Awards and Honors
- Provost’s Diversity Equity and Inclusion Award 2023
- Nominated for Excellence in Teaching Award CSH 2023
- Spirit of DePaul Award 2020
DePaul Affiliations
- Faculty Council 2022-2025
- Past Director of School of Nursing 2023-2025
Professional Affiliations
- Zeta Sigma Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nursing
- Midwest Nursing Research Society
Select Publications
Roberts, J., Horn, S. & Amer, K. (2021). Music: A holistic approach to symptom management for patients undergoing cancer treatment” has been published online in Vol 12, No 6 of Journal of Nursing Education and Practice.
Simonovich, S.D., Webber-Ritchey, K., Spurlark, R.S., Florczak, K., Mueller Wiesemann, L., Ponder, T.N., Reid, M., Shino, D., Stevens, B., Aquino, E., Badowski, D., Lattner, C., Soco, C., Krawczyk, S., & Amer, K.S. (2022). Moral distress experienced by US nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. 10.1177/23779608221091059 SAGE Open Nursing.
Desai, S., Byrd, S. & Amer, K.S. (2024). Nurses’ self-efficacy and knowledge: A pre- and post- study on reeducation for patient self-management of Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice. 15(3)
Pehr-Szeliga, D, Rutkowski, A., Neuman, N., Amer, K., & Webber-Ritchey, K.J. (2024). Strategies to guide paediatric type 1 diabetes management and transition of care: A state-of-the-art review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 10.1111/jan.16666. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.16666