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Karen Anders is a professor at Washington State University College of Nursing and a certified pediatric nurse practitioner. She has worked as a pediatric nurse in a variety of roles including staff nurse, nurse practitioner, administrator, and patient/family educator in inpatient and outpatient, and acute care and primary care settings. Karen worked part-time as a practice lab preceptor at WSU CON for 10 years in addition to teaching. In that role, she assisted with the inception of the simulation program at the college. Karen also currently works in a supplemental position in the Pediatric Surgery Center at Sacred Heart Medical Center where she works in preop and PACU.

EDUCATION

• Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Nursing Certification Board
• MS, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
• BA, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
• AD, Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, WA
  

INTERESTS

Areas of interest include – pediatrics – acute illness and hospitalization, health maintenance and promotion, patient and family education, effects of media on children; teaching: methodology, nursing clinical skills development, simulation.

HONORS & AWARDS

Jan Holloway Excellence in Clinical Instruction Award, WSU College of Nursing, May 2017

Updated 08/25/23