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Faculty Profile

Kathy Shaw, DNP, RN, CDE
Kathy Shaw

Assistant Professor

Kathy.Shaw@ucdenver.edu

Dr. Shaw's diverse nursing background emphasizes community-/public-health nursing: her population-focused experience includes care for underserved demographics/locations, diabetes self-management education, home health, and older-adult care; furthermore, she is a Certified Diabetes Educator with a special interest in eliminating health disparities both in diabetes self-management education and in clinical care for adults.

Dr Shaw's teaching experience--at the baccalaureate/graduate levels and including staff education/development--spans more than 15 years.

She is a member of the American Nurses’ Association, the Colorado Nurses' Association, the National Association of Nursing Students, the American Association of Diabetes Educators, and the American Diabetes Association. Prior to moving to Colorado, Dr. Shaw held the positions of Secretary and Vice-President in the Georgia Nurses’ Association and served as ANA Delegate on several occasions; in addition, she served in leadership positions and on task forces in her local ANA chapter. She is also a member of Sigma Theta Tau.

 

Degree Awarding Institution Field of Study Graduation Date
DNP Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, Georgia		 Nursing 2009
MSN Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, Georgia		 Community Nursing 1995
BSN Medical College of Georgia
Athens, Georgia		 Nursing 1989
  1. Shaw, K., Gearing, M., Davey, A., Burgess, M., Poon, L., & et al. (June 2012). Successful recruitment of centenarians for post-mortem brain donation: Results from the Georgia Centenarian Study. Journal of Bioscience and Medicine, 2(1).
  2. Shaw, K., Killeen, M., Sullivan, E., Bowman, P. (2011). Disparities in Diabetes Self Management Education for Uninsured and Underinsured Adults. The Diabetes Educator, 37, (6).
  3. Shaw, K. (Nov, 2010). The educator’s role in bridging the gap. Georgia Nursing. Legislative/Public Policy column.
  4. Shaw, K. (2009). The Use of Basal Subcutaneous Insulin in Adult Surgical Patients: A Systematic Review of Current Research. Southern Online Journal of Nursing Research, 9(3).
  5. Shaw, K. (2003). Health care: a right or a privilege. Advance for Nurses, 5 (3).
Title Organization Year
Advisor of the Year Georgia Association of Nursing Students

2008

  • DNP capstone project: “Diabetes Self Management Education for Uninsured Adults with Diabetes.”

​Dr. Shaw practices as a Certified Diabetes Educator and Diabetes Program Coordinator at Sheridan Health Services, a College of Nursing-affiliated, Federally Qualified Health Center.