Dr. Cathleen Colleran, DNP, RN, CNE, is an Full Clinical Professor at the University of New Hampshire's School of Nursing. A highly experienced clinician and educator, her expertise focuses on Community Health, Leadership, Health Policy and Pediatrics, with a commitment to improving patient outcomes through evidence-based practice, healthcare innovation, and interprofessional collaboration. Dr. Colleran is the Program Director for the Post master's DNP program, highly regarded as a stellar DNP Program for Nurse Leadership and Innovation. In addition to teaching and mentoring future nurses, she is an active member of Sigma Theta Tau, Eta Lota Chapter At Large, is a New Hampshire Nurses Association Board member and she is a Watson Caring Science Leader and Caring Science Coach.
Courses Taught
- NURS 500: Intro to Professional Nursing
- NURS 601: Func & Wellbeing Older Adults
- NURS 705: Contemp Leader Hlth Care Syst
- NURS 822: Chron Disease Mgmt
- NURS 912: Avd Pharm & Thera
- NURS 913: Adv Phy & Patho Lifespan
- NURS 918: Foundations of Evidence Based
- NURS 933: Applied Analytics for QI
- NURS 955: Practm/Adv Nursing Practice
- NURS 956: Capstone Project Seminar
- NURS 960: Healthcare Finance Management
- NURS 966: Creative Leadership
- NURS 969: Hlth Sys Pol, Eco & Fin Plan
- NURS 970: Clin Pract for Adv Prac Nurse
- NURS 980: Doctoral Scholarly Project I
- NURS 981: Doctoral Scholarly Project II
- NURS 982: Doctoral Scholarly Project III
- NURS 999: Doctoral Continuation
Research Interests
- Genomics
- Public Health
- Quality of Care
- Nursing Education
