Kelly A Powers

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Dr. Kelly Powers, PhD, RN, CNE is an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at UNC Charlotte. She has been a faculty member at UNC Charlotte since 2008. Her research is focused on improving the tenets of interprofessional practice to improve patient, family, and community health outcomes. Dr. Powers is a member of the steering committee of the North Carolina Interprofessional Education Leaders Collaborative, and is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Professional Nursing and Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing journal. She currently teaches in the MSN and DNP programs, and also works to create and evaluate innovative educational interventions for the BSN program. Dr. Powers was awarded the National League for Nursing Foundation Research Award to conduct her study titled Teaming Up for Community Health: Mixed methods study of an innovative interprofessional simulation intervention. Prior to joining the faculty at UNC Charlotte, Dr. Powers worked as a Registered Nurse in a variety of settings; including critical care, emergency, neurological, medical/surgical, and rehabilitation settings.

Education

  • PhD in Nursing- University of Nevada Las Vegas, 2014
  • MSN in Nursing Education- William Paterson University, 2007
  • BSN- Villanova University, 1999
Teaching
  • NURS 6212: Program Improvement and Evaluation
  • NURS 6282: Interprofessional Collaboration in Healthcare
  • NURS 6302: Trends and Issues in Nursing Education
  • NURS 6304: Teaching Practicum in Nursing Education
Research Interests/Areas of Expertise
  • Interventions to improve provision of safe and high-quality healthcare
  • Interventions to improve provision of patient- and family-centered care
  • Educational innovations for nursing and other health professions students (simulation and IPE)

Selected Publications

  • Powers, K.A., & Candela, L. (2016). Family presence during resuscitation: Impact of online learning on nurses’ perception and self-confidence. American Journal of Critical Care, 25, 302-309. https://doi.org/10.4037/ajcc2016814
  • Powers, K.A., & Candela, L. (2017). Nursing practices and policies related to family presence during resuscitation. Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, 36, 53-59. 10.1097/DCC.0000000000000218
  • Powers, K.A., Staton-Williams, D.R., Sheeler, C., & Howard, J. (2017). Creating collaborative learning opportunities. Nursing Management, 48(1), 9-11. 10.1097/01.NUMA.0000511189.26042.40
  • Powers, K.A. (2017). Educational interventions to improve support for family presence during resuscitation: A systematic review of the literature. Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, 36, 125-138. 10.1097/DCC.0000000000000228
  • Herron, E.K., Nemeth, J., & Powers, K.A. (2017). Community health simulation with a standardized patient: Exploring the experience. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 13, 331-337. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2017.05.011
  • Zali, M., Hassankhani, H., Powers, K.A., Dadashzadeh, A., & Ghafouri, R.R. (2017). Family presence during resuscitation: A descriptive study with Iranian nurses and patients’ family members. International Emergency Nursing, 34(September 2017), 11-16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ienj.2017.05.001
  • Powers, K.A. (2017). Barriers to family presence during resuscitation and strategies for improving nurses’ invitation to families. Applied Nursing Research, 38, 22-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnr.2017.08.007
  • Powers, K. (2018). Family presence during resuscitation: The education needs of critical care nurses. Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, 37, 210-216. https://doi.org/10.1097/DCC.0000000000000304
  • Powers, K., & Reeve, C.L. (2018). Factors associated with nurses’ perception, self-confidence, and invitations of family presence during resuscitation in the intensive care unit: A cross-sectional survey. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 87, 103-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2018.06.012
  • Powers, K., Herron, E.K., Sheeler, C., & Sain, A. (2018). The lived experience of being a male nursing student: Implications for student retention and success. Journal of Professional Nursing, 34, 475-482. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2018.04.002
  • Powers, K., Herron, E.K., & Pagel, J. (2019). Nurse preceptor role in new graduates’ transition to practice. Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, 38, 131-136. 10.1097/DCC.0000000000000354
  • Herron, E.K., Powers, K., Mullen, L., & Burkhart, B. (2019). Effect of case study versus video simulation on nursing students’ satisfaction, self-confidence, and knowledge: A quasi-experimental study. Nurse Education Today, 79, 129-134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2019.05.015
  • Powers, K. (2020). Bringing simulation to the classroom using an unfolding video patient scenario: A quasi-experimental study to examine student satisfaction, self-confidence, and perceptions of simulation design. Nurse Education Today, 86(March 2020), Article 104324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2019.104324
  • Cheng, I., Powers, K., Mange, D., Palmer, B., Chen, F., Perkins, B., & Patterson, S. (2020). Interprofessional education through healthcare hotspotting: Understanding social determinants of health and mastering complex care through teamwork. Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice, 20(September 2020), Article 100340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjep.2020.100340
  • Powers, K., Neustrup, W., Thomas, C., Saine, A., Sossoman, L.B., Ferrante-Fusilli, F.A., Ross, T.C., Clark, K., & Dexter, A. (2020). Baccalaureate nursing students’ experiences with multi-patient, standardized patient simulations using telehealth to collaborate. Journal of Professional Nursing, 36(5), 292-300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2020.03.013
  • Powers, K., & Reeve, C.L. (2020). Family presence during resuscitation: Medical-surgical nurses’ perceptions, self-confidence, and use of invitations. American Journal of Nursing, 120(11), 28-38. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.naj.0000721244.16344.ee
  • Powers, K., Neustrup, W., Sossoman, L.B., Dexter, A., Clark, K., Ferrante-Fusilli, F.A., Ross, T.C., Thomas, C., & Saine, A. (2020). Simulations using telehealth to collaborate with other healthcare professionals: Effect on nursing students’ competencies and amount of collaboration in the clinical setting. Journal of Interprofessional Care. https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2020.1780203