Katie Sanders, DNP, MSN, CNE

Education:
DNP, Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana
MSN, Walden University, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Certified Nurse Educator, National League for Nursing
Associate of Applied Science in Nursing, Albuquerque Technical-Vocational Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Work and Education
Dr. Sanders is a Clinical Associate Professor in the DABSN Program. She has over 15 years of teaching experience primarily in pediatrics, nursing foundations and nursing education.  She teaches in the classroom, simulation and skills laboratory and clinical settings. She has also contributed to faculty development and mentorship. Her leadership experience includes managing the Nursing Professional Development (NPD) team at a level 1 trauma center and serving in administrative roles as a Division Chair and program director. Dr. Sanders was awarded a Health Interprofessional Education Fellowship from the University of Texas at Austin Center for Health Interprofessional Education. Her clinical practice experience includes perioperative services, pediatrics, and school nursing.

Committees
Dr. Sanders has served on multiple committees at the school, state and national level including undergraduate curriculum, undergraduate admissions, simulation, and faculty development. She is a long-standing member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing and serves as the Governance Chair for her local chapter. Nationally, Dr. Sanders serves on the Bylaws Committee for the National League of Nursing and is a test item writer for the Certified Nurse Educator-Clinical Exam. 

Articles and Presentations
Scholarly contributions include publications and presentations on nursing education, interprofessional education, simulation, and perioperative quality improvement. Dr. Sanders has been the co-investigator on two Nursing Innovation Grants from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board focusing on expanding capacity for nursing education and faculty preparation. 

Community
Dr. Sanders has served on the School Health Advisory Council and the Leadership Academy for area school districts. She has contributed to annual trainings for local nurse educators, nurse preceptors and area school nurses. Dr. Sanders has been involved with a church planting organization and worship ministry in Round Rock. 

Select Publications, Presentations
Sanders M.K., Haertel, L., Gaskamp, C., Timmerman, G., Garcia, A., Sumpter, D., Roberts, E., Hebdon, M., Britt, J., Goldstein, L., & Richards, A. Faculty Development Simulation: Evaluating Student Competency for Growth and Success. The National League for Nursing Education Summit, 2024.

Timmerman, G.M., Gaskamp, C., Hebdon, M., Haertel, L., Roberts, E., Sanders. M.K. Sumpter. D., Britt, J., Richards. A., Goldstein, L., & Garcia. A. Web-Based Clinical Teaching Toolkit for Clinical Faculty and Preceptors. National League for Nursing Education Summit, 2024.

Hebdon, M., Roberts. E., Garcia. A., Sumpter. D., Gaskamp, C., Britt, J., Haertel. L., Sanders, M.K., Goldstein, L. Richards, A. & Timmerman. G. Building Capacity: Nurse Educator, Student, and Workforce Resilience. National League for Nursing Education Summit, 2024.

Sanders, M.K. & Smith, B. (2023). The Use of VR Simulation to Enhance Patient-Centered Decision Making. Nurse Educator Conference of the Rockies, Breckenridge, CO.

Sanders M.K., Barr J.L., Goldstein L.A. (2020) Development and Implementation of Unfolding Pediatric Simulations. Journal of Nursing Education 59(2):107-110. doi:10.3928/01484834-20200122-10.

Luk, J., Sanders, M.K., Young, V. Jones, B., & Brown, K. (2020). Chapter 13:Interprofessional Simulation in Prelicensure Learners. In J. Paige, S. Sonesh, D.Delaney Garbee, L. Bonanno (Eds.) Interprofessional Team Training and Simulation. New York: Springer

Sanders, M.K. (2016). The Impact of Immersion Experiences on Perceived Caring in Undergraduate Nursing Students. International Journal of Caring 9(3), 801-809.

Landry, K., Sanders, M.K., Ridley, R., & Bentley, R. (2016). Incorporating virtual simulation into undergraduate education. In L. Caputi (Ed.) Innovations in Nursing Education (3rd ed.). National League for Nursing/Lippincott.

Hudson, C., Sanders, K., & Pepper, C. (2013). Interprofessional Education and Pre-Licensure Baccalaureate Nursing Students: An Integrative Review. Nurse Educator, March-April 2013

Sanders, K., Richards, D., Panahi, L. (2012) Interprofessional Education in Pediatric Simulation: Neonatal Fever. MedEd Portal 

Grants
Bailey, T. (Co-PI – 25%) and Sanders, K. (Co-PI – 10%) Increasing Recruitment and Retention of Community and Rural Nurse Educators through Innovative Nursing Innovative, Competency-Based Education, Mentoring, and Feedback. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (August 2023 through July 2025 -$198,285).

Timmerman, G., & Garcia, A. (Co-PIs) The Texas Coordinating Board GEER2 Nursing Workforce Grant, Preceptor, and Clinical Faculty Training. Content Developer and Reviewer (March through August 2023, $353.909).

Goldstein, L. & Sanders, M.K. (Co-PI-25% effort) Nursing Innovations Grant Program, Texas Board of Higher Education, Increasing Simulation in Pediatric Education, (January 2017 through December 2018, $200,000).

Sanders, M.K. (PI) TAMHSC Cares iNovations in Instruction Grant, Texas A&M University Health Sciences, (2015, $7000).

Sanders, M.K. (PI) & Richards, D. (Co-PI) Interprofessional Education Development for Pediatric Simulation – Neonatal Fever. Macy Foundation $2000.