Profile

  • Title:
    Program Development Coordinator
  • Department:
    Nursing and Health Professions

Kara Gilligan

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Background

Kara Gilligan DNP, ACNPC-AG, RN, CCRN-CMC, TCRN is an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner with over 10 years of experience as a bedside ICU nurse. She holds five years as a critical care NP as well. In 2022, she earned a DNP degree and conducted an education-based research study titled “Increasing Nurses’ Knowledge of Richmond-Agitation Sedation Score Assessment and Documentation Through Education.”

Degrees

  • DNP – Walden University
  • ACNP Certificate – MGH Institute of Health Professions
  • MSN – University of Phoenix
  • BSN – Saint Anselm College

Specialties

  • ICU/Critical Care – Multi-speciality
  • Neurosciences/Neurointerventional Radiology