Dr. Keiffer is a clinical professor in the graduate nursing program. She is an experienced clinician, educator, and APRN DNP program director. She practices as a primary care nurse practitioner with previous clinical practice in critical care, trauma, neurology, and neurosurgery. Dr. Keiffer attained her Doctorate in Nursing Practice from Vanderbilt University, where her scholarly work focused on the use of clinical practice guidelines in daily practice. She has expertise in advanced practice nursing and nursing education as a lecturer and conference speaker regionally and nationally. Her primary research goal is to help organizations achieve a vision of evidence-based practice, leadership support, and team collaboration to benefit patients experiencing health disparities. Active in grass roots health care advocacy, Dr. Keiffer works to build awareness of a shared responsibility to improve the health of medically underserved populations.
Areas of expertise: nurse practitioner competency, nursing education, telehealth, evidence-based practice, quality improvement outcomes, student engagement
