Katherine Kunnen

Doctor of Nursing Practice/Family Nurse Practitioner, University of Michigan-Flint; May 2016
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Calvin College; May 2009
Faith Community Nurse and Faith Community Nurse Educator; June 2009

Assistant Professor, Calvin College; August 2016 - Present
Nursing Practitioner, Signify Health, Dallas, TX 2017 - 2019
Registered Nurse, Spectrum Health Blodgett, Grand Rapids, MI; December 2009 - 2016

2019 Principle investigator: “The perceived barriers and supports for minority students at a baccalaureate nursing program.”
2018 Principle investigator: “The effects of interprofessional collaboration and the use of theater students as simulation patients on the perceived self-efficacy, confidence, and satisfaction of the baccalaureate nursing student.”
2014 Principle investigator: “A collaborative initiative to establish postpartum depression screening in the pediatric office.”

Grants

2020 “Faith in the Vaccine Ambassadors” Interfaith Youth Core. Awarded $22,500
2019 “The Perceived Barriers and Supports for Minority Students at a Baccalaureate Nursing Program” Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship. Awarded $1,000
2017 Gold-AACN White Coat Ceremony for Nursing. Arnold P. Gold Foundation. Awarded $1,000

Kunnen K. (in press). How can I practice sabbath in a profession where speed and efficiency reign? Journal of Christian Nursing.
Kunnen K. (in press). Minority student perspectives in an undergraduate nursing program. Journal of Christian Nursing.
Kunnen, K. (2021). The role of the faith community nurse. In D. Gillespie (Ed.), The many roles of the registered nurse. (pp. 131-146). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Kunnen K. (2022). Practicing sabbath where speed and efficiency reign. Journal of Christian Nursing, 39 (1), 141

2021 Minority Student Perspectives in an Undergraduate Christian University. Calvin University. Grand Rapids, MI.
2020 Translating Med-Surg Clinical and Lab to an Online Format: Challenges, Lessons Learned, and Opportunities. Educating Nurses in an Online Environment; Lessons Learned. Daystar University School of Nursing, Nairobi, Kenya.
2019 The Effects of Interprofessional Collaboration and the Use of Theater Students on the Perceived Self-efficacy, Confidence, and Satisfaction of Baccalaureate Nursing Students. Calvin University. Grand Rapids, MI.

Faculty Counselor, Sigma Theta Tau International - Kappa Epsilon Chapter at Large (May 2017 - May 2020)
Member of Disaster Assistance Response Team, Samaritan's Purse, Boone, NC 2016 - Present
Faith Community Nurse Educator (June 2009)

International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning
Faith Community Nursing International
Sigma Theta Tau International - Kappa Epsilon Chapter at Large (November 2008 - Present)

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