Biography

Dr. Katherine Prihoda holds many years of experience as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner which has provided her with the background and skills necessary to teach nursing students across all levels of scholarship.

Expertise

Nursing Education

Adolescent Health

Advanced Nursing Practice

Pediatric Primary Care

Underserved Pediatric Populations

Education

DNP: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 2013

MSN (Pediatric Nurse Practitioner): Seton Hall University, 1988

BSN: Trenton State College (The College of New Jersey), 1985

Diploma: Saint Francis Medical Center School of Nursing, 1978

Selected Publications

Edited Books, Anthologies, Collections, Bibliographies

  • Contributor. (2017). Mosby’s dictionary of medicine, nursing and health professions (10th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.

  • Contributor. (2016). Mosby’s dictionary of medicine, nursing and health professions: Pocket edition (8th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.

  • Nickitas, D. M. (2018). Pediatric mental health. In Hockenberry, M. J., et al. (Eds.), Wong’s nursing care of infants and children (11th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.

Certifications

  • Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, American Nurses Credentialing Center – Certified 2/2/2021
  • Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Certification, American Heart Association

Honors & Distinctions

  • 2017 - Chancellor’s Award for Civic and Community Engagement

Professional Organizations

  • American Nurses Association

  • New Jersey State Nurses Association

  • Sigma Theta Tau International