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Kelly Gonzales, PhD, APRN-NP, FNP-C

Associate Professor, UNMC College of Nursing

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Dr. Gonzales is an Associate Professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Bachelor of Arts with Majors in Biology and Spanish from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She received her Master of Science in Nursing and PhD in Nursing from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa with a focal area of Parent, Child and Family Nursing. Her dissertation research was in the area of Safe Medication Administration. After completing her doctoral studies, she continued her education by completing a Post-Master's Family Nurse Practitioner certificate from UNMC in order to gain additional clinical expertise and role expansion as an advanced practice nurse. After completing her FNP, she was eager to gain experience as a Primary Care Provider and has since had a faculty position that has included 30-50% practice. Practice continues to inform her current research interests, which include research in the area of primary care, health promotion, disease prevention, chronic disease management, and health behaviors. She presently teaches and course leads in the Family Nurse Practitioner program. She has been a full-time faculty of nursing since 2006.

Education

2003, BSN, Coe College
2006, MSN, University of Iowa
2011, PhD, University of Iowa

Research Interests

Self-management
Tobacco cessation
Medication safety
Faculty Practice
Nursing Education

Grant Support (Previous 5 Years)

Sep 2018-Mar 2019 Title: Use of Nebraska Tobacco Quitline by primary care, Award Amount: $7,000, Role: Gonzales (P.I.)
October 2020-September 2022 Title: Feasibility of BACA mobile application for self-management in people with Parkinson's Disease, Award Amount: $10,940, Role: Gonzales, K (P.I.)

Publications (Previous 5 Years)

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(3), 299-304. doi: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2021.11.018
Gonzales, K., Diegel-Vacek, L., DiGiulio, M., Holmes, L., Lock, S., Lofgren, M., Moss, A., Sherry, D. Yingling, C. (in press). A faculty practice mentoring program. Nurse Educator. doi: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001263
Michaud, T.L., Ern, J., Scoggins, D., You, W., Gonzales, K., King, K., Estabrooks, P., Su, D. (2022). Effectiveness of incentives to improve the reach of health promotion programs: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Preventive Medicine, 162
Gonzales, K. & Stoltman, A. (2020). Optimization of faculty practice. Journal of Professional Nursing, 36(1), 56-61. doi: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2019.06.013
Gonzales, K., Hanish, A., Klein, A., Stappert, D., Zegers, C., Holmes, L. & Fiandt, K. (2020) Perceived impact of faculty practice on nurse practitioner education. Journal of Professional Nursing, 36, 181-188. doi: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2019.12.004
Zegers, C.A., Gonzales, K., Smith, L.M., Pullen, C.H., De Alba, A., & Fiandt, K. (2020). The psychometric testing of the modified Functional, Communicative, and Critical Health Literacy tool. Patient Education and Counseling, 103(11), 2347-2352. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2020.05.019
Gonzales, K., Berger, A. & Fiandt, K. (2019). Federally Qualified Health Centers use of Nebraska Tobacco Quitline. Tobacco Prevention & Cessation, 4(42), 1-12. doi: 10.18332/tpc/113354

Service (Previous 5 Years)

Academic appointment has included 40-50% practice since September 2014.
Nurse practitioner Nebraska Medicaine UNO Health Center. July 2018 - Present.
Nurse practitioner Children's Nebraska of Omaha Employee Health / Care4U. October 2017 - Present.
National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculty (March 2016-Present).
Manuscript reviewer for Journal of Clinical Nursing (June 2011-Present) and Nursing Forum (August 2017-Present).

Recognition (Previous 5 Years)

UNMC CON Dean's Teaching Award (May 2019).