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Trish Keresztes, Ph.D., RN

Trish Keresztes, Ph.D., RN

Associate Professor
Department Chair
Nursing Science
Nursing Science (MSN to RN) - Grad Studies
Nursing Science - Grad Studies
1008 Regina Hall

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Trish Keresztes is a member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing and a leader in the field of nursing education. She has an extensive background in critical care nursing and has been in education for over twenty years. Her scholarship focus is educational pedagogy and pharmacological management of illness. 

Education 

  • PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • MSN, University of Illinois at Chicago Medical-Surgical/ Cardiovascular Nursing
  • BSN, Indiana University South Bend

Areas of Expertise 

  • Developing mentoring partnerships
  • Critical Care/ICU
  • Medical-surgical/cardiovascular nursing
  • Course Development

 

Research Interests 

  • QSEN (Quality and Safety Education for Nurses)
  • Collegiality development

Courses Recently Taught 

Masters Graduate:

  • NURS688M: Advanced Health Assessment
  • NURS515: Current Trends in Healthcare
  • NURS651: Advanced Pharmacology
  • NURS 531 Adult Health II Lecture and Clinical
  • NURS 550 Adult Health III Critical Care
  • NURS 580 Transition to Professional Nursing

Undergraduate:

  • NURS334: Pharmacotherapeutics

Professional Experience 

  • Saint Mary's College, Associate Professor, 2011–present
  • Saint Mary's College, Assistant Professor, 2005–2011
  • Purdue University Calumet, Assistant Professor, 2001–2005
  • Indiana University at South Bend School of Nursing, Visiting Lecturer: Medical-Surgical Nursing, 1991–1993
  • Indiana University at South Bend School of Nursing, Adjunct Lecturer: Medical-Surgical Nursing, 1991
  • Director ICU/CCU and Open Heart Recovery Units, Memorial Hospital, South Bend, Indiana, 1995–2000
  • Cardiovascular Clinical Specialist, Memorial Hospital, South Bend, Indiana, 1993–1995
  • Staff Nurse Critical Care Center, Memorial Hospital, South Bend, Indiana, 1993
  • Critical Care Clinical Preceptor, Memorial Hospital, South Bend, Indiana, 1992
  • Staff Nurse Cardiovascular Intensive Care, Memorial Hospital, South Bend, Indiana, 1987–1991
  • Research Assistant with Dr. Mary Kunzer, Indiana University at South Bend School of Nursing, 1988–1992
  • Staff Nurse Intensive Care, Memorial Hospital, South Bend, Indiana, 1984–1987

Creative and Scholarly Work 

  • Keresztes, P. (2021). Change, Clinical Decision Making and Innovation. In Vana, P. & Tazbir, J. Nursing Leadership and Management. 4th edition, Wiley-Blackwell, New York.
  • Keresztes, P & Peacock-Johnson, A. (2019). Type 2 diabetes: A pharmacologic update. AJN, 119(3), 32-40.
  • Peacock-Johnson, A. & Keresztes, P. (2018). Critique: Nurse caring behaviors following implementation of a relationship entered care professional practice model. In Bauce, K & Fitzpatrick, J. Nursing Research Critiques: A Model for  Excellence (Volume 1). Springer Publishing Company: New York.
  • September 2018, Acquiring Critical Care Experience in a Clinical Rotation Through a Dedicated Education Unit Model. 3rd Nursing World Conference, “In Pursuit of Viable Quality Health Care” Rome, Italy. Poster
  • July 2017, Incorporating Flipped Classroom Techniques into a Nursing Research Course. 28th International Nursing Research Congress. Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society. Dublin, Ireland. Poster
  • July, 2015, Integrating Healthy People 2020 in a Health Assessment Course. 26th International Nursing Research Congress. Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Poster 
  • June 2014, Health Promotion Assignment in Pharmacology. Drexel University Nursing Education Institute. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Poster
  • July 2013, Health Promotion Assignment in Pharmacology. 24th International Nursing Research Congress. Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. Prague, Czech Republic. (poster)
  • “Novel Influenza A (H1N1): What nurses need to know.” MEDSURG Nursing, 18, no. 5, (2009):302–304.
  • With M. Wcisel. “Management of clients with cardiac function disorders.” J. Black & J. Hawks (Eds.) Luckman’s Medical-Surgical Nursing: Clinical management for positive outcomes, 8th Edition, Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier, 2008.
  • With M. Wcisel. “Management of clients with myocardial infarction.” J. Black & J. Hawks (Eds.) Luckman’s Medical-Surgical Nursing: Clinical management for positive outcomes, 8th Edition. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier, 2008.
  • With J. Tazbir. Atlas of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Thompson Delmar Learning, Philadelphia, 2007.
  • With G. Wegner. “Coping with workplace death.” Nurse Leader, 4 no. 2 (2006):32-33.
  • With L. Miskovich-Riddle. “CAP management guidelines.” The Nurse Practitioner, 31 no. 1 (2006):43-53.
  • With K. Brick. "Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest." Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, 25 no. 2(2006):71-76.
  • With J. Tazbir. “Management of clients with cardiac function disorders.” J. Black & J. Hawks (Eds.) Luckman’s Medical-Surgical Nursing: Clinical management for positive outcomes, 7th Edition. Philadelphia, PA: W.B. Saunders Company, 2005.
  • With J. Tazbir. “Management of clients with myocardial infarction.” J. Black & J. Hawks (Eds.) Luckman’s Medical-Surgical Nursing: Clinical management for positive outcomes, 7th Edition. Philadelphia, PA: W.B. Saunders Company, 2005.
  • With J. Tazbir, M. Marthaler, and C. Moredich. “Decompressive hemicraniectomy with duraplasty: A treatment for intracranial pressure,” The Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 37 no. 4(2005):194-199.
  • With J. Tazbir. “The PFA-100: Analysis and interpretation of a platelet function measurement.” Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 20 no.6(2005):405-7.
  • With C. Moredich and D. Kark. “Implications of LDL subclass in patient at cardiovascular risk.” Nurse Practitioner, 30 no. 7(2005):16-29.

Professional Memberships 

  • American Association of Critical Care Nurses
  • Sigma Theta Tau
  • North Central Indiana Chapter of AACN
  • Indiana State Nurses Association
  • Sigma Nursing

Invited Lectures

  • “Health Promotion Assignment in Pharmacology.” Poster. 24th International Nursing Research Congress, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Prague, Czech Republic, July 2013.
  • “Integrating QSEN Competencies in a Senior Leadership Clinical.” Poster. Drexel University Nursing Education Institute, Savannah, Georgia, June 2012.
  • “Integrating QSEN Competencies in a Senior Leadership Clinical.” Poster. Nurse Educator Institute, Branson, Montana, April 2012.
  • “Developing Collegiality Among Nursing Faculty and Staff Educators.” Poster. National League For Nursing, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 2010.
  • “Developing Collegiality Among Nursing Faculty and Staff Educators.” International Nursing Research Congress, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 2009.
  • “Developing a Rubric for Evaluating Clinical Care Maps.” Poster. Mosby’s Faculty Development Institute, Orlando, Florida, January 2009.
  • “Mentoring Partnerships that Foster Student Development.” Poster. Mosby’s Faculty Development Institute, Orlando, Florida, January 2009.
  • “Cardiovascular Disease in Women: Gender Specific Issues.” The Critical Link Symposium, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, October 2008.
  • “Polypharmacy in the Geriatric Patient.” Critical Link Symposium, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, October 2007.
  • “Creating a Rubric for the Concept Map.” Poster. 18th Annual International Nurse Educator Conference in the Rockies, Breckinridge, Colorado, July 2007.
  • “Easing the Learning Curve: Students Mentoring Students.” 17th Annual International Nurse Educator Conference in the Rockies, Breckinridge, Colorado, July 2007.
  • “CSF Drainage After Thoracic Aneurysm Repair.” American Association of Critical Care Nurses National Teaching Institute, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 2005.
  • “Disparities in the Treatment of Women with Cardiovascular Disease,” 2005 Nurses Week Conference: Demystifying Women’s Heart Health, Purdue University North Central, Westville, Indiana, May 2005.

Awards and Honors

  • Center for Women's Intercultural Leadership (CWIL) award, Saint Mary's College, 2013
  • Who's Who in Amercan Nursing, 1990
  • National Collegiate Nursing Award, 1989