Sara Horton-Deutsch, PhD, CNS, RN
- Associate Professor, Department of Environments for Health
Education
- PhD, Rush University
- MS, Rush University
- BSN, University of Evansville
External Funding
Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, Advanced Nursing Education Program, Distance Accessible Education for Graduate Mental Health Education. (July 1, 2008-June 30, 2011). Program Director. $712,114.00.
Biosketch
Dr. Horton-Deutsch is a full-time tenured faculty member. She currently serves as the Coordinator of the Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist Program in the Department of Environments for Health. She teaches four courses in this program including psychiatric assessment, theory and intervention, and two clinical practicums. Dr. Horton-Deutsch is also the Program Director of a $712,000.00, 3-year (2008-2011) Advanced Nursing Education Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) at the Department of Health and Human Services. The project focuses on the outcomes of increasing the number, diversity, and distribution of advanced practice psychiatric mental health nurses in rural and underserved regions of Indiana by making advanced education available through the development of a distance-accessible program. It will serve to educate those who are committed to being psychiatric/mental health clinical nurse specialists (CNS), psychiatric nurse educators and/or faculty, as well as those seeking post-master’s psychiatric certification. Dr. Horton-Deutsch’s scholarship focuses on reflective practices as a guide to expanding relational capacity of healthcare providers, reflective leadership and interpretative pedagogies. Another scholarly interest focuses on the use of mindfulness-based therapeutic interventions.
Selected Publications
Horton-Deutsch, S., O’Haver Day, P., Haight, R., & Babin-Nelson, M. (2007). Enhancing mental health services to bone marrow transplant recipients through a mindfulness-based therapeutic intervention. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 13, 110-115.
Moody, R., Horton-Deutsch, S., & Pesut, D. (2007). Appreciative inquiry for leading complex systems: Supporting the transformation of academic nursing culture. Journal of Nursing Education, 46(6), 1-6.
Horton-Deutsch, S. (2008). Thinking it through: The path to reflective leadership. American Nurse Today (accepted for publication March 2007).
Sherwood, G., & Horton-Deutsch, S. (2008). Reflective practice: The route to transformative nursing leadership. In D. Freshwater, B. Taylor, & G. Sherwood (Eds.). International Textbook of Reflective Practice in Nursing. London: Blackwell/STTI. Invited.
Freshwater, D., Esterhuizen, P., & Horton-Deutsch, S. (2008). Reflective practice and therapeutic use of self. In D. Freshwater, B. Taylor, & G. Sherwood (Eds.). International Textbook of Reflective Practice in Nursing. London: Blackwell/STTI. Invited.
McNelis, A., & Horton-Deutsch, S. (2008, August/September). Access and creativity in psychiatric nursing education at a distance. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association.
Horton-Deutsch, S., & Sherwood, G. (2008, November). Reflection: An educational strategy to develop emotionally competent nurse leaders. UK Journal of Nursing Management. (accepted for publication).
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