Biography

Dr. Hultquist is a Professor in the Omaha Division. She received her associate and bachelor of science in nursing from the University of Nebraska Medical Center – Lincoln Division. Dr. Hultquist received her masters and PhD degrees in Nursing from the University of Nebraska Medical Center – Omaha Division. Dr. Hultquist’s practice background includes over 15 years in maternal-child inpatient, clinic, home health and parent education settings. She also practiced over a decade in home health and public health quality management and evaluation. She has been in various staff development, evaluator, consultant and manager positions throughout her practice career. She began her academic teaching career in public health and maternal child nursing, and currently teaches professional graduate level nursing leadership/administration.

Research

Research Interests

• Women’s health, in particular midlife women who may experience disparities in health or health care (low-income or rural women)
• Health and health behavior change in various populations experiencing chronic conditions
• Critical thinking development, E-learning, flipped classroom instructional strategies

Grant Support (Previous 5 years)

September 2022-August 2026
An Innovative States-wide Nursing Workforce Clinical Preceptor Academy, HRSA, Keeler (PD), Hultquist (Evaluator)

May 2021-September 2023
NEP-MAP Care Coordination Training Program and Family-Centered Care Module Sustainability Project, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health Lifespan Health Services Unit, Swanson (PD), Hultquist (Consultant and Evaluator)

July 2020-June 2023
Increasing Access to Integrated Behavioral and Primary Care Services through APRN-Led Teams, HRSA, Mathews (PD), Hultquist (Co-I)

July 2019-June 2022
Developing a State-Wide Primary Care NP Residency through an Academic-Practice Partnership, HRSA, Holmes (PD), Hultquist Co-I)

July 2019-June 2022
Activating Veterans: The Call to Primary Care Nursing, HRSA, LaFramboise (PD), Carithers (Co-PD), Hultquist (Evaluator)

May 2019-November 2019
Community Health Worker (CHW) Curricula in Nebraska Project, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health Lifespan Health Services Unit, Swanson (PD), Hultquist (Consultant)

July 2018-June 2022
A State-Wide Nursing Education Model for improving Primary Health Care in Nebraska, HRSA, Fiandt (PD), Hultquist (Evaluator)

July 2017-June 2019
Activating Linkages Interconnecting Graduate Nurses and Advanced Practice Partners in Nebraska, HRSA, Buchanan (PD), Hultquist (Evaluator)

Publications

* Barry Hultquist, TL, Kaiser, KL, & Geske, J. (2022). Innovative use of the Health Status Questionnaire-12 for individual and population health. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 33(3), 1353-1367. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2022.0117. PMID: 36245168

*McCain, N, Ferguson, T, Barry Hultquist, T, Wahl, C, & Struwe, L. (2022). Influencing a culture of quality and safety through huddles. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 38(1), 26-32. Doi: 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000642. PMID: 35984709.

*Gonzales, K, Barry Hultquist, T, Holmes, L, Stoltman, A, Fiandt, K. (2022). Rural midwestern primary care nurse practitioner’s transition to practice. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 18, 299-304. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2021.11.018

*Wahl, C, Barry Hultquist, T, Struwe, L, Moore, J. (2021). Implementing a peer support network to promote compassion without fatigue. Journal of Nursing Administration (supplement to periodical publications), 51(11S), S11-17. doi: 10.1097/NNA.0000000000000691. Reprint for distribution by the journal at the November 2021 National Magnet Conference, Atlanta, GA.

*Wahl, C, Barry Hultquist, TL, Struwe, L. & Moore, J. (2018). Implementing a peer support network to promote compassion without fatigue. Journal of Nursing Administration, 48(12), 615-621. DOI: 10.1097/NNA.0000000000000691 PMID: 30431516.

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Service

• Editorial board member for UNMC's Innovation in Health Sciences Education journal (2022-Present)
• Association for Leadership Science in Nursing Finance Committee member (ALSN - 2022-Present)
• Sigma Theta Tau International Leadership Succession Committee member (2019-2021)
• Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) Site Reviewer (2016-Present)
• Member of the UNMC Interprofessional Academy of Educators (2016-Present)
• Member of the UNMC Higher Learning Commission Assessment Academy (2017-2021)

Recognition

• Member of the CNE team selected to receive the UNMC College of Nursing Team Award (2016)
• Inducted into the UNMC Interprofessional Academy of Educators (2016)
• Selected to receive the Spirit of Shared Governance Recognition (2018)
• Selected to receive the UNMC Impact in Education for Visionary Leadership in Education Award (2021)
• Selected to receive the UNMC College of Nursing Virginia Tilden Leadership Development Award, May 2014; in support of attendance at a leadership program; UNMC College of Nursing
• Received the Donna Westmoreland Excellence in Faculty Mentoring Award, May 2012, UNMC College of Nursing
• Received the March of Dimes Nebraska Chapter, Excellence in Nursing, Distinguished Nurse Award (November 2010)
• Manchester Who’s Who Among Executive and Professional Women in Nursing and Healthcare (2006)
• Public Health Association of Nebraska, Public Health Nursing Section Leadership Award presented to UNMC College of Nursing Community/ Public Health Nursing Faculty (2005)