Shayla Mulligan

Shayla Mulligan serves as a Contributing Faculty member in the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program within the College of Nursing at Walden University. She brings extensive clinical and leadership experience to her teaching, with a strong background in healthcare delivery and psychiatric care.

Prior to this role, Mulligan served as a Nursing Instructor at Seward County Community College from August 2016 to May 2022. During her tenure, she provided clinical and classroom instruction as the lead instructor for mental health and client care courses, developed high-fidelity clinical simulation scenarios, and collaborated on a comprehensive curriculum redesign.

Actively working as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, Mulligan provides mental health assessment, diagnosis, and medication management at an outpatient private practice. Her clinical leadership background also includes implementing and directing a Serious Mental Illness Health Home program, as well as serving as a Director of Nursing overseeing a long-term care setting.

An alumna of the University of Kansas, her clinical interests include addressing health disparities in rural areas. She has been recognized for her contributions to the field, receiving a project award from the Midwest Nursing Research Society for her focus on the health of diverse populations and being named an American Psychiatric Nurses Association Board of Directors Scholar. Her major accomplishments also feature her ongoing collaborative work on an Advanced Nursing Education Workforce grant through the University of Kansas Medical Center, reflecting her continued dedication to healthcare education and community development.

Education

DNP, University of Kansas

BSN, Tabor College

AAS, Seward County Community College

Public Service

Seward County Mental Wellness Promotion Committee, Chair -

Seward County Nursing Advisory Board, Board Member - Liberal

Liberal Area Coalition for Families, Member - Liberal

Awards / Honors

Board of Directors Scholar, American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 2023

DNP PROJECT AWARD WINNER IN HEALTH OF DIVERSE POPULATIONS, Midwest Nursing Research Society, 2023

Presentations

Mulligan, S. (2023). DESIGNING A COMMUNITY-BASED MENTAL WELLNESS INITIATIVE IN A RURAL HISPANIC COMMUNITY. Midwest Nursing Research Society

Mulligan, S. (2015). THE ROLE OF HEALTH HOMES FOR THOSE WITH A SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS.