Kathryn Swartwout, PhD, APN, FNP-BC

Biography

Dr. Swartwout is a faculty member of the Family Nurse Practitioner program at Rush. She has been a practicing FNP for 30 years and has spent 20 of those years in adolescent/school-based health. Her current clinical practice is at the Evanston Township High School Health Center. She has spent almost her entire nursing career practicing in the primary care arena while concurrently teaching both pre-licensure and graduate students.

She has a depth of experience serving underserved populations, managing grant- funded primary care practices and working closely with communities and public health issues. She has a keen understanding of the need to align FNP education with changing healthcare policy.

Currently she is working on a research project to validate and evaluate a care coordination model for Medicaid managed care patients. She has provided operational consultation to numerous school-based health centers. She is currently a member of the Faculty Development Committee.

Honors and Activities

BMO Harris Bank Health Disparities Research Fellow, 2017 and 2018
Daisy Award, The Daisy Foundation, 2013
Key for the City of Evanston, IL, Awarded by the Evanston City Council, 2013
Faculty Development Award, Rush College of Nursing, 2009
AJN Book of the Year Award, Chapter Co-author, 2006

Selected Presentations

Swartwout, K. (March, 2017). Webinar. “A Model for Integration of Population Health into Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Curricula: A Population Focused DNP Project.” Panel Presentation with Swider, S., & Paddock, S. titled “Integrating Population Health into the NP Curriculum to Impact Care Outcomes,” American Association of Colleges of Nursing.
Swartwout, K., Miller, A., Swider, S., Golden, R., McClenton, R., Rothschild, S., Vail, M., & Schoeny, M. (March, 2016). Poster. “Establishing the Validity of the Activation and Coordination Team (ACT) Care Coordination Model,” Midwest Nursing Research Society, Milwaukee, WI.

Swartwout, K., Delaney, K. (October, 2015). “Aligning APRN Training and Emerging Models of Care: Four clinical training innovations.” Illinois Society for Advanced Practice Nursing (ISAPN), Midwest Conference, Naperville, IL.

Swartwout, K. (October, 2015). Paper. “How Could it be Pertussis? I was Immunized?” Illinois Society for Advanced Practice Nursing (ISAPN), Midwest Conference, Naperville, IL. October 2015.

Swartwout, K., Levin, P., & Swider, S. (April, 2013). “Preparing Primary Care APRNs in DNP Programs to Improve the Health of the Nation.” National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties, 39th Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.

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