Dean and Professor of Practice, College of Nursing
Dr. Hollie Caldwell serves as the Dean of the College of Nursing for Concordia University St. Paul which operates in St. Paul, Minnesota and Portland, Oregon. Dr. Caldwell was the Nurse Scientist for Porter Adventist Hospital and Dean of the School of Nursing at Platt College in Colorado. During her 31-year career in nursing, Dr. Caldwell’s clinical specialty was emergency nursing. She has also served as a trauma coordinator, sexual assault nurse examiner, and legal nurse consultant. Her dissertation focus was elder abuse screening in primary care, and she continues to enjoy designing and conducting original research to add to nursing knowledge. She has taught fundamentals of nursing, adult medical-surgical nursing, pathophysiology, pharmacology, research and evidence-based practice, leadership, and nursing ethics and legal issues.
Dr. Caldwell earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Loma Linda University, a Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Phoenix in residence in Sacramento, California, and a PhD in Nursing from the Medical University of South Carolina. She is a veteran of the United States Air Force and served as a member of the trauma team for the United Nations Operation Provide Promise for the conflict in the Balkans. Her publications include her research on patient satisfaction, research ethics, issues in nursing education, elder abuse, palliative care, and a non-fictional observation on death. Dr. Caldwell is an AACN Nurse Executive Wharton Fellow. In 2015, she was elected to serve a three-year term as a Commissioner for the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) and was appointed to the Colorado Board of Veterans Affairs (2015-2020). She currently serves on the AACN Membership Committee, the Western Institute for Nursing (WIN) Research Committee, and the Oregon Patient Safety Commission. She enjoys gardening, fishing, quilting, and time with her husband and three adult children.
Professional Experience
- Concordia University, St. Paul: Dean & Professor of Practice, College of Nursing
- Concordia University, St. Paul: Associate Dean & Professor of Practice, School of Nursing
- Concordia University, St. Paul: ABSN Director – Portland, Oregon & Professor of Practice, Nursing Department
- Porter Adventist Hospital: Nurse Scientist
- Consulting Nurse: Legal Nurse Consultant
- Platt College: Faculty, Associate Dean, and Dean
- Oregon Health and Sciences University: Adjunct Faculty
- Sky Lakes Medical Center: Trauma Coordinator, SANE, Staff Development
- USAF: Commissioned Officer, Clinical Nurse, Emergency Department
- USAF: Weather Observer
Academic Pedigree
- BSN, Loma Linda University, 1993
- MSN, University of Phoenix, 1998
- PhD, Medical University of South Carolina, 2013
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