Krista
Estes,
DNP, FNP-C
IPE Assistant Director; Associate Professor; Division Chair
University of Colorado
College of Nursing
Dr. Krista Estes, DNP, FNP-BC is an Associate Professor and Division Chair for Adult and Senior Health at the University of Colorado College of Nursing. She acts as the nursing program representative to the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Interprofessional Practice and Education Council. For over 8 years, she previously served as a Family Nurse Practitioner Specialty Director.
As a sought-after expert, Dr. Estes shares her knowledge and skills with a non-profit organization dedicated to providing competence assessments and education services for healthcare providers. Additionally, she works clinically in the Urgent Care setting. Her extensive scholarship work encompasses diverse areas such as simulation, interprofessional education, curriculum revision, telehealth, and skin/soft tissue infections. In her multifaceted roles as an educator, practitioner, and consultant, Dr. Krista Estes continues to shape the field of nursing, improving healthcare outcomes, and inspiring future healthcare professionals.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Stigma and Survival: Using an Unfolding Case Study to Unpack Bias in Mental Health and Substance Use
Lightning Talk Description: Description of the Lightening Talk: Health professional students are adults and are thus at the post-conventional level of the Kohlberg model of moral development. But within this post-conventional stage, we find a wide variety of understanding and lived experience. As students clarify and connect their own personal values to their emerging understanding of the values of their chosen profession, a common educational method is to work through real-life case scenarios. At the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, students from dental medicine, medicine,…