- Professor, Vancouver
Biography
I am a family nurse practitioner with expertise in both primary and urgent care. I am a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, Institute of Regulatory Excellence, and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. In addition to the College of Nursing at WSU, I hold affiliate appointments in Prevention Science and am a long term preceptor and affiliate faculty with the OHSU/Oregon State University College of Pharmacy in the PharmD program where I mentor the PharmD teaching residency and pharmacy student research projects. In January 2022-2025 I served as the Assistant Director of the Washington State University Center for Cannabis Policy, Research and Outreach. I currently serve as the Faculty Regent on the Washington State University Board of Regents.
EDUCATION
- MS, Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Shady Grove, MD
- PhD, Washington State University
- MSN, Oregon Health Sciences University
- BSN, Linfield College
- BA, Reed College
INTERESTS
I have more than 20 years of experience in policy analysis and development at a state, regional, national and international level in addition to continuous clinical practice across the lifespan. My research concerns the interface between public policy and prescribing patterns as they relate to practitioner, patient and institutional factors.
My dissertation focused on the validation of competencies developed to enact statutory changes to Clinical Nurse Specialist prescriptive authority. These statutory changes first enabled and then expanded this authority in Oregon to include controlled substances. As part of my dissertation research and funding, I completed a four-year fellowship with the National Council of State Boards of Nursing’s Institute for Regulatory Excellence.
I am currently engaged in an oral history and archival project focusing on the Portland Feminist Women’s Health Center and the interface of lay and licensed health workers in this model of care.
HONORS and AWARDS
- American Association of Nurse Practitioners Region X (OR, WA, AL, ID) Board of Directors, 2014-2020
- American Academy of Nurses, Fellow, 2013 (Induction)
- Institute of Regulatory Excellence, Fellow, 2012 (Induction)
- American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Fellow, 2009 (Induction)
- American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Oregon NP of the Year, 2009 (Awarded)
- Sigma Theta Tau, Beta Psi and Delta Chi Chapter, 1991 (Induction)
FUNDED RESEARCH
Dr. Tracy Klein’s Research Site: labs.wsu.edu/tracy-klein/
updated 08/05/26
