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Portrait of Kathleen Doherty

Honor Society® member

Kathleen Doherty

registered nurse at Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Penn State Hershey Children's Medical Center

  • Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
  • family nurse practitioner
  • Class of 2021
  • South Abington Township, Pennsylvania

Member since June 2020

Education

  • Pennsylvania State University

    family nurse practitioner

    2019 – 2021

  • Marymount University

    bachelors of science in nursing

    2015 – 2016

  • University of Scranton

    criminal justice & sociology

    2009 – 2013

Honors and awards

  • deans list

    undergraduate bachelors of science in nursing

  • Sigma Thea Tau

    honors

  • honors society

Goals and interests

Career goal

After graduating from my MSN-FNP program and obtaining my FNP license I am interested in becoming a well rounded primary care provider in the Pediatric Primary Care, Palliative Care, and Women's Health specialties. I am also interested in obtaining my Doctorate in Nursing Practice in order to expand my capabilities as a Nurse Practitioner to become a teacher to future nursing and nurse practitioner students. I would also like to become the Director of an undergraduate or graduate nursing program to be able to reshape the way we are instilling knowledge into our future nurses.

Graduate school interests

I am interested in Pediatrics, Endocrinology, Palliative Care, Women's Health, and Aesthetics. I also love to tutor undergraduate students that reach out to me for guidance of achieving academic excellence.

Outside the classroom

Baking, reading, piano, tutoring

Experience

  • registered nurse

    Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Penn State Hershey Children's Medical Center

    Jan 2017 – Jan 2018

  • Registred Nurse

    Scrub Nurse, Northeastern Eye Institute Ambulatory Center

Volunteering

  • Nominating Committee for Pennsylvania State Nurses Association

    Pennsylvania State Nurses Association

    Sep 2019 – Dec 2020

  • I volunteer my time to tutoring undergraduate students

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