum
  • Community/Populations
  • Foundations in Health Assessment
  • NUR 243/NUR 244 Care Management I/Practicum

Biography

Kat Hirsch MSN, RN joined the College of Nursing in the Fall of 2012 as an Special clinical nursing instructor. During that time she worked on a Medical Surgical floor at the VA Medical Center in Omaha NE. In 2012 she completed a Nursing Fellowship in Research studying under nursing theorist, Dr. Jean Watson.  With this fellowship, Kat became a certified Caritas Coach  In 2014 she left the bedside in order to devote more time to her passion - teaching.  In 2016 she joined the Creighton University College of Nursing in Omaha as a full time faculty member. WIth this appointment she teaches heavily in the clinical areas of Long Term Care, Acute Care Med surg and Ortho Trauma.  In January 2022, she transferred to the Phoenix campus where she teaches in the ABSN program in Acute Care Med surg courese as well as Populations and Health Assessment.   
 
 

Curriculum Vitae

Publications and Presentations

General

  • , 60(8), 459-461

Presentations

Research and Scholarship

Research and Scholarship Interests

  • Student nurse anxiety and self care methodologies,  geriatric polypharmacy, Integrative health and healing

Current Research Projects

  • Nursing Fellowship in Research - Completed in 2012

    Presentation – 2016  (Poster) “Meeting the Needs of Pre- Licensure Nursing Students – The Intentional Integration of ATI Skills Modules and Real Life Scenarios into the Clinical Skills Labs”.  
     
    Nursing Students; Perceptions; Staff Nurse Instructors Characteristics in a Dedicated Education Unit
    Accepted for publication by Journal of Nursing Education (2020)
     
    Educating Nursing Students Virtually: Clinical during the COVID-19 Pandemic
    Accepted for podium presentation on November 13, 2020.
     
     

Awards and Honors

  • Service in Teaching Excellence, ABSN Student Cohort, 2022
  • Service in Teaching Excellence, Traditional Student Cohort, 2021
  • Service in Teaching Excellence, Traditional Student Cohort, 2019
  • Service in Teaching Excellece, ABSN Student Cohort, 2017
  • Service in Teaching Excellence, Traditional Student Cohort, 2016