Karen Robson

Dr. Karen Robson PhD, DNP, NI-BC, RAC-CT has over three decades of full-time clinical experience long-term care. In addition to her clinical responsibilities, Dr. Robson served on the Steering Committee for healthcare information technology as well as the Diversity and Inclusion committee. She is a member of the National Nursing Honor Society (Sigma Theta Tau, Iota Omega, Governance Committee member) and American Nurses Informatics Association (ANIA) (member - Education Committee). Dr. Robson ​continues to be employed ​by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a Health ​Care Surveyor.

Dr. Robson obtained a BSN and MSN/ FNP from the University of Scranton, Scranton, PA. Dr. Robson also achieved a Post Masters Teaching Certificate (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA) and a Post Masters Certificate in Healthcare Informatics (Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA). Wilkes University (Wilkes Barre, PA) is where Dr. Robson attained a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP). Dr. Robson’s DNP scholarly inquiry investigated the effect of educational interventions including case studies to improve knowledge acquisition among graduate nursing students.

Dr. Robson received her PhD (nursing) at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA. Her research interest included health outcomes associated with antipsychotic medication use among older adults residing in long term care facilities. Dr. Robson's dissertation included two large cohorts of government data which was analyzed and transformed into knowledge and usable wisdom to improve care in long term care facilities.

In addition to full time employment in the clinical arena, Dr. Robson has taught undergraduate and graduate nursing courses since 2010. Dr. Robson holds certification by the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordination (AANAC) and the American Nurses Credentialing Association (informatics) (ANCC).

Dr. Robson's research received external financial support provided by the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association Foundation (GAPNA) and Sigma Theta Tau, Epi Philson Chapter.

Courses Taught

NSG1 6051 - NURS-6051-5,Transforming Nursing & HealthCare

Education

BSN, University of Scranton

MSN, University of Scranton

Post-master's Certificate, Drexel University

Post-master's Certificate, University of Pennsylvania

DNP, Wilkes University

Awards / Honors

, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society/ Duquesne University, 2018

Honor Society of Nursing / Sigma Theta Tau, Wilkes University, 2012

Laura Martin Endowed Scholarship, Duquesne University, 2019