Phone
(414) 288-3830
kerry.goepfert@marquette.edu
Specialization
Nursing Leadership Administration, Adult Acute Care Nursing, Adult Education, Distance Education, Simulation Learning
Highest Degree
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago
Brief Statement of Scholarly Interests
The relationship among the design of work for RNs, unit/organizational culture and the quality and cost of patient care; the impact of changes in nursing care delivery on RN professional practice environment and job satisfaction; the relationship among managerial nurses' leadership behaviors, nursing unit tasks, unit structure, and RN job satisfaction; factors related to the retention of RNs. I am also interested in how low- to high-tech simulations can prepare a nursing workforce for the delivery of safe patient care in this time of rising patient acuity levels across all health care settings.
Descriptive Titles of Courses Recently Taught
NURS 4300 — Nursing Care of the Acutely Ill Adult — Theory
NURS 4301 — Nursing Care of the Acutely Ill Adult — Practicum
NURS 6009 — Creating Nursing Care Systems
NURS 6351 — Practicum 1: Advanced Nursing Care of the Acutely Ill
NURS 6352 — Practicum 2: Advanced Nursing Care of the Acutely Ill
NURS 6353 — Practicum 3: Advanced Nursing Care of the Acutely Ill
NURS 6342 — Advanced Acute Care Concepts and Issues
HEAL 6840 — The Environment of Health Care Delivery (on-line course).
Selected Publications
(2011, spring) Kosmoski-Goepfert, K.A. (Ed.) Integrating Adult Acute Care Skills and Procedures into Nurse Practitioner Curricula. National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties, Washington, DC
(2004) National Panel for Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Competencies. Acute Care Nurse Practitioner competencies. Washington, DC: National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties.
Extramural Grants or Awards
2010 Marquette University’s Edward D. Simmons Religious Commitment Award, Life with Dignity - Beliefs, Practices, and Economic Diversity, $1200.
2010 HRSA – American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals, If We Build It, They Can Come, $ 296,263.00.
2010 Way Klinger Teaching Enhancement Award, The Redesign of the Baccalaureate Nursing Curriculum, Marquette University $15,000.
2007 Integrating Procedure/Skills in NP Education, National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties. Deliverable is a national skills toolkit, $500.
2007- 2008 American Association of Colleges of Nursing Academic Leadership Fellow
2003-2004. Who's Who among Health Services Professionals. The Society of Human Services Professionals.
Editor/Reviewer/Consultant
2009-present: American Association of Critical Care Nurses ACNPC/CCNS Practice Analysis Task Force PATF.
2009-present: Grant Reviewer, Southeastern Wisconsin Nursing Research Consortium
2003-present: Abstract Reviewer, Southeastern Wisconsin Nursing Research Consortium1985 - present: Consulted with more than 40 health care/nursing professionals from across the United States and Canada. Topics include: effective preparation of baccalaureate nurses; baccalaureate nursing curriculum development; registered nurses job satisfaction; registered nurses work design, nursing unit culture, and the cost and quality of patient care; development of delegation, team building and leadership programs for RNs; and the measurement of cost data, RN job satisfaction; unit task characteristics; and factors related to the retention of RNs.
Other consulting activities include curriculum design, the development of a nurse management course for master level nursing students and a critical care nursing current topics course.
Professional Affiliations
National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties
Co-Chair: NONPF Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Special Interest Group (2008-2009)
American Association of Critical Care Nurses
Sigma Theta Tau International- Delta Gamma Chapter
The Marquette Neighborhood Health Center
