KATHLEEN WALSH FREE, ARNP-BC, MSN, RN-C

                       MASTER of SCIENCE in NURSING EDUCATION

                                                 BALL STATE UNIVERSITY

        ADULT NURSE PRACTITIONER CERTIFICATION-POSTMASTER'S

                                             UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE

                    ASSOCIATE CLINICAL PROFESSOR OF NURSING

                                       INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST

Publications

Morrison, S., Free, K.W. , and Newman, M. (2006). Do Progression and Remediation Policies Improve NCLEX-RN Pass Rates? Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 24, Supplement 3:54S-56S.

Morrison, S. & Free, K. (2001). Writing Multiple-choice Test Questions That Promote    and Measure Critical Thinking. The Journal of Nursing Education, 40, (1)17-24. 

Electronic Publications

Content writer: On-line critical thinking case studies to accompany Brunner and Suddarth’s Medical-Surgical Nursing, 9th edition (2002); these were adapted and expanded into critical thinking chapter exercises in the 10th edition.

Content writer: Critical Thinking Tutorial (2001). Computer assisted instruction from        the College of DuPage.

Consultations

Content reviewer:  Black, J. and Hawks, J. (2008) Medical-Surgical Nursing, Clinical Management for Positive Outcomes.8th Edition. Philadelphia: Elsevier.

Content reviewer for LeMone, P. and Burke, K. (publication date 2009). Medical-Surgical Nursing, 5th Edition.  Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

Content reviewer for Porth, C.M.(2006).Pathophysiology: Concepts of Altered Health States, 7th Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins.

Presentations

Poster Presentation: "Active Learning in the Clinical Setting. " Nursing Education in the Rockies, Breckinridge, CO, July 2007.

Presentation:  "Active Learning: Critical Thinking in Classroom and Clinical Settings." Drexel University Nursing Education Institute, Atlantic City, NJ, June 2005.