Holly Kreis

Assistant Professor of Nursing and Director of Nursing Academic and Practice Support Services

Biography:
Holly Kreis is a 2016 alumnus of Malone University, and then she worked at Summa Akron City Hospital as an inpatient telemetry nurse. Her unit specialized in cardiac arrhythmia correction, and also cross-trained to care for stroke and COVID-19 patients. In 2022, she began teaching as an adjunct clinical instructor at Malone and completed her Master's in Nursing Education at Kent State University. She stepped into the Director of Nursing Academic & Clinical Support role as an Assistant Professor in August 2023. 

Education:
MSN-Nursing Education, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
BSN, Malone University

Licensures/Certifications
- Registered Nurse Licensure, Ohio

Experience
-Malone University, Director of Nursing Academic & Clinical Support, Assistant Professor of Nursing
-Summa Akron City Hospital: Telemetry Nurse

Scholarly Works
Kreis, H. (2023). "COVID-19 biomarkers: What do they tell us?" American Nurse Journal, 18(5), 44-47. doi: 10.51256/ANJ052344  

Kreis, H. (2015). "Exploring caffeine consumption factors for college students." Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for graduation from the Malone University Honors Program. Advisor: Dr. Debra Lee. Poster Presenter at 22nd Annual Nursing Research Day of University Hospitals Portage Medical Center, April 2016 and Delta Omega Chapter of Sigma event, "Continuing the Journey for New Knowledge, Innovations, and Improvements", May 2016. 

Teaching Assignments:
Undergraduate Nursing Program: NURS 211 Foundations in Nursing: Theory; NURS 213 Foundations in Nursing: Clinical; NURS 212 Nursing across the Lifespan I: Theory; NURS 214 Nursing across the Lifespan I: Clinical. NURS 420 Nursing Research: Theory; NURS 422 Nursing Research: Application
Graduate Nursing Program: MSN 694 Applied Scholarship in Nursing Practice: Project Proposal; MSN 695 Applied Scholarship in Nursing Practice: Project Implementation