Kathleen Woodruff
Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Nursing
Focused on nursing with specialty in adult primary care, infectious disease, and other co-morbid conditions.
Kathleen Woodruff
Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Nursing
Focused on nursing with specialty in adult primary care, infectious disease, and other co-morbid conditions.
Biography
Kathleen Woodruff teaches courses across the curriculum including advanced health assessment, clinical pharmacology for advanced practice nursing, clinical management of adults with complex medical problems (both clinical and theory) and health policy. Prior to joining USC, she served as an instructor at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. She identifies herself primarily as a clinician, educator and researcher. Her clinical focus is HIV, substance abuse and frequently occurring comorbid conditions, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and hepatitis C. She also focuses on areas such as health care disparities and social determinants of health.
As an educator, Professor Woodruff has worked extensively with both adult and family nurse practitioner students. She is active member in the interprofessional education group which is working with greater than 10 health professional schools at USC. She is a member of the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties, American College of Nurse Practitioners and Nurse Practitioner Association of Maryland. She serves as vice chair of the Nominations Council for the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. She is a reviewer for multiple journals and books, including the Journal for Nurse Practitioners, Journal of Professional Nursing and American Nurse Today.
She received her doctorate, master’s and bachelor’s degrees in nursing from the University of Maryland.
Education
University of Maryland
DNP 2013
University of Maryland
MS 1987
University of Maryland
BSN 1981
Area of Expertise
- Management
- Pathophysiology
- Nursing
- Social Work
- Social Work Education
- Pharmacology
- Clinical and Health Services
Industry Experience
- Education/Learning
- Health Care - Services
- Health and Wellness
- Health Care - Providers
- Training and Development
Affiliations
- National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties
- American College of Nurse Practitioners
- Nurse Practitioner Association of Maryland
- California Nurse Practitioner Association
Accomplishments
Excellence in Teaching Award
Outstanding Doctor of Nursing Practice Graduate
Simulation Education Leader
Simulation Training II
Articles & Publications
Woodruff, K., Walton-Moss, B. HIV Prevention – What’s New and What’s on the Horizon. Poster Presentation. American Association of Nurse Practitioners 2023, National Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 24, 2023.
Mitchell, S., Ferguson, LA. & Nominations Council Panel. Answering the Call: Electing to Lead. Podium Presentation. American Association of Nurse Practitioners 2023, National Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 22, 2023.
O’Neill, S.P., Woodruff, K., Sanchez, C., Zappas, M. (2022) Nurses and contracts. Understand the basics so you can protect your interests. American Nurse Today, 17(2).
Joosten-Hagye, D., Ma, S., IPE Team (Woodruff included). Transforming Health Professional Education (IPE) Pedagogy During a Pandemic. IME Conference, Poster 064.
Joosten-Hagye, D., Harlan, G., IPE Team (Woodruff included). Transforming Health Professional Education Pedagogy During a Pandemic. CAB Podium Presentation 2023.
Kuzma, E., Woodruff, K. Leadership Opportunities Within AANP, Believe in your Dreams, Realize your Potential. Podium Presentation. American Association of Nurse Practitioners 2022 National Conference, Orlando, Florida, June 23, 2022.
Woodruff, K., Walton-Moss, B. HIV & PrEP – What Drug is the Best one for my Patient? Poster Presentation. NPAC 2020 (accepted for November 2020 /conference cancelled due to Covid-19 – accepted for virtual poster board).
Jones, H., Woodruff, K. Roadmap to Leadership Opportunities Within AANP. Podium Presentation. American Association of Nurse Practitioners 2020 National Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, (accepted for June 28, 2020/conference cancelled due to Covid-19).
Woodruff, K., Walton-Moss, B. HIV Prevention in Primary Care: When If Not Now. Podium Presentation. American Association of Nurse Practitioners 2020 National Conference, New Orleans, Lousiana (accepted for June 24, 2020 /conference cancelled due to Covid-19).
Walton-Moss, B., Woodruff, K., O’Neill, S. HPV Vaccine Rates: Why so low? Poster presentation, 2019 Nation Nurse Practitioner Symposium, Keystone, Colorado, July 18, 2019.
Koch, J., Todd, B & Nominations Council Panel. Setting the Pace for Professional Development: Leadership Opportunities within AANP. AANP National Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, June 22, 2019.
Woodruff, K. Let’s Talk – Approaches to Discussing Palliative Care in a Primary Care Setting. Podium Presentation. American Association of Nurse Practitioners 2017 National Conference – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 23, 2017.
Woodruff, K., O’Neill, S. NP Students: A strategy for Encouraging Advocacy and Professionalism. Podium presentation, National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculty – Washington, DC, April 22, 2017.
Woodruff, K., O’Neill, S. P., Walton-Moss, B.J. (2017) Exploring APN Students’ Perceptions, Self-Confidence, and Satisfaction With Clinical Simulation. Nursing Education Perspectives, 38.(6). doi: 10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000176.
Woodruff, K. Difficult Conversations – Introducing Palliative Care into the Primary Care Setting. Podium presentation, American Association of Nurse Practitioners 2016 – San Antonio, Texas, June 25, 2016.
Finnegan, L., Branham, S., Bruce, K., Woodruff, K., (2016) National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculty, Background Paper: Transitioning to a Seamless, Integrated DNP NP Curriculum