Gerontological nursing

Lecturer - College of Nursing

After completing my BSN at Kent State University I quickly retained a job in the ICU setting at Select Hospital in Akron, OH. At this LTAC I strengthen my novice nursing knowledge and skills, then I took my new abilities to a thoracic/abdominal med/surg floor at Summa Health. In junction with working the floor, I have been a part-time memb...

Adult Gero Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Concentration Coordinator - College of Nursing

Denise Pacholski, DNP, APRN, NP-C, is the Adult Gero Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Concentration Coordinator at Kent State University and has taught there for the past twelve years. Denise teaches a variety of topics in the Primary Care courses and precepts many students in her clinical practice. She has been a nurse practitioner for 20 ...

Director of DNP Program and Associate Professor - College of Nursing

I have been teaching at Kent State University since 2008 in the Nurse Practitioner program and now in the Doctorate of Nursing Practice program for which I am currently the Director. I have also been the Director of the NP programs and Director of the Adult-Gerontology program. I have been a nurse practitioner since 2002 and working for an...

Professor - College of Nursing

I have been a faculty member of the College of Nursing at Kent State University since 2006. I teach undergraduate courses in the BSN and RN-to-BSN programs and graduate level courses in the MSN Adult Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist and Nurse Educator concentrations. I serve on several committees and task forces, and leadership roles,...