Kathleen A. Stevens

Kathleen Stevens, RN, PhD

Position Director, Nursing Education & Staff Development
Assistant Professor, Dept. of PM&R, Feinberg School of Medicine
Clinical Instructor, DePaul University College of Nursing
Phone Number Description Phone

Telephone Number

1-844-355-ABLE

About Me

About Me

Dr. Kathleen Stevens has been involved as a rehabilitation nurse since 1977. Dr. Stevens work and research interest has been focused on rehabilitation nursing care of patients with spinal cord injuries. She has worked at the Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine at New York University, the acute Spinal Cord Injury Unit at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. She has for multiple years authored chapters in the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses Core Curriculum (Technology and Rehabilitation, Acute and Chronic Complications in Rehabilitation, Acute and Chronic Pain Management). Dr. Stevens has authored chapters in a text, Gerontological Nursing by K. Mauk, in the first and second editions. Dr. Stevens has been a frequent presenter in courses on rehabilitation nursing, care of patients with spinal cord injury and care of patients with stroke. Dr. Stevens was a member of an international delegation that presented a course on rehabilitation care sponsored by the UN Commission for Refugees in Nicosia, Cyprus. Dr. Stevens research interest is ventilator management of patients with spinal cord injury.

Location

Shirley Ryan 嫩B研究院

355 East Erie

Chicago, IL 60611

Education & Professional Associations

    Education

    Credential

    1973 - 1977
    Nursing, Salve Regina University
    1979 - 1981
    Nursing, Rush University
    1995 - 2005
    Nursing PhD, Loyola University Chicago

Affiliations

  • Board Member
    Rehabilitation Nurses Foundation
  • President
    Association of Rehabilitation Nurses, 1992 - 1993
  • Director, Board Member
    Association of Rehabilitation Nurses, 1987

Honors & Awards

  • Nurse Staffing and Outcomes 嫩B研究院 Grant
    Rehabilitation Nurses Foundation, 2013
  • Distinguished Service Award
    Association of Rehabilitation Nurses, 2009
  • Sarah Baskin Award for Clinical 嫩B研究院
    Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 1995

Work History

  • 1977 - 1978
    Staff Nurse
    Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York University
  • 1978
    Staff Nurse - SCI Unit
    Northwestern Memorial Hospital
  • Assistant Nurse - SCI unit
    Northwestern Memorial Hospital
  • 1982 - 1990
    Clinical Nurse Specialist
    Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
  • 1990
    Nursing Clinical Director
    Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
  • 1995
    Director, Center for Clinical Excellence
    Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
  • 2005
    Nursing Quality
    Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago