Karen Robson
Dr. Karen Robson PhD, DNP, NI-BC, RAC-CT has nearly three decades of full-time clinical experience in caring for veterans' and their families in a long-term care facility. In addition to her clinical responsibilities, Dr. Robson serves on the Steering Committee for healthcare information technology as well as the Diversity and Inclusion committee.
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. Dr. Robson's research interest includes health outcomes associated with antipsychotic medication use among older adults residing 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