Liberal Arts Building Room 333
2101 E Coliseum Blvd
Fort Wayne, IN 46805
2101 E Coliseum Blvd
Fort Wayne, IN 46805
Biographical Statement
Professor Bassett graduated from Western Governors University with a Masters in Nursing Leadership and Management in 2014. She is a current graduate student at IUPUI and will graduate in May of 2021 with her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree. Bassett has over 10 years of experience as a staff nurse and in leadership roles including management. Her clinical background includes neonatal intensive care, postpartum, newborn nursery, skilled rehabilitation, and long-term care. She currently teaches Health Care Delivery Systems and Leadership in Heath Care and Policy. Her interest in Health Policy led to her service as the legislative liaison for the Fort Wayne campus. Bassett also has a passion for serving others internationally. With two colleagues, she coordinates a global experience for selected students to the Dominican Republic to provide much needed care to their underserved communities. Her research interests include incorporating active learning strategies within the classroom, the impact of leadership when applying systems thinking to organizations, and the utilization of dedicated education units as an innovative clinical model to improve nursing education in the clinical setting.
Education
- Doctor of Nursing Practice – Executive Leadership, Expected graduation: 5/2021
Indiana University School of Nursing
- Master of Science in Nursing- Leadership and Management, 5/2014
Western Governors University
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing, 5/2013
Western Governors University
- Associate of Science in Nursing, 6/2011
ITT Technical Institute, School of Nursing
Professional Activities
- North East Indiana Organization of Nurse Executives (NEIONE), Member
- Indiana Organization of Nurse Executives (IONE), Member
- AcademyHealth, Member
- AcademyHealth: Student Chapter- Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis, IU Fairbanks School of Public Health, Member
- American Nurses Association (ANA) & Indiana State Nurses Association (ISNA), Member
- Xi-Nu At Large Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), Member
- American Association of College of Nursing (AACN): Graduate Nursing Student Academy, Member
- National League for Nursing (NLN), Member through university affiliation, Member
- Allen County Health Disparity Coalition (ACHDC), Member through university affiliation
UNIVERSITY/SCHOOL OF NURSING SERVICE
- Member of CCNE Readiness Taskforce
- Faculty Legislative Liaison
- Co-Chair Social Committee
- Board member of Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI): Xi-Nu at-Large Chapter
- Member of Leadership Succession committee with STTI: Xi-Nu at-Large Chapter
- Member of International Committee
- Member of Appointment Retreat Committee (Spring 2019)
- Member of IU Day Committee (Spring 2019)
- Member of Faculty Onboarding Committee (Spring 2019)
- Global Nursing Experience to Dominican Republic (2020)
Honors/Awards/Research
- ISNA President’s Award for Distinguished and Valuable Contributions
- 2019 Daisy Award for Extraordinary Faculty
- 2019 Inducted into Dr. Sharron Crowder’s Eagles Mentoring Program
- 2019 AcademyHealth Policy Conference Scholarship (Graduate, IUSON)
- 2019 American Association of Colleges of Nursing’s Policy Summit (Graduate, IUSON)
FELLOWSHIP AND GRANT SUPPORT
- 2019 – 2020 IUSON Travel Fellowship $1,000.00. Awarded Fall 2019
- 2018 – 2019 IUSON AACN Student Policy Summit. Awarded Full Funding 2019.
- 2018 – 2019 IUSON Travel Fellowship, $1,000.00. Awarded Spring 2019.
- FACET Travel Grant, $500.00. Awarded Fall 2018.
RESEARCH
2019 – present “Readiness for Practice: Do Teaching Strategies Matter?” Study to determine whether students’ engagement and meaningful incorporation of active learning strategies in NUR 41900 (Purdue Curriculum) correlate with their sense of preparedness for professional nursing practice.
PRESENTATIONS
Bassett, K., Ramsey R. 2019. “Readiness for Practice: Do Teaching Strategies Matter?” Rising Stars of Scholarship and Research Invited Student Poster Program at Sigma Theta Tau International’s (Sigma’s) 45th Biennial Convention. Washington, DC, USA. Nov 16-20
