Assistant Professor Karen Hessler RN, FNP, PhD(c)

• Gunter Hall 3240
• School of Nursing
• College of Natural and Health Sciences
• University of Northern Colorado
• Greeley Colorado, 80639
• (970) 351-2137
• (970) 351-1707 FAX

karen.hessler@unco.edu

• 2007 PhD in Nursing – University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO.
• 1998 MSN, FNP University of Nebraska Medical Center, Scottsbluff, NE
• 1995 BSN, RN University of Nebraska Medical Center, Scottsbluff, NE

Karen has worked at the UNC School of Nursing for five years teaching physical assessment obstetric and neonatal nursing in the undergraduate and second degree programs and theory, research and clinical practice courses for the Family Nurse Practitioner program at the graduate level. Her research interests are technology in nursing education and pediatric overweight prevention in rural areas, as well as rural prevention practices of Nurse Practitioners.