Full-time & Part-time Faculty
Dr. Jeanne Catanzaro, EdD, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor
Director of RN-BSN Program
(785) 670-1811
jeanne.catanzaro@washburn.edu
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Dr. Catanzaro has been the RN to BSN Program Director since August 2014. Prior to this position, she was an Assistant Professor teaching in the prelicensure program since 2008 and the graduate program since 2012. She has taught medical-surgical nursing, pharmacology, health assessment, and nursing informatics. In addition to her role as program director,Jeanne serves on the Kansas State Board of Nursing and is a Course Reviewer for Quality Matters.
Jeanne graduated from St. Mary's College with an ADN, St. Louis University with a BSN, University of Missouri - Kansas City with an MSN, and is currently completing her doctorate specializing in educational technology and e-learning.
Kathy Ure, MSN, RN
Lecturer
COACH Director
(785) 670-1238
kathy.ure@washburn.edu
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Kathy Ure has been an RN for over 35 years. She received her MSN in nursing administration from Fort Hays. Her areas of interest and experience include OB, administration, TeamSTEPPS, community/public health, and high impact initiatives. She is currently the Director of the Collaberative Outreach Advancing Community Health (COACH) Program.
Dr. Heather Aranda, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, CEN
Adjunct
RN-BSN Program Only
Heather Aranda is a 2005 BSN graduate of Washburn University. She completed her MSN with a focus on nursing management and leadership in 2011 from the University of Southern Indiana. Her primary clinical experience is in emergency nursing in addition to experience in nursing administration. She is board-certified as an emergency nurse (CEN) and maintains certification in BLS (instructor), ACLS (instructor), TNCC (instructor), ENPC, ABLS and is a SANE nurse. Heather teaches NU 451 and co-teaches NU 495 in the RN-BSN program. She is currently a DNP FNP student at Washburn University. Heather is a member of the ANA, KSNA, ENA, IAFN, and STTI. Heather’s professional and clinical interests include emergency nursing, primary care, access to care, sepsis, mental health care, forensic nursing, nursing education, nursing leadership, quality improvement and risk management, and nursing culture. Heather and her husband stay busy as graduate students at Washburn University slated to graduate in May 2017.
Dr. Angie Mietchen, DNP, RN
Adjunct
RN-BSN Program Only
Angie started in the healthcare field as a Patient Care Technician in 2010 on Stormont’s Post-Surgical Unit. She has been working in education since 2014 where she first began teaching at Washburn Tech’s LPN program and then transitioned into the Simulation Coordinator position for Washburn Tech’s Regional Simulation Center which was a grant funded project. She most recently is enjoying travel nursing as it gives her a variety of patients as well as staying active as an online educator for Washburn University. Angie enjoys spending her free time with her husband Derek and three daughters who are very active in several sports!
