Kristen McLaughlin, PhD, is an assistant clinical professor teaching in the Undergraduate Nursing program for both co-op/non co-op and accelerated career entry nursing students. She is a pediatric nurse practitioner with over 30 years of pediatrics experience. She has practiced in pediatric cardiology, urology, primary care, anesthesia and sports medicine/orthopedics. She maintains a weekly clinical practice as an advanced practice provider at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in the Orthopedics Center. Her primary courses taught are Pediatric Health Concepts, Genetics for Healthcare Professionals, Research Basis of Nursing and Leadership Concepts in Nursing. She also serves as the director of Undergraduate Clinical Education.

Professional Society

Selected Publications

Krouse, A., McLaughlin, K., Rossi, R., Powell, M., Black-Dorn, W., Mariani, B., & Patterson, B. (2022). Nurse administrators’ experiences of communication, cooperation, coordination, and collaboration during educational disruption. Nursing Education Perspectives, 43(5), 272-276. DOI: 10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001013

Patterson, B., McLaughlin, K. (2022). A spotlight on measurement in nursing education. Nursing Education Perspectives, 43(3), 145-146. DOI: 10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000973

McLaughlin, K. (2021). Development and initial validation of an instrument measuring role-specific knowledge of academic nurse educators (Publication No. 28866318) [Doctoral dissertation, Widener University]. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.

McLaughlin, K. (2015). Pediatric concussions: Can technology detect the impact? Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 30(1), 270-273. DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2014.10.008

Jackson, C., McLaughlin, K., Teti, B. (2011) Back pain in children: A holistic approach to diagnosis and management. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 25(4), 284-293. DOI: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2010.03.003

Research Interests

Kristen McLaughlin’s areas of special interest are nursing education, instrument development. pediatric sports medicine and pediatric orthopedics.

Widener University, Chester PA, 2022
Doctor of Philosophy, Nursing
Recipient of School of Nursing of Widener University Dean's Award for Doctoral Excellence

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1997
Master of Science in Nursing

Villanova University, Villanova, PA, 1992
Bachelor of Science in Nursing