Kristin Whitty, PhD, APRN

  • Assistant Professor
  • Southeastern Louisiana University
  • College of Nursing and Health Sciences SLU 10835
  • Hammond LA 70402
  • PHONE: (985)-549-5543
  • EMAIL: kwhitty@selu.edu

Education

  • Post-Master’s APRN, Southeastern Louisiana University
  • Ph.D. Louisiana State University
  • M.S.N. Southeastern Louisiana University
  • B.S.N. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

Post-Graduate/Specialty Training

  • Authorized SAAT (Standardized Awareness Trainer for National WMD) Homeland Security
  • Post –Masters Adult Nurse Practitioner Track at Southeastern Louisiana University
  • Post-Masters Family Nurse Practitioner Track at University of Massachusetts- Boston

Licensure and Board Certifications

  • Registered Nurse in Louisiana
  • Registered Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in Louisiana: Adult Nurse Practitioner
  • Board Certified by AANC
  • Registered Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in Louisiana: Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Board Certified by AANC
  • Board Certified by AANP

Academic Positions

  • Assistant Professor, Southeastern Louisiana University College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Honors & Awards

  • Southeastern Louisiana University National Honor Society
  • Rho Zeta Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing

Professional Affiliations

  • Rho Zeta Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
  • National League of Nursing
  • American Nurses Association
  • Emergency Nurses Association
  • Louisiana Chapter American Nurses Association
  • Sigma Theta Tau
  • American Red Cross board member and volunteer
  • Louisiana Emergency Response Network board member

Areas of Research Interest

  • Predicting success of entry level nursing.
  • Disaster management training for nurses

Selected Publications & Presentations

  • Whitty, K. & Burnett, M. (2012). How Prepared are you for a mass casualty event? American Nurse Today. in press
  • Whitty, K., Cormier, C., & Tillman, K. (2011). BSN Students’ Perceptions of Service Learning. Academic Exchange Quarterly (15) 3 p37-41.
  • Whitty, K. & Burnett, M. (2009). The Importance of Instruction on Mass Casualty Incidents in Baccalaureate Nursing Programs: Perception of Nursing Faculty. Journal of Nursing Education (48) 5 p291-295.
  • Whitty, K. (2007). Factors influencing the importance of incorporating competencies regarding mass casualty incidents into baccalaureate-degree nursing programs as perceived by currently employed faculty. Dissertation Abstracts International, 67 (12), p173. (UMI Publication No. ATT 3245006)
  • Disaster Preparedness Update for Louisiana (2011). Southeast Louisiana Area Health Education Center and Southeastern Louisiana University School of Nursing. Approved for 3.25 contact hours by the Louisiana State Nurses Association  Whitty, K. (2010).
  • Baccalaureate Nursing Students’ Perceptions of a Community Health Service Learning Experience (2011) Connie Logan Research Day, SELU Hammond
  • Nursing Disaster Management: Online Course Development. (2010), Emergency Nurses Association National Convention, San Antonio.
  • Whitty, K. (2010). Nursing Disaster Management: Online Course Development. September 23, 2010, Emergency Nurses Association National Convention, San Antonio.
  • Whitty, K.,Weapons of Mass Destruction. October 16th, 2008, Southeastern Louisiana University. Approved by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
  • Whitty, K., Weapons of Mass Destruction. November 6, 2007, Southeastern Louisiana University.
  • Whitty, K., National Incident Management System (NIMS) Compliance As Required by Homeland Security Presidential Directive for Hospitals and Nurses. September 25, 2007, Sigma Theta Tau Rho Zeta Chapter. Approved for I contact hour by the Louisiana State Nurses Association.
  • Whitty, K., Dissertation research oral presentation “Factors Influencing the Importance of Incorporating Competencies Responding to Mass Casualty Incidents into Baccalaureate Degree Nursing Programs as Perceived by Currently Employed Faculty” at the Connie Logan Research Day at the BR Marriott Conference Center.
  • Whitty, K., Preparing Nurses for Disaster Management. March 8, 2007, Southeast Louisiana Area Health Education Center and Southeastern Louisiana University School of Nursing.