Katrina A. Pyo, Ph.D., R.N., CCRN
Associate Professor of Nursing (Nursing)
pyo@rmu.edu 412-397-6812 phone (M) 412-397-3277 fax Scaife Hall 117

Educational Background

• Ph.D., Instructional Management and Leadership, Robert Morris University
• Master of Science, Nursing, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
• Bachelor of Science, Nursing, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Professional Background

• BSN Program Director, Fall 2013 to December 2020
• Lead faculty and Clinical coordinator for NURS 4020/4021 Adv Mgt of Adult Health II
• Practiced for 17 years as a Registered Nurse in a tertiary care center, Adult Health Critical Care
• Coordinator for the Dedicated Education Unit (DEU), multiple sites
• Served as Co-Chair of the Academic Progression Committee, January 2013 to September 2013
• Member of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences Undergraduate Curriculum Committee since 2008, co-chair from January 2010 to September 2013.
• Previous Faculty Counselor for Sigma Theta Tau International, Nursing Honor Society, Upsilon Phi chapter

Area of Expertise/Research

• Dissertation title: Undergraduate Nursing Students' Perceptions Regarding Factors that Affect Mathematical Abilities
• Certified by AACN in Adult Critical Care Nursing, CCRN certification

Publications

• K. Pyo and L. Laux, Co-Editors for multiple issues of Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

  · January/March 2017, Vol. 40(1): 1-85, focus on trauma and the patient with a burn injury, http://journals.lww.com/ccnq/toc/2017/01000

  · January/March 2016, Vol. 39(1): 1-82, focus on sepsis, http://journals.lww.com/ccnq/pages/currenttoc.aspx

  · April/June 2015, Vol. 38(2):109-219, focus on sepsis, http://journals.lww.com/ccnq/toc/2015/04000

• George, L., Locasto, L., Pyo, K. (2017). Effect of the dedicated education unit on nursing student self-efficacy: A quasi-experimental research study. Nurse Education in Practice. 23, 48-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2017.02.007

  
  

• Sarasnick, J., Pyo, K., & Draper, J. (2017). Using simulation and case studies combined to improve student knowledge: A retrospective study. Nursing Education Perspectives. 38(3), 126-130. 
  doi: 10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000139 
  http://journals.lww.com/neponline/Pages/currenttoc.aspx

  http://journals.lww.com/neponline/Fulltext/2017/05000/Using_Simulation_and_Case_Studies_Combined_to.5.aspx

Presentations

• 2016 - Podium Presenter at AHN AGH 15th Annual Nursing Symposium, "Innovations in Nursing, DEU: A Collaborative and Innovative Model for Clinical Instruction", Katrina Pyo, Amy Perkins, and Meg Oczypok, October 24, 2016, Pittsburgh, PA
• 2016 - Poster Presenter at Elsevier Elevate Your Outcomes National Conference, "How the Evolution and Delivery of Course Content in an Advanced Adult Medical- Surgical Course Impacted HESITM Medical-Surgical Specialty Exam Outcomes", Sarasnick, J. and Foreman, S. contributing authors and data analysis, March 10-12, 2016, Las Vegas, NV
• 2015 - Poster Presenter at Sigma Theta Tau International 43rd Biennial Convention, "The DEU and Effect on Self-Efficacy, Part II", reporting research conducted by George, L., Locasto, L., Pyo, K., and Cline, T., November 7-11, 2015, Las Vegas, NV
• 2014 - Featured Speaker at Allegheny Health Network, Bridging the Gap Series "Dedication Education Units: A New Clinical Education Model", presented research and process for the development and implementation of a DEU in an undergraduate nursing program, October 23, 2014, Pittsburgh, PA
• 2014 - Poster Presenter at the 2014 International Nursing Simulation / Learning Resource Centers (INACSL) Conference "Change before your very eyes, how simulation and case studies were used as a clinical component in a medical-surgical, 15-week, undergraduate course", June 19-21, 2014, Orlando, FL
• 2012 - Poster Presenter at the Greater Pittsburgh Nursing Research Conference California University of Pennsylvania, October 12, 2012 "Undergraduate nursing students' perceptions regarding factors that affect mathematical abilities"