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Dr. Karen D. Hetzel

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Karen Hetzel

Department, Office, or School: Zvart Onanian School of Nursing

Associate Professor Emerita

khetzel@ric.edu
401-456-8014
Fogarty Life Science, 134

Education

B.S.N. Boston College

M.S.N. University of Pennsylvania

Ph.D. in Nursing University of Rhode Island

Selected Publications

Poster Presentation: “Integrating SBIRT into Health Professions Curriculum.” American Psychiatric Nurses Association Conference, Hartford, CT. October, 2016

Poster Presentation: “An auditory hallucination simulation provided for nursing students.” New England American Psychiatric Nurses Association Conference, Portland, ME. April 2015

Invited Speaking Presentation: “R.I.’s mental health system: Condition critical?” Publick Occurrences Forum, ΢��Ȧ/Providence Journal/Leadership Rhode Island, Providence, RI. November 2014

Invited Speaking Presentation: “Trauma Informed Care: Moving toward a Public Health Approach to Violence and Abuse.” Massachusetts Nursing Association Region 2 Program, Sutton, MA. December 2013

Areas of Interest

Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, with particular focus on the child and adolescent population, as well as domestic violence prevention & intervention, eradicating stigma of mental illness and developing psychiatric mental health nursing simulation scenarios.