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    Deb Adams

    • Assistant Professor
    MSN, RN-BC, MSHA
    (402) 354-9647

    Valerie Anderson

    • Adjunct Faculty
    DNP, MSN, BSN, BA, APRN-FNP
     

    Hilary Applequist

    • Assistant Professor
    DNP, APRN-NP, NP-C
    (402) 354-7051

    Mark Araujo

    • Associate Director
    • Financial Aid
    (402) 354-7227

    Maria Arbelaez

    • Adjunct Faculty
    (402) 551-4513

    Jennifer Arent

    • Instructor
    MA
     

    Kathleen Babcock

    • Assistant Professor
    JD
     

    Shawn Baker

    • Director of Student Records and Registration
    MBA
    (402) 354-7230

    Cathy Barnes

    • Associate Professor
    MSN, RN
    (402) 354-7039

    Samantha Barnhart

    • Program Director
    • Campus Health
    PA-C
    (402) 354-7210

    Emily Barr

    • Associate Professor
    • PPOTD Director
    OTD, MBA, OTR/L, BCG
    (402) 354-6869

    Emily Bateman

    • Adjunct Faculty
     
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    Hilary Applequist

    Assistant Professor
    (402) 354-7051

    Education
    BS in Biology from North Park University
    BSN from Rush University College of Nursing
    MSN from Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University
    DNP from Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University

    General Background
    Hilary is a board certified Adult/Gerontology Nurse Practitioner and licensed as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse-Nurse Practitioner in Nebraska and Ohio. Hilary has experience in critical care, organ donation and transplantation, and palliative care. In addition to teaching, she works part time as a nurse practitioner with an inpatient palliative care consult team at a hospital in Omaha, NE.

    Notable Publications/Presentations 

    • Applequist, H. and Giedt, E. (2006). Organ Donation: Autonomy and Beneficence: The Case of Mr. P, JONA Healthcare, Law, Ethics and Regulation Journal, 8 (2), 37-38.
    • Applequist, H., & Daly, B. J. (2015). Palliation: A Concept Analysis. Research and Theory for Nursing Practice, 29(4), 297-305. https://doi.org/10.1891/1541-6577.29.4.297
    • Applequist, H., Daly, B. J., Koniaris, C., & Musil, C. M. (2017). An Assessment of the Use, Perceived Benefits, and Outcomes of Ketamine in Sickle Cell Vaso-Occlusive Crisis in the United States. Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing, 19(1), 75-81. https://doi.org/10.1097/NJH.0000000000000311

    Professional Service/Recognition/Charitable Boards 

    • Member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Gamma Phi Chapter (2003-present).
    • Served on the Board of Nominations for the Evangelical Covenant Church of America from 6/09-6/14 and as chairperson for the last two years of her term.
    • Member of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) and served as Secretary, Northcoast Chapter of HPNA from 2011-2014.
    • Member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (2013-present).
    • Co-secretary of system wide APRN Council, University Hospitals of Cleveland (1/16-7/16).
    • Member of the Nebraska Nurse Practitioners (8/17-present).