Directory

Joan Krug
PhD, RN, CCRN, CNE-cl

Assistant Professor

109 Sheetz Family Health Center.
Penn State Altoona

Phone: 814-940-3323

Email: jmk99@psu.edu

Education

• ADN, Mount Aloysius College
• RB-BSN, Mount Aloysius College
• MSN, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
• PhD, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Teaching

Courses Taught

• 200W: Principles of Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice
• 305: Introduction to Pharmacological Concepts
• 450A: Professional Role Development III: Leadership and Management
• 480: Preparation for Nursing Licensure Exam

Clinical Expertise and Areas of Specialization

• Intensive Care
• Post anesthesia Care Unit

CERTIFICATIONS:

• CCRN
• CNE-cl

Mentorship

• Mentored four Master’s students

Research

Research Interests and Areas of Expertise

• Incivility

Presentations and Conference Involvement

• Krug, J. (Author and Presenter), Kustenbauder, P., Costanzo, R., Kozac, C., Kargo, J. A., & Kellogg, V. (September 23, 2024). “Academic Advising, First-Year Seminar, and Academic Success Coaching: Key Components of Nursing Student Success from Admission to Graduation,” Academic Advising Conference at Penn State, 30 in attendance, peer-reviewed/refereed, published in proceedings.
• Krug, J. (Co-Author). (October 27, 2024 – October 30, 2024). “Academic advisors, first-year seminar instructors, and academic success coaches as retention champion,” The National Academic Advising Association’s 2024 Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, peer-reviewed/refereed.
• Krug, J. (Author and Presenter). (April 8, 2024 – April 10, 2024). “Making conversation: Using Flipgrid to develop effective nursing communication,” Nurse Educator Summit, ATI, Salt Lake City, UT, peer-reviewed/refereed.
• Krug, J. (Author and Presenter). (April 9, 2024). “Faculty to Faculty Incivility: Surviving a PhD and Incivility,” Nurse Educator Summit, ATI, Salt Lake City, UT, peer-reviewed/refereed, published in proceedings.
• Krug, J. (Author and Presenter). (March 31, 2023). “The Lived Experience of Full-Time Faculty in a PhD Program: Faculty to Faculty Incivility,” Nursing Education Research Conference, National League for Nursing, Washington D.C., peer-reviewed/refereed, published in proceedings.
• McCombie, C. A., Kargo, J. A., Krug, J. (Co-Author). (August 10, 2023 – August 12, 2023). “Promoting Clinical Reasoning and Judgment: From Clinical Transformation to Next Generation NCLEX® Alignment ,” Nuts and Bolts for Nurse Educators, Minneapolis, MN, peer-reviewed/refereed.
• Krug, J. (Co-Presenter), Evans, M. M. (October 5, 2023). “Academic Rigor in Nursing Education: Why it Matters,” PSU CON, Web.
• Krug, J. (March 25, 2022). “The Lived Experience of Full-Time Faculty in a PhD Program: Faculty to Faculty Incivility,” Creating Healthy Work Environments 2022, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Washington D.C, peer-reviewed/refereed, published in proceedings.
• Krug, J. (March 18, 2022). “The Lived Experience of Full-Time Faculty in a PhD Program: Faculty to Faculty Incivility,” Beta Sigma Virtual Research Day: Celebrating Nurses as they Navigate through Challenging Times, Beta Sigma Chapter of Sigma, Virtual, peer-reviewed/refereed.
• Krug, J., & Dillen, C. L. (September 25, 2021 – Present). “Using Flipgrid to Enhance Communication During Virtual Learning,” 2021 NLN Summit, National League for Nursing, Washington D.C., peer-reviewed/refereed, published in proceedings.
• Dillen, C. L., & Krug, J. (Co-Presenter). (February 18, 2021 – February 2021). “Making Conversation: Using Flipgrid to develop effective nursing communication,” NEXT GEN LEARNING: Fundamentals, NCLEX®, and Beyond, Virtual, peer-reviewed/refereed.
• Krug, J. (Co-Presenter), & Kustenbauder, P. (January 26, 2021 – Present). “COVID 19,” Student Nurses’ Association of Pennsylvania at Penn State Altoona monthly meeting, Student Nurses’ Association of Pennsylvania at Penn State Altoona, Zoom.
• Krug, J., & Satryan, M. A. (August 7, 2020 – August 8, 2020). “A Journey to the Next Generation NCLEX-RN,” Nurse Tim Nuts and Bolts Conference, Virtual, peer-reviewed/refereed.

Publications and Scholarly Work

• Krug, J. Module 35: Diuretics. Ascend Learning. [Accepted December 2024].
• Krug, J. (Contributor to Edited Volume) (2020). Academic clinical nurse educator exam. The official NLN guide to the CNE cl exam. In Teresa Shellenbarger (Ed.), 2020. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.
• Responsible for reviewing the Certified Academic Clinical Nurse Educator (CNE®cl) test plan provided by National League for Nursing. After reviewing, the development of 25 original practice questions were developed based on the assigned competency for inclusion in the Academic clinical nurse educator exam. The official NLN guide to the CNE cl exam book and publisher provided guidelines.

Service

Professional Organization Involvement and Fellowships

• AACN
• Sigma Theta Tau

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Last updated 8/24/2025