Kelly Worozbyt
PhD, CRNP, PMHNP-BC, RN-BC
Assistant Teaching Professor
Library 109, Penn State Scranton
Phone: 570-963-2661
Email: kew209@psu.edu
Worozbyt’s primary teaching subjects are psychiatric nursing and pharmacology. Her research explores the impact of workplace violence experiences in nurses and their ability to return to work. When she is not teaching or doing research, she work as a per diem psychiatric nurse practitioner.
Education
- PhD, Wilkes University
- Post-Graduate/APRN Certificate Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Wilkes University
- MSN, Penn State University
- BSN, Penn State University
- ADN, Penn State University
Awards and Honors
- Penn State Scranton Advisory Board Award for Teaching, 2024
Teaching
Courses Taught
- NURS200W: Principles of Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice
- NURS230: Introduction to the Fundamentals of Nursing
- NURS250: Introduction to Professional Issues in Nursing Practice and Informatics
- NURS251: Health Assessment Lab
- NURS305: Introduction to Pharmacological Concepts
- NURS407: Drugs of Abuse and Mental Health Issues
- NURS420: Mental Health Nursing
- NURS464: Dying and Death
Courses Developed
- NURS870M: Neuroscience and Psychobiology of Mental Illness and Across the Lifespan
Clinical Expertise and Areas of Specialization
PRIMARY:
- Psych
- Mental health
CERTIFICATIONS:
- American Nurses Credentialing Center Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
- American Nurses Credentialing Center Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse
Research
Research Interests and Areas of Expertise
- The impact of workplace violence experiences in nurses and their ability to return to work.
Presentations and Conference Involvement
PRESENTATIONS
- Worozbyt, K., Chard, R., Evans, M. M., & Lucas, E. (September 24, 2021). The lived experiences of registered nurses who encounter a workplace violence event and return to work afterwards. Poster presentation at the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association Safety in Nursing Summit, virtual.
- Riley, K., Evans, M., Worozbyt, K., & Kowalchik, K. (May 9, 2019). Caring for an opioid addicted patient in a medical-surgical setting: Best practice recommendations. Poster presentation at the 2019 Beta Sigma Research Day: Moving the Art and Science of Nursing forward in State College, PA.
- Kowalchik, K. Evans, M., Riley, K., & Worozbyt, K. (September 27, 2019). Caring for opioid addicted patient in a medical-surgical setting: Best practice recommendations. Poster presentation at Pennsylvania State Nurses Association Safety in Nursing Summit, Tannersville, PA.
- Worozbyt, K. (October 4, 2019). Training of prelicensure Bachelor of Science in nursing students in non-psychiatric areas of nursing and the effect on patient care: What the evidence shows. Poster presentation at APNA 33rd Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Research Funding and Grants
- Grant. Swivel Lecture Capture Proposal NURS 251. Awarded. (August 2018-December 2018)
Publications and Scholarly Work
- Worozbyt, K. (2021). The lived experiences of registered nurses who encounter a workplace violence event and return to work afterwards (Publication No. 28713959) [Doctoral dissertation, Wilkes University]. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.
- Evans, M., Worozbyt, K., Riley, K., & Kowalchik, K. (September/October 2018). Caring for a mentally ill patient in a medical-surgical setting. MedSurg Matters, 27(5), 4-6.
- Riley, K., Evans, M., Worozbyt, K., Kowalchik, K. (March/April 2019). Caring for an opioid addicted patient in a medical surgical setting: Best practice recommendations. MedSurg Matters, 28(2), 4-7
