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Ann Aschenbrenner
Adjunct Faculty
College of Nursing and Health Care Professions
Biography
Accomplished nurse educator with extensive experience in higher education, specializing in curriculum development, clinical instruction, and student mentorship at the undergraduate and graduate level. Holds a Ph.D. in Nursing from Marquette University, with expertise in Nursing Education, Pharmacology, Leadership, Maternal-Newborn, and Women’s Health. Committed to fostering student success, promoting civility in academic and clinical environments, and preserving the core value of caring in nursing practice. Research interests include civility, forgiveness, and personality dynamics within healthcare education and practice.
Education
  • Doctor of Philosophy
Programs Taught
  • Master of Business Administration & Master of Science in Nursing: Nursing Leadership in Health Care Systems
  • Master of Science in Nursing with an Emphasis in Health Care Quality & Patient Safety
  • Master of Science in Nursing with an Emphasis in Leadership in Health Care Systems
  • Master of Science in Nursing with an Emphasis in Nursing Education
  • Post-Master of Science in Nursing: Nursing Education Certificate
Classes
  • NUR-630: Performance Improvement and Quality in Health Care
  • NUR-646E: Nursing Education Seminar I
  • NUR-665E: Nursing Education Practicum
  • NUR-674: Leadership in Health Care Systems Practicum
Research Interests
  • Forgiveness and Media
  • The use of Assertion-Evidence presentations to promote student engagement and learning.
  • Relationships among civility, forgiveness, and personality characteristics in employed registered nurses
  • Civility training to promote more civil behaviors for nursing students and faculty, and nurses in practice
Publications
  • Aschenbrenner, A. P., Winters, J. M., & Belknap, R. A.. (2012). Integrative review: Parent perspectives on care of their child at the end of life.
  • Kopka, J., Aschenbrenner, A. P., & Reynolds, M. (2015). Helping students process a simulated death experience: Integration of the NLN ACE.S Evolving Case Study and the ELNEC Curriculum.
  • Kopka, J., Aschenbrenner, A. P., & Reynolds, M. (2016). Helping students process a simulated death experience: Integration of the NLN ACE.S Evolving Case Study and the ELNEC Curriculum.
  • Aschenbrenner, A. P., Hanson, L., Johnson, T. S., & Kelber, S. (2016). Nurses’ Own Birth Experiences Influence Labor Support Attitudes and Behaviors.
  • Olsen, J., Aschenbrenner, A., Merkel, R., Pehler, S. R., Sargent, L., & Sperstad, R.. (2020). A mixed methods systematic review of interventions to address incivility in nursing.
Awards
  • Daisy Outstanding Faculty Award/Graduate level for Spring 2023! - 2023
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