Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Research & Associate Professor
Dr. Katherine Moran has been the Associate Dean for Graduate Nursing Programs and Associate Professor at Kirkhof College of Nursing since 2018. She has broad interprofessional experience caring for underserved populations with chronic disease as the co-owner of My Self-Management Team, Inc. Further, she is a national expert in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project and the co-author of an award-winning textbook, The DNP Project: A Framework for Success. She also has extensive experience providing consultation for graduate programs seeking to develop the DNP degree. Finally, she is the Principal Investigator and Co-PI for two Health Resources and Services Administration grants. The Advanced Nursing Education Workforce grant is a collaborative effort between GVSU, McLaren Health System, and Mercy Health Muskegon to educate nurse practitioner students to meet the healthcare needs of rural/underserved communities in Michigan. The Nursing Workforce Diversity grant is a collaborative effort between GVSU, McLaren Health System, and Spectrum Health to increase nursing education opportunities for nurses from disadvantaged backgrounds and to equip them to provide culturally aligned care and lead in healthcare systems that provide care for medically underserved areas in Michigan.
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About Katherine Moran, DNP, RN, CDCES, FADCES, FNAP
Dr. Katherine Moran has been the Associate Dean for Graduate Nursing Programs and Associate Professor at Kirkhof College of Nursing since 2018. She has broad interprofessional experience caring for underserved populations with chronic disease as the co-owner of My Self-Management Team, Inc. Further, she is a national expert in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project and the co-author of an award-winning textbook, The DNP Project: A Framework for Success. She also has extensive experience providing consultation for graduate programs seeking to develop the DNP degree. Finally, she is the Principal Investigator and Co-PI for two Health Resources and Services Administration grants. The Advanced Nursing Education Workforce grant is a collaborative effort between GVSU, McLaren Health System, and Mercy Health Muskegon to educate nurse practitioner students to meet the healthcare needs of rural/underserved communities in Michigan. The Nursing Workforce Diversity grant is a collaborative effort between GVSU, McLaren Health System, and Spectrum Health to increase nursing education opportunities for nurses from disadvantaged backgrounds and to equip them to provide culturally aligned care and lead in healthcare systems that provide care for medically underserved areas in Michigan.
| Present | Faculty Member, Grand Valley State University ‐ Kirkhof College of Nursing | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
| 2021 - Present | Nursing Workforce Diversity |
| Health Resources and Services Administration - 5 D19HP42032‐02‐00 | |
| Role: Co-PI | |
| Colleague(s): Dr. Janet Winter - Principal Investigator | |
| $2,248,583 | |
| 2019 - Present | Advanced Nursing Education Workforce |
| Health Resources and Services Administration - 6 T94HP32899‐02‐02 | |
| Role: Principal Investigator | |
| $2,799,987 |
Honors and Awards
- 2020 Inducted as Fellow of the National Academies of Practice
- 2019 Sigma Theta Tau International 2019 Awards for Nursing Excellence - The Capstone International Nursing Book Award
- 2018 Excellence in Education Award – Sigma Theta Tau International/Kappa Epsilon
- 2016 Alpha Sigma Nu Book Award for The Doctor of Nursing Practice Scholarly Project: A Framework for Success.
- 2014 Inducted as a Fellow of the American Association of Diabetes Educators
| DNP, Madonna University | ||
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| MSN, University of Phoenix, Michigan Campus | ||
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| BSN, University of Phoenix, Michigan Campus | ||
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Links
Contact Information
Office phone: 616-331-5458
Email: morakath@gvsu.edu
