Faculty Profiles

Trish Keresztes, Ph.D., RN

Associate Professor

Department Chair

Nursing Science

Doctor of Nurse Practice - Grad Studies

1008 Regina Hall

Phone

(574) 284-4996

Email

pkereszt@saintmarys.edu

Trish Keresztes is a member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing and a leader in the field of nursing education. She has an extensive background in critical care nursing and has been in education for over twenty years. Her scholarship focus is educational pedagogy and pharmacological management of illness.

Education

PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago
MSN, University of Illinois at Chicago Medical-Surgical/ Cardiovascular Nursing
BSN, Indiana University South Bend

Areas of Expertise

Developing mentoring partnerships
Critical Care/ICU
Medical-surgical/cardiovascular nursing
Course Development

Research Interests

QSEN (Quality and Safety Education for Nurses)
Collegiality development

Courses Recently Taught

Masters Graduate:

NURS688M: Advanced Health Assessment
NURS515: Current Trends in Healthcare
NURS651: Advanced Pharmacology
NURS 531 Adult Health II Lecture and Clinical
NURS 550 Adult Health III Critical Care
NURS 580 Transition to Professional Nursing

Undergraduate:

NURS334: Pharmacotherapeutics

Professional Experience

Saint Mary's College, Associate Professor, 2011–present
Saint Mary's College, Assistant Professor, 2005–2011
Purdue University Calumet, Assistant Professor, 2001–2005
Indiana University at South Bend School of Nursing, Visiting Lecturer: Medical-Surgical Nursing, 1991–1993
Indiana University at South Bend School of Nursing, Adjunct Lecturer: Medical-Surgical Nursing, 1991
Director ICU/CCU and Open Heart Recovery Units, Memorial Hospital, South Bend, Indiana, 1995–2000
Cardiovascular Clinical Specialist, Memorial Hospital, South Bend, Indiana, 1993–1995
Staff Nurse Critical Care Center, Memorial Hospital, South Bend, Indiana, 1993
Critical Care Clinical Preceptor, Memorial Hospital, South Bend, Indiana, 1992
Staff Nurse Cardiovascular Intensive Care, Memorial Hospital, South Bend, Indiana, 1987–1991
Research Assistant with Dr. Mary Kunzer, Indiana University at South Bend School of Nursing, 1988–1992
Staff Nurse Intensive Care, Memorial Hospital, South Bend, Indiana, 1984–1987

Creative and Scholarly Work

Keresztes, P. (2021). Change, Clinical Decision Making and Innovation. In Vana, P. & Tazbir, J. Nursing Leadership and Management. 4th edition, Wiley-Blackwell, New York.
Keresztes, P & Peacock-Johnson, A. (2019). Type 2 diabetes: A pharmacologic update. AJN, 119(3), 32-40.
Peacock-Johnson, A. & Keresztes, P. (2018). Critique: Nurse caring behaviors following implementation of a relationship entered care professional practice model. In Bauce, K & Fitzpatrick, J. Nursing Research Critiques: A Model for Excellence (Volume 1). Springer Publishing Company: New York.
September 2018, Acquiring Critical Care Experience in a Clinical Rotation Through a Dedicated Education Unit Model. 3rd Nursing World Conference, “In Pursuit of Viable Quality Health Care” Rome, Italy. Poster
July 2017, Incorporating Flipped Classroom Techniques into a Nursing Research Course. 28th International Nursing Research Congress. Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society. Dublin, Ireland. Poster
July, 2015, Integrating Healthy People 2020 in a Health Assessment Course. 26th International Nursing Research Congress. Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Poster
June 2014, Health Promotion Assignment in Pharmacology. Drexel University Nursing Education Institute. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Poster
July 2013, Health Promotion Assignment in Pharmacology. 24th International Nursing Research Congress. Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. Prague, Czech Republic. (poster)
“Novel Influenza A (H1N1): What nurses need to know.” MEDSURG Nursing, 18, no. 5, (2009):302–304.
With M. Wcisel. “Management of clients with cardiac function disorders.” J. Black & J. Hawks (Eds.) Luckman’s Medical-Surgical Nursing: Clinical management for positive outcomes, 8th Edition, Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier, 2008.
With M. Wcisel. “Management of clients with myocardial infarction.” J. Black & J. Hawks (Eds.) Luckman’s Medical-Surgical Nursing: Clinical management for positive outcomes, 8th Edition. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier, 2008.
With J. Tazbir. Atlas of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Thompson Delmar Learning, Philadelphia, 2007.
With G. Wegner. “Coping with workplace death.” Nurse Leader, 4 no. 2 (2006):32-33.
With L. Miskovich-Riddle. “CAP management guidelines.” The Nurse Practitioner, 31 no. 1 (2006):43-53.
With K. Brick. "Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest." Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, 25 no. 2(2006):71-76.
With J. Tazbir. “Management of clients with cardiac function disorders.” J. Black & J. Hawks (Eds.) Luckman’s Medical-Surgical Nursing: Clinical management for positive outcomes, 7th Edition. Philadelphia, PA: W.B. Saunders Company, 2005.
With J. Tazbir. “Management of clients with myocardial infarction.” J. Black & J. Hawks (Eds.) Luckman’s Medical-Surgical Nursing: Clinical management for positive outcomes, 7th Edition. Philadelphia, PA: W.B. Saunders Company, 2005.
With J. Tazbir, M. Marthaler, and C. Moredich. “Decompressive hemicraniectomy with duraplasty: A treatment for intracranial pressure,” The Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 37 no. 4(2005):194-199.
With J. Tazbir. “The PFA-100: Analysis and interpretation of a platelet function measurement.” Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 20 no.6(2005):405-7.
With C. Moredich and D. Kark. “Implications of LDL subclass in patient at cardiovascular risk.” Nurse Practitioner, 30 no. 7(2005):16-29.

Professional Memberships

American Association of Critical Care Nurses
Sigma Theta Tau
North Central Indiana Chapter of AACN
Indiana State Nurses Association
Sigma Nursing

Invited Lectures

“Health Promotion Assignment in Pharmacology.” Poster. 24th International Nursing Research Congress, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Prague, Czech Republic, July 2013.
“Integrating QSEN Competencies in a Senior Leadership Clinical.” Poster. Drexel University Nursing Education Institute, Savannah, Georgia, June 2012.
“Integrating QSEN Competencies in a Senior Leadership Clinical.” Poster. Nurse Educator Institute, Branson, Montana, April 2012.
“Developing Collegiality Among Nursing Faculty and Staff Educators.” Poster. National League For Nursing, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 2010.
“Developing Collegiality Among Nursing Faculty and Staff Educators.” International Nursing Research Congress, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 2009.
“Developing a Rubric for Evaluating Clinical Care Maps.” Poster. Mosby’s Faculty Development Institute, Orlando, Florida, January 2009.
“Mentoring Partnerships that Foster Student Development.” Poster. Mosby’s Faculty Development Institute, Orlando, Florida, January 2009.
“Cardiovascular Disease in Women: Gender Specific Issues.” The Critical Link Symposium, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, October 2008.
“Polypharmacy in the Geriatric Patient.” Critical Link Symposium, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, October 2007.
“Creating a Rubric for the Concept Map.” Poster. 18th Annual International Nurse Educator Conference in the Rockies, Breckinridge, Colorado, July 2007.
“Easing the Learning Curve: Students Mentoring Students.” 17th Annual International Nurse Educator Conference in the Rockies, Breckinridge, Colorado, July 2007.
“CSF Drainage After Thoracic Aneurysm Repair.” American Association of Critical Care Nurses National Teaching Institute, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 2005.
“Disparities in the Treatment of Women with Cardiovascular Disease,” 2005 Nurses Week Conference: Demystifying Women’s Heart Health, Purdue University North Central, Westville, Indiana, May 2005.

Awards and Honors

Center for Women's Intercultural Leadership (CWIL) award, Saint Mary's College, 2013
Who's Who in Amercan Nursing, 1990
National Collegiate Nursing Award, 1989