Katie McElroy, PhD, RN, CNE

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Katie McElroy, PhD, RN, CNE
  • Associate Professor
    Family and Community Health
  • Associate Dean for the Baccalaureate Program
    Office of the Academic Deans
Location:
Room 404H, School of Nursing Building
Phone:
410-706-4804
Email:

Education

  • BSN, Nursing, University of Maryland School of Nursing, 1997
  • MS, Community and Public Health Nursing, University of Maryland School of Nursing, 2010
  • PhD, Nursing, University of Maryland School of Nursing, 2016
  • Certificate, Environmental Health, University of Maryland School of Nursing, 2018

Contracts, Fellowships, Grants, and Sponsored Research

  • Date:
    2024 - 2025
    Title:
    Planning a Part-time Program for the BSN
    Sponsoring Organization:
    MHEC
    Role:
  • Date:
    2020 - 2022
    Title:
    Promoting Positive Outcomes for Infants and Toddlers
    Sponsoring Organization:
    Maryland State Department of Education
    Role:
    Principal
  • Date:
    2019 - 2020
    Title:
    Dean's Teaching Scholar
    Sponsoring Organization:
    UMSON
    Role:

Research Interests

  • Health promotion in early childhood education settings, academic-community partnerships, nursing education

Publications

  • Howett, M. (2024). Innovating to Meet AACN Essentials in a Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program. Journal of Professional Nursing. Washington, DC, United States: American Association of Colleges of Nursing.
  • McElroy, K. (2022, October (4th Quarter/Autumn)). Biomonitoring in Environmental Health: Implications for Nurses. Environmental Health in Nursing (2nd edition). Mount Ranier, MD, United States: Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments. 655 West Lombard Street, 655d
  • McElroy, K. (2021, January (1st Quarter/Winter)). Environmental health nursing education: One school's journey . Public Health Nursing, 38, 1-8. doi:10.1111/phn.12815
  • McElroy, K. G., Iobst, S., DeVance-Wilson, C., Ludeman, E. & Barr, E. (2020, May). Decreasing maternal blood lead levels in pregnancy through nutrition or supplements: A systematic review. JOGNN, 49 (3), 243-53. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jogn.2020.02.004
  • Smith, S., Stalter, A. & McElroy, K. (2020, September). Association of Community Health Nursing Educators’ 2020 Evidence Based Project Priorities: A National Blueprint for Unifying Research and EBP Practice Priorities. Public Health Nursing, 37 (5). United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.12763
  • McElroy, K., Stalter, A. & Smith, S. (2020, November). Association of Community Health Nursing Educators 2020 Research Priorities and Research in Action Model. Public Health Nursing, 37, 909-924. doi:10.1111/phn.12790
  • McElroy, K., Chung, S. & Regan, M. J. (2017). Health and the human microbiome: A primer for nurses. American Journal of Nursing, 117 (7), 24-30.
  • McElroy, K. & Regan, M. J. (2016, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 19). Vaginal microbiota and lubricant use during labor: Implications for nursing research and practice . SAGE Open Nursing, 2, 237796081666228. SAGE Publications. doi:10.1177/2377960816662286
  • Paris, L. G., Seitz, M., McElroy, K. & Regan, M. J. (2014, November 1). A randomized controlled trial to improve outcomes utilizing various warming techniques during cesarean birth.. Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN, 43 (6), 719-28. doi:10.1111/1552-6909.12510

Presentations

  • Year:
    2025
    Title:
    Repositioning and threading Community and Public Health in the BNS curriculum: Lessons learned.
    Conference/Meeting Name:
    2025 Annual Institute
    Sponsoring Organization:
    Association of Community Health Nursing Educators
    Location:
    Columbia SC
  • Year:
    2025
    Title:
    Students need flexibility: Exploring feasibility of a part-time BSN program.
    Conference/Meeting Name:
    2025 MDAC Virtual Leadership Summit
    Sponsoring Organization:
    MDAC
  • Year:
    2025
    Title:
    Jump Start: Addressing variation in academic readiness in upper-level entry-into-practice programs.
    Conference/Meeting Name:
    Institute for Educators 20th Anniversary Conference
    Sponsoring Organization:
    Institute for Educators
    Location:
    Baltimore MD
  • Year:
    2023
    Title:
    Leading BSN Curricular Change to the new AACN Essentials: How we did it
    Conference/Meeting Name:
    NLN Education Summit: Extraordinary Nurse Educators Leading in Extraordinary Times
    Sponsoring Organization:
    National League for Nursing
    Location:
    Washington DC United States
  • Year:
    2022
    Title:
    Health promotion in the Head Start/Early Head Start setting: Where are the nurses?
    Conference/Meeting Name:
    American Public Health Association’s annual conference
    Sponsoring Organization:
    American Public Health Association
    Location:
    Boston MA
  • Year:
    2020
    Title:
    Active learning in public health nursing education: The case study approach
    Conference/Meeting Name:
    ACHNE Annual Institute
    Sponsoring Organization:
    ACHNE
  • Year:
    2019
    Title:
    Mitigating fetal lead exposure through maternal diet and supplements: A systematic review
    Conference/Meeting Name:
    American Public Health Association annual conference
    Sponsoring Organization:
    American Public Health Association
    Location:
    Philadelphia PA United States
  • Year:
    2019
    Title:
    Research for practice: Building action strategies to strengthen community/public health nursing and education
    Conference/Meeting Name:
    ACHNE Annual Institute 2019
    Sponsoring Organization:
    ACHNE
    Location:
    Phoenix AZ United States
  • Year:
    2018
    Title:
    Envisioning the Association of Community Health Nurse Educator’s Research and Scholarship Future with Evidence Based Practice
    Conference/Meeting Name:
    Association of Community Health Nurse Educators Annual Institute
    Sponsoring Organization:
    Association of Community Health Nurse Educators
    Location:
    New Orleans LA United States

Areas of Specialization

  • Community/public health nursing, maternal/child nursing, community engagement, nursing education

Honors/Awards

  • Name:
    Excellence in Teaching Award for Undergraduate Education
    Sponsoring organization:
    University of Maryland School of Nursing
    Date:
    May 2020

Academic and Professional Activities

University

  • Date:
    2023 - Current
    Organization:
    UM Nursing
    Role:
    Member

Professional

  • Date:
    2019 - 2023
    Organization:
    ACHNE
    Role:
    Board of Directors

Public

  • Date:
    2020 - Current
    Organization:
    Baltimore County Board of Health
    Role:
    Board Member
  • Date:
    2020 - 2022
    Organization:
    Baltimore County Community Health Needs Assessment Advisory Task Force
    Role:
    Member
  • Date:
    2018 - 2023
    Organization:
    Union Baptist Head Start Health Advisory Committee
    Role:
    Committee Member
  • Date:
    2016 - 2022
    Organization:
    Healthy Babies Coalition
    Role:
    Member