CURRICULUM VITAE Gail Barbara Katz, DNP, CNS, RN
e-mail: gkatz@uccs.edu
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND DEGREES EARNED
University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Campus Doctorate of Nursing Practice
College of Nursing, May 2007 Denver, Colorado
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center MSN, Clinical Nurse Specialist School of Nursing, May 1987
Denver, Colorado
Idaho State University BSN, Nursing
School of Nursing, May 1980 Pocatello, Idaho
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
2009- present Assistant Professor of Nursing
Beth El College of Nursing and Health Sciences University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Colorado
2009-2009 Clinical Instructor
Beth El College of Nursing and Health Sciences University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Colorado
2007-2008 Assistant Professor of Nursing
Clinical Simulation Coordinator University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Campus
College of Nursing Denver, Colorado
2006-2007 Clinical Simulation Education Program Coordinator University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Campus
College of Nursing Denver, Colorado
2013-present Clinical Nurse Specialist Educator/New Graduate Mentor Mill Vista Lodge Continuing Care Center
Highlands Ranch, Colorado
2011-2012 Clinical Nurse Specialist New Graduate Mentor/Educator Orchard Park Health Care Center
Centennial, Colorado
2009-2011 Clinical Nurse Specialist Staff Educator
Littleton, Colorado
2005-Present Risk Management, Legal and
Case Management Nurse Consultant Nurse Expert
Littleton, Colorado
2003-2005 Corporate Director of Loss Prevention/Risk Management
Five Star Quality Care Newton, Massachusetts
2001-2003 Corporate Assistant Manager of Loss Prevention and Risk/Case Management
Great West Life Insurance Company Denver, Colorado
1996-2001 V.P. Risk Management and Loss Prevention Coram Healthcare Corporation
Denver, Colorado
1993-1996 Corporate Director of Risk Management and Liability Claims HealthOne-Columbia HCA
Denver, Colorado
1987-1993 The St. Paul Insurance Companies
Senior Healthcare Liability Claim and Risk Management Representative Denver, Colorado
1984-1987 The Traveler's Companies
Medical Case Management Supervisor Englewood, Colorado
1982-1984 Assistant Nurse Manager
Rocky Mountain Hospital, 3 North–Medical Surgical Care Unit Denver, Colorado
1980-1982 Clinical Instructor
Idaho State University, School of Nursing
Pocatello, Idaho
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
February 2010 Katz, G.B., Peifer, K.L.,& Armstrong, G. (2010).Assessment of Patient Simulation Use in Selected Baccalaureate Nursing Programs in the United States,
Simulation in Healthcare: The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, 5(1), 46-51.
BOOK CHAPTERS Submitted for publication:
(2015) Advanced Practice Nursing: Core Concepts for Professional Role Development, (4th ed), NYC, NY: Springer Publishing Company
PRESENTATIONS
November 2014 Risk management, Legal and Ethical issue for the Clinical Nurse Scholar Clinical Scholar Workshop
Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence Denver, CO
May 2008 Integration and Use of Patient Simulation in Baccalaureate Nursing Education Curricula to Enhance Clinical Readiness
19th Annual Rocky Mountain Regional Multidisciplinary Research &
Evidence-Based Practice Symposium, Evidence-Evidence-Based Practice and Quality Patient Care: Challenges and Future Trends.
Denver, Colorado
January 2008 Simulation in the Baccalaureate program Mosby’s Emerging Technology for Nurse Educators Faculty Development Institute
San Francisco, CA
January 2008 Using Patient Simulation in Baccalaureate Nursing Education Curricula to
Enhance Clinical Readiness o Enhance Clinical Readiness Society for Simulation in Healthcare International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare
Fostering Excellence through Innovation and Collaboration San Diego, CA
June 2007 The Impact of Simulation on Clinical Readiness: Lessons Learned and Future Directions: paper presented
Seventh National Conference on Nursing Skills Labs International Nursing Association for Simulation in Clinical Learning (INASCL)
San Antonio, Texas
June 2007 Mentoring the Mentor Workshop Moore grant on Nurse Retention
California Nurses Foundation, California Nurses Association Oakland, California
January 2007 Reflective Practice and Technology in Nursing Education Educate-the-Educator
California Nurses Foundation, California Nurses Association Oakland, California
June 2006 Touch, the Body and Epistemology
NURS 6058: Practice Epistemology: Expanding Ways of Knowing in Reflective Practice
University of Colorado at Denver Health Sciences, School of Nursing
February 2004 Preventing Nurse Employee Injuries
Five Star Quality Care, Inc. Governance Board Boston, Massachusetts
October 2003 Risk and Case management for Nurse Workers’ Compensation Injuries Specialty Risk Services Conference
Los Angeles, California
September 2003 Case Management in the Managed Care Environment: Decreasing Liability Exposures
Denver, Colorado
June 2002 Teaching Loss Prevention and Risk Management to Clinical Directors and Managers
Coram Healthcare Corporation National Care Conference Phoenix, Arizona
October 2001 Incident and Error Prevention and Management in Home Infusion National Association of Home Infusion Nurses Annual Conference Newark, New Jersey
September 2000 Proactive Claim Management in Home Health Care
Coram Healthcare Corporation Annual Shareholders Meeting Las Vegas, Nevada
June 2000 There is a time to say you are sorry: how to apologize after an unexpected patient event
The St Paul Companies Annual Conference Dallas, Texas
January 1999 How to prevent malpractice suits and what to do? HealthOne/Columbia, HCA, LLC.
Quality Board Meeting Englewood, Colorado
May 1999 Ethics, Leadership and Decision Making in Home Care Settings Coram Healthcare Corporation National Workshop
Hayward, California
November 1998 Home Infusion Pump Incident Management Issues
Medtronic Medical Research and Development Conference on Safe Medical Devices
Chicago, Illinois
May 1998 Risk Management for the On the Job Injured Healthcare Professional American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM) Phone in Conference
Chicago, Illinois
February 1998 Documentation with a Jury in Mind
Coram Healthcare Corporation Annual Clinical Conference Colorado Springs, Colorado
May 1997 Charting and Regulatory Agency Compliance HealthOne-Columbia, LLC.
Medical Staff Workshop, P/SL Denver, Colorado
October 1996 Doing business under an OIG Settlement Agreement
Coram Healthcare Corporation Senior Management Conference Kansas City, Missouri
September 1995 Liability and Proactive Risk Prevention HealthOne System Preoperative Managers Annual Perioperative Staff Meeting
May 1995 Charting and Documentation Nursing Care
April 1995 Presentation for Senior Baccalaureate students in Leadership Regis College, School of Nursing
Denver, Colorado
March 1995 How to Document for the Future
Northern Colorado Medical Center Family Resident Training Greeley, Colorado
May 1994 Behavioral Management and Crisis Intervention for Residential Facilities Cleo Wallace Center Governance Board Meeting
Convened by the Colorado Department of Social Services
April 1992 Malpractice and Risk Management: What You Can Do Idaho Association of Counselors (IACD) Annual Conference Boise, Idaho
Panel Member: Ethics: An Open Discussion
ABSTRACTS and POSTERS
June 2008 Positive Correlation between Poor Student Simulation Experience, Examination and Clinical Performance in 102 Medical Surgical I Baccalaureate Juniors 12th International Conference on Nursing Skills Labs
International Nursing Association for Simulation in Clinical Learning San Jose, California
March 2008 Integration and Use of Patient Simulation in Baccalaureate Nursing Education Curricula to Enhance Clinical Readiness
19th Annual Rocky Mountain Regional Multidisciplinary
Research & Evidence-Based Practice Symposium, Evidence-Based Practice and Quality Patient Care: Challenges and Future Trends.
Denver, Colorado
January 2008 PTLC Grant Using Patient Simulation in Baccalaureate Nursing Education Curricula to Enhance Clinical Readiness
Society for Simulation in Healthcare
International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare
Fostering Excellence through Innovation and Collaboration 8th Annual International Meeting on Simulation in Health Care San Diego, California
January 2008 It’s All in the Mix: Piloting an Educational Experience for Nursing and Medical Students and Paramedics
Utilizing High Fidelity Simulation and Standardized Patients 8th Annual International Meeting on Simulation in Health Care San Diego, California
January 2008 Applied Cultural Competency in Baccalaureate Nursing Programs using High Fidelity Simulation
Mosby’s Faculty Development Institute San Francisco, California
January 2008 Promoting Clinical Readiness for Undergraduate
Mosby’s Faculty Development Institute San Francisco, California
OTHER PRESENTATIONS
Fall 2014 Risk Management for Clinical Scholars Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence Clinical Scholars Workshop
Fall 2011, 2012 Simulation Working Group University of Colorado Hospital
March 2010 The Use of Clinical Simulation in Baccalaureate Nursing Programs in the United States
Sigma Theta Tau Research Symposium Colorado Springs, CO
May 2008 Integration and Use of Patient Simulation in Baccalaureate Nursing Education Curricula to Enhance Clinical Readiness
19th Annual Rocky Mountain Regional Multidisciplinary Research &
Evidence-Based Practice Symposium, Evidence-Evidence-Based Practice and Quality Patient Care: Challenges and Future Trends.
Denver, Colorado
January 2008 Simulation in the Baccalaureate program Mosby’s Emerging Technology for Nurse Educators Faculty Development Institute
San Francisco, CA
January 2008 Using Patient Simulation in Baccalaureate Nursing Education Curricula to
Enhance Clinical Readiness o Enhance Clinical Readiness Society for Simulation in Healthcare International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare
Fostering Excellence through Innovation and Collaboration San Diego, CA
June 2007 The Impact of Simulation on Clinical Readiness: Lessons Learned and Future Directions: paper presented
Seventh National Conference on Nursing Skills Labs International Nursing Association for Simulation in Clinical Learning (INASCL)
San Antonio, Texas
June 2007 Mentoring the Mentor Workshop Moore grant on Nurse Retention
California Nurses Foundation, California Nurses Association Oakland, California
January 2007 Reflective Practice and Technology in Nursing Education Educate-the-Educator
California Nurses Foundation, California Nurses Association Oakland, California
June 2006 Touch, the Body and Epistemology
NURS 6058: Practice Epistemology: Expanding Ways of Knowing in Reflective Practice
University of Colorado at Denver Health Sciences, School of Nursing
September 2005 Patient Safety and Prevention of Errors Video Five Star Quality Care, Inc.
Newton, Massachusetts
November 2001 Communication and Patient Safety Video Coram Healthcare Corporation
Denver, Colorado
June 1999 Saying I am Sorry: Apologizing After n Incident Video Coram Healthcare Corporation
Chicago, Illinois
April 1997 Risk Management, Ethics and Compliance Video Coram Healthcare Corporation
Houston, Texas
February 1996 Charting With a Jury in Mind Video Health One Columbia, LLC
May 1994 Documentation for Clinicians Video Health One Columbia, LLC. Denver, Colorado
GRANTS and PROPOSALS
2013-present Co-PI on Research project
Replication of 2007 survey of BS programs in the US simulation use in education
2010 Collaborating team member
Denise McGarry, doctoral student in Australia
Researching the use of simulation in BS programs in the US and Australia
2008-2011 Member of Grant writing teams at UCCS CON Colorado Springs, Colorado
2007-present Member of Research Team University of Colorado Denver
School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado
Inter Professional Simulations Using Medical Students and Nursing students in team building/patient safety/communication evaluation
Gwyn Barley, PhD.:P.I.
2007-present Member of Research Team
University of Colorado, College of Nursing
Intramural Grant: Inter rater Reliability in Clinical Simulation Diane Skiba, PhD.:P.I.
2006-2008 Member of Research Team
University of Colorado Denver, College of Nursing PTLC Excellence in Teaching Grant
Gail Armstrong, ND, RN, P.I. and Gayle Preheim, EdD., RN
2006-present Member of Research Team
Project: Nurse to Nurse Project: Mentoring and Nurse Retention Rates Member with Karen Peifer, RN, PhD, Principle Investigator.
Dennis and Betty Moore Foundation Grant
California Nurses Association and California Nursing Foundation
2001-2003 Member of Research Team Medtronics Grant
Use of Heparin or Saline for Long term Peripheral Indwelling Intravenous Catheter Patency
Kate Douglass, RN, MS, MBA, P.I. New York City, New York
1998-2000 Member of Research Team
Home Infusion and Amino glycoside Ototoxcicity and Nephrotoxicity Monitoring David McCormick, Pharm D., Principle Investigator
COURSES TAUGHT
Spring 2015 NURS6100: Philosophical Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice NURS8030: DNP Capstone
Fall 2014 NURS6100: Philosophical Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice NURS7030: Advanced Health Care Policy, Ethics and Law
NURS8030: DNP Capstone
Summer 2014 NURS7090: Business, Finance and Entrepreneurship for Advanced Practice Nursing
NURS6110: Advanced Nursing Practice and Health Care Policy
Spring 2014 NURS7070: Population Management for Improving the Nation’s Health NURS8030: DNP Capstone
NURS6100: Philosophical Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice
Fall 2013 NURS8030: DNP Capstone
NURS7030: Advanced Health Care Policy, Ethics and Law NURS 6100: Philosophical Foundations of Advanced Nursing
Spring 2013 NURS7070: Population Management for Improving the Nation’s Health NURS6100: Philosophical Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice NURS8030:DNP Capstone
Summer 2013 NURS7090:Business, Finance, Entrepreneurship for Advanced Nursing Practice NURS7820: Clinical Nurse Specialist Practicum
NURS6150:Clinical Nurse Specialist Role
Fall 2012 NURS8030: DNP Capstone
NURS6100: Philosophical Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice NURS7820: Clinical Nurse Specialist Practicum
Spring 2012 NURS6100: Philosophical Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice NURS7820:Clinical Nurse Specialist Practicum
NURS8030: DNP Capstone
Summer 2012 NURS7090: Business, Finance, and Entrepreneurship for Advanced Nursing Practice
NURS6150: Clinical Nurse Specialist Role Seminar NURS7820: Clinical Nurse Specialist Practicum
Fall 2011 NURS6100: Philosophical Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice
NURS6580: Acute Care Adult Clinical Nurse Specialist
Spring 2011 NURS6100: Philosophical Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice NURS 6580: Acute Care Adult Clinical Nurse Specialist
NURS8030: DNP Capstone
Summer 2011 NURS7090: Business, Finance, and Entrepreneurship for Advanced Nursing Practice
NURS6150: Clinical Nurse Specialist Role Seminar NURS7820: Clinical Nurse Specialist Practicum
Fall 2010 NURS6100: Philosophical Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice NURS6580: Acute Care Adult Clinical Nurse Specialist
NURS7820: Clinical Nurse Specialist Practicum
Spring 2010 NURS6100: Philosophical Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice NURS6580: Acute Care Adult Clinical Nurse Specialist
NURS7820: Clinical Nurse Specialist Practicum
Summer 2010 NURS7090: Business, Finance, and Entrepreneurship for Advanced Nursing Practice
NURS6150: Clinical Nurse Specialist Role Seminar NURS7820: Clinical Nurse Specialist Practicum
Fall 2009 NURS6100: Philosophical Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice NURS6580: Acute Care Adult Clinical Nurse Specialist
NURS7820: Clinical Nurse Specialist Practicum
Spring 2009 NURS6100: Philosophical Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice NURS3200: Nursing Care of Adults Practicum I
Spring 2008 NURS4593Case Management
University of Colorado Denver School of Nursing NURS 4050: Professional Nursing: Foci and Trends University of Colorado Denver School of Nursing
Spring 2007 NURS4593:Case Management
University of Colorado Denver School of Nursing
Spring 2006 NUDO6052:DNP Role in Patients and Populations Management University of Colorado University Denver School of Nursing
Spring 2006 NURS4593: Case Management
University of Colorado Denver School of Nursing
THESIS/CAPSTONE Committees
Pornson Linton :Alcohol Screening in a Rural Community: a Paradigm Shift Chair 2012
Michelle Martens: An Online Education Program for Disposition of Cryopreserved Embryos Member
Stephanie Peete: Hypertensive Patients in Urgent Care: a Survey of Current Practice Chair 2014
Angela Surace: The Relationship Between Evidenced-Based Practice Beliefs, Knowledge and Implementations Among Staff Nurse Leaders at an Acute Care Hospital
Chair 2014
Mary Jo Person: Implementation of Adjustable Work Stations in Sedentary Workers and Worker Satisfaction
Chair 2104
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS American Association of Nurses
Association of Healthcare Risk Managers
SERVICE
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM COMMITEES
2012-current Personnel and Benefits Committee 2012-2014 University Budget and Benefits Committee
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO SPRINGS COMMITTEES 2012-current Personnel and Benefits Committee
2011-2012 Library Committee
BETH-EL COLLEGE OF NURSING and HEALTH SCIENCES COMMITEES 2010-current Graduate Admissions Committee
2009-current Graduate Nursing Faculty Committee 2014-current Nursing Executive Council 2014-current Graduate Nursing Curriculum Committee
2014-current Graduate Nursing Admissions and Progressions Committee 2014-current Evaluation Committee
2014-current Student Awards Committee
2013 Search Committee member, Associate Professor position
COMMUNITY COMMITEES
2001-current 9 News Health Fair volunteer/coordinator
CONSULTATIONS Kevin S. Mahoney
The Mahoney Law Firm, P.C. 3300 E. 1st Avenue, Suite 480
Denver, Co. 80206 303.987.2210
Tom J. Helms, P.c. Helms & Associates, P.C. 8400 E. Prentice Avenue Greenwood Village, Co 80111 303.321.2703