Distinguished Careers in Nursing: Bobbie Berkowitz and Kathleen "Kitty" Buckwalter - Part 2: Kathleen "Kitty" Buckwalter

Kathleen (Kitty) Buckwalter, PhD, RN, FAAN,  is professor emerita in the college of nursing at the University of Iowa and Distinguished Nurse Scientist in Aging, Reynolds Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center College of Nursing. She is recognized as innovator, mentor, advocate, and researcher in health policy and the development of the geropsychiatric nursing subspecialty. She developed the Progressively Lowered Stress Threshold conceptual model with Dr. Geri Hall. She has done extensive research in the field of mental health needs of the rural elderly.??She is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and former editor of Research in Gerontological Nursing and the Journal of Gerontological Nursing. Internationally, Dr. Buckwalter served with the World Health Organization as visiting professor in Belgium. She has authored hundreds of peer reviewed articles and numerous book chapters, health policy papers, and editorials.

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This is episode 2  of the series:  Distinguished Careers in Nursing: Bobbie Berkowitz and Kathleen “Kitty” Buckwalter

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