Tara Schickel, PhD, MPH, RN, NPD-BC

About Tara

Tara Schickel, PhD, MPH, RN, NPD-BC, serves as the Director of Graduate Nursing Programs and Assistant Professor in the MSN-Online and DNP programs at Spalding University. She earned her PhD in Nursing from the University of Phoenix in 2017 with a research focus on anxiety in postoperative patients. Dr. Schickel received her master’s in public health from California College for Health Sciences in 2008 and her BSN from Indiana University Southeast in 1998. She currently holds a board certification in nursing professional development. She has many years of experience in nursing professional development, unit-level clinical leadership, and bedside care. Dr. Schickel maintains memberships in ANPD, IONL, and ANA.

Publications

• POSTER PRESENTATIONS 2025 Kentucky Nurses Association Annual Fall Conference: Incorporating Genomics into Non-clinically Focused Doctoral Nursing Education; 2023-Professional Nurse Educators Group Conference: Innovative Curriculum Enhancements to Improve Student Engagement in a Family Nurse Practitioner Program
• PUBLICATIONS: 2024 The Kentucky Nurse, "Incorporating Genomics into Non-Clinically Focused Doctoral Nursing Education"; secondary author to Taryn Ray's "Fostering the Resilient Forensic Nurse"