Cathleen Deckers

Cathleen M. Deckers EdD, RN, CNE, CHSE

Cathleen (Cathy) is the Associate Director of the School of Nursing and Associate Professor.  She has been teaching at ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ since 2005, and became a full-time, tenured faculty in 2019.  Before coming to ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ she was the Vice President, Nursing Operations at Glendale Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center where she worked for 25 years. 

  • Pepperdine University
    • Malibu, CA
    • Doctorate of Education -Educational Technology & Leadership
  • Mount Saint Mary’s University
    • Los Angeles, CA
    • Master of Science in Nursing Education (MSN)
  • ÃÛÌÒÓ°ÏñState University, Los Angeles
    • Los Angeles, CA
    • Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

  • CHSE
  • CNE

  • Simulation & Simulation-based education
  • Educational/Instructional Technology
  • Online learning
  • VR/AR learning
  • Pedagogical inquiry

Gail Johnson Simulation Accreditation Reviewer Award. 2019 Eligibility to receive this award,  

  • The nominee be a SSH Accreditation Reviewer 
  • The nominee must demonstrate integrity, scholarship, positivity and leadership

 

Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development

  • Co-Principle Investigator
  • ​2019-2021
  • $1 million grant
  • Increasing the educational capacity of psychiatric mental health practitioners in the Public Mental Health workforce 

National League for Nursing Simulation Leader Scholar

  • ​2016

 

  • Member Society for Simulation in Healthcare
    • Accreditation Council Member
    • Accreditation Site Reviewer – Lead
  • Member International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning
  • Member National League for Nursing
    • NLN Leadership Institute: Simulation Leader