Holly Kreis
Assistant Professor of Nursing, Natural & Health Sciences
Director of Nursing Academic and Practice Support Services
About Holly Kreis
Holly Kreis is a 2016 alumnus of Malone University. Since then, she has worked as an inpatient progressive care nurse at Summa Health Akron Campus. Her unit specializes in cardiac arrhythmia correction, and she is also cross-trained to care for stroke and COVID-19 patients. In 2022, Kreis began teaching as an adjunct clinical instructor at Malone and completed her master’s degree in nursing at Kent State University. She joined Malone’s faculty full-time in 2023 as an assistant professor of nursing and the director of academic and laboratory support services.
Education
- MSN, Kent State University
- BSN, Malone University
Classes I Teach
- Foundations in Nursing I: Theory
- Foundations in Nursing I: Clinical
- Foundations in Nursing II: Theory
- Foundations in Nursing II: Clinical
- Nursing Research: Theory
- Nursing Research: Application
- Applied Scholarship in Nursing Practice: Project Proposal
- Applied Scholarship in Nursing Practice: Project Implementation
Signature Experiences
- 2023-present, Assistant Professor of Nursing; Director of Nursing Academic and Laboratory Support Services, Malone University
- 2016-present, Progressive Care Nurse, Summa Health Akron Campus
- 2018 & 2020, Leader of medical mission trips (San Luis Rio Colorado & Sonora, Mexico), Eli House Mission and Dayspring Christian Fellowship
Recent Scholarly Work & Publications
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.
Kibler, H., Kreis, H., & Stroup, C. (2024, March 22). Utilization of Collaborative Post-Clinical Quizzes to Evaluate Clinical Judgment Competencies. Delivered at 2024 OLN Education Summit, Columbus, OH.