PhD, FNP-BC
Director of Graduate Clinical Programs
Assistant Professor, Health Programs
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2009
Dissertation
Examining Standardized Terminology to Support Evidence Based
Practice for Patients with Depressive Symptoms in Primary Care
Practice
Family Nurse Practitioner
Honors and Awards
Announcing the New Director of Graduate Clinical Programs
2013
M
ichigan Primary Care Consortium Board
of Directors
Kathy Dontje, PhD, FNP-BC brings a big picture perspective to graduate level
education. She credits her nearly 30 years of day-to-day experience as an NP, her role
as an assistant professor, as well as her PhD for preparing her for this leadership position.
Her overall goal is to maintain the high quality and standards of the graduate programs
while meeting the need for both advance practice nurse providers and leaders.
2013
P
resident Alpha Psi chapter of Sigma Theta
Tau, International
2010–2011 ealth Informatics Technology Scholar
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2008 Psi chapter of Sigma Theta Tau
A
lpha
International Scholarship/Research Award
2006–2007 urses Educational Funds, Inc.,
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Eleanor C. Lambertsen Scholarship
2006–2007 arriet Werley Doctoral Fellowship, University
H
of Wisconsin Milwaukee College of Nursing
2005–2008 WM Chancellor’s Graduate Student Award,
U
University of Wisconsin
Dontje plans to take a strategic planning approach to all programs, evaluating and
incorporating new trends and future opportunities. One of these is building effective
teaching methods and simulations for interprofessional education to provide students
with knowledge about what team members from other professions bring to holistic care.
She is eager to teach understanding among DNP students about how the degree
differs from nursing’s PhD, which prepares researchers. It is the DNP who translates
research to the real world, taking the evidence to the community, studying barriers,
challenges, and ways to integrate it to ensure lasting change.
2002
O
utstanding Alumni Award, College
of Nursing, MSU
She is committed to the College’s practice of selecting clinical placements for each
student. Even with the rising competition for sites and preceptors, the College has a
large network of clinical sites and hundreds of preceptors, working closely with th