Education

Early Career Teaching Academy (ECTA) Fellow
DNP, University of Southern Indiana
MSN, University of Indianapolis
BSN, Indiana Wesleyan University

Awards and Honors

2022 - IUSON Dean's Award for Scholarship of Teaching

Biography

Dr. Kelli S. Roush is a Clinical Assistant Professor for the Indiana University School of Nursing, and she continues to work supplemental at IU Health Saxony Hospital in the medical surgical department. Dr. Roush received her MSN focused in nursing administration in 2012 and her DNP in organization leadership and systems in 2015. She has been a board certified medical-surgical nurse since 2011 and is a member of ANA, ANPD, NLN, and MNRS. She serves on the Alpha Chapter of the Sigma Theta Tau International for the Leadership Succession Planning Committee. Dr. Roush spent 8 years as a medical surgical nurse before moving into education services. In her education role, she oversaw new nurse and patient care assistant onboarding along with student nurse professional development programs. Dr. Roush is a 2022 Early Career Teaching Academy (ECTA) Fellow and is currently enrolled in the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) Fellowship to continue learning best practice teaching strategies to apply her classroom. She served as a Magnet Program Coordinator and gained insight as an organizational leader and program management. Dr. Roush is passionate about helping nurses’ transition into practice and nurse professional development which most of her scholarship is focused on.

Publications

Roush, K., & Opsahl, A. (2022). Internship Program Receives Return on Investment from Nurse Professional Development Efforts. Journal for Nurses in Professional Development. 39(5), 261-266. https://doi.org/10.1097/NND.0000000000000867

Roush, K., Opsahl, A., & Ferren, M. (2021). Developing an internship program to support nursing student transition to clinical setting. Journal of Professional Nursing, 37(4), 696-701. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2021.04.001

Roush, K., Opsahl, A., Parker, K., & Davis, J. (2021). Business continuity planning: An effective strategy during an electronic health record downtime. Nurse Leader, 19(5), 525-531. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mnl.2021.01.003