Current Research

• Moral distress and causative factors among nursing students
• Teaching professional accountability
• Correlations between resilience protective factors and moral distress among student nurses
• Untethered teaching and multimedia instruction
   

Interested topics

• Strategies to enhance and retain nursing students of diverse backgrounds
• Strategies to retain faculty members
• Cognitive theory of multimedia instruction

 Honors and Awards

• Arthur Butine Fund for Faculty Development.  October 2016.  $2,936.50.  “The effect of transdisciplinary educational strategies on student nurse resilience and moral distress.” 
• Sigma Theta Tau, Omicron Upsilon Chapter Grant. November 2016.  1,530.00.  Funded education project titled, “Buddy-UP: An educational innovation enhancing student nurse retention.”
• Sigma Theta Tau, Omicron Upsilon Chapter Grant.  November 2016.  $650.00.  Funded education project titled “Transdisciplinary communication education for clinical instructors: Promoting moral agency and effective advocacy among clinical role models.
• Dundon-Berchtold Applied Ethics Fellowship. 2016-2017.  $2,500.00.  Funded applied ethics research titled “The effect of resilience education strategies on moral resilience and moral distress: A multi-site study.”
• Provost’s Initiative for Undergraduate Research.  January 2016.  $1000.00.  Funded faculty research with undergraduate students titled, “Moral distress and causative factors among baccalaureate nursing students: A descriptive study.”
• Terry Misener Memorial award.  August 2015.  $3639.00.  Funded new faculty residency program within School of Nursing, promoting faculty retention.
• Provost’s Initiative for Undergraduate Research.  January 2015.  $1000.00.  Funded faculty research with undergraduate students titled, “Prevalence of conflict management behaviors among undergraduate nursing students.” 
• Arthur Butine Fund for Faculty Development.  November 2014.  $2000.00.  Funded faculty research titled, “Applied Ethics Formation: Educating the head, heart, and hands of baccalaureate nursing students.”
• Terry Misener Memorial award.  May  2014.  $800.00.  Funded adjunct faculty development programs.
• Dundon-Berchtold Applied Ethics Fellowship, 2013-2014.  $2,600.00.  Funded applied ethics research, “ Development and testing of an instrument to measure trusting and deference among novice, post-licensure nurses.”
• Dundon-Berchtold Ethics Fellowship, 2012-2013.  $3,300.00.  Funded applied ethics research, “Microethical decision making among baccalaureate nursing students: A qualitative investigation.”
• University of Portland 2012 “The Difference Award”.
• AACN 2010-2011 Novice Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award.
• Sigma Theta Tau, Omicron Upsilon Chapter Scholarship, May 2011. Funded research, “Teaching Professional Nursing Behaviors.” Awarded $2500.00.
• Dean Terry Misener Memorial Award. May 2010. Funded research, “Student perceptions of effective medication administration education.” Awarded $3119.50.
• Dean Terry Misener Memorial Award. May 2009. Funded research, “How should I touch you?” Awarded $1250.00.
• Sigma Theta Tau, Omicron Upsilon Chapter Practice Scholarship Award. May 2007. Awarded $400.00.
• Oregon Dental Association: Rural Healthcare Access Grant. September 1999. Awarded $1500.00.
• USA Today 1995 National Academic Scholar award recipient. Awarded $2500.00.
• Cascade County Community Healthcare Small Projects Grant, MT. January 1994. Awarded $500.00. 

International collaborations

• Intimate touch, strategies promoting professional and compassionate patient care.  Hildur Kalman, Umea University, Sweden

 Membership 

• Sigma Theta Tau International, Omicron Upsilon chapter. 2005 to present.
• American Nurses Association.  2016 to present. 
• Moral Resilience Panel: Advisory Committee.  Selected to serve as a member of the American Nurses Association advisory committee member to the Moral Resilience Panel.  January 2017
• International Association for Clinical and Simulation Learning (INACSL). 2006 to 2012.
• Oregon Nurses Association. 2000 to 2004.

Conference Organization

• Chair, High Stakes Simulation, and Curricular Integration, Portland, OR. (2010)
• Co-Chair, Oregon Simulation Summit, Portland, OR.  (2007)
• Member, Conference planning team, International Nurses Association for Clinical and Simulation Learning (2007)  

Publications

• Krautscheid, L., DeMeester, D., Orton, V., Smith, A., Livingston, C., & McLennon, S. (2017). Moral Distress and Associated Factors Among Baccalaureate Nursing Students: A Multisite Descriptive Study. Nursing Education Perspectives, Nursing education perspectives, DOI: 10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000214
• Krautscheid, L.C., *Luebbering, C., & Krautscheid, B. (2017).  Conflict-handling styles demonstrated by nursing students in response to micro ethical dilemmas.  Nursing Education Perspectives, 38(3): 143-145.
• Krautscheid, L. (2017).  The art of compassion: Educating nurses for the world.  In S. Mayer and J. VanHoomissen (Eds). Awaken the stars. Reflections on what we really teach. Chicago, IL: ACTA Publications.
• Krautscheid, L. (2017).  Embedding micro-ethical dilemmas in high-fidelity simulation scenarios: Preparing nursing students for ethical practice.  Journal of Nursing Education, 56(1); 55-58. DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20161219-11.
• Stillwell, S. & Krautscheid, L. (2015). Answering student questions during examinations: A descriptive study of faculty beliefs. Nursing Education Perspectives, 37(3):168-70. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5480/14-1351
• Krautscheid, L., *Britton, J., & Craig, C. (2015).  Development and reliability testing of a survey.  Measuring trusting and deference behaviors in micro ethical nursing practice.  The Journal for Nurses in Professional Development, 31(2), 106-113.
• Krautscheid, L., & *Brown, M. (2014). Microethical decision making among baccalaureate nursing students:  A qualitative investigation.  Journal of Nursing Education, 53(3), 19-25.
• Krautscheid, L., Moceri, J., Stragnell, S., Manthey, L., and **Neal, T. (2014).  A descriptive study of a clinical evaluation tool and process:  Student and faculty perspectives.  Journal of Nursing Education, 53(3), 30-33.
• O’Lynn, C. & Krautscheid, L. (2014).  Evaluating the effects of intimate touch instruction: Facilitating professional and respectful touch by male nursing students.  Journal of Nursing Education, 53(3), 126-135.
• Krautscheid, L. (2014).  Defining professional nursing accountability: A literature review.  Journal of Professional Nursing, 30 (1), 43-47.  doi:10.1016/j.profnurs.2013.06.008.
• Krautscheid, L., Orton, V., Chorpenning, C., & *Ryerson, R. (2011). Student nurse perceptions of effective medication administration education. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 8 (1), article 7. DOI: 10.2202/1548-923X.2178

• O’Lynn, C., & Krautscheid, L. (2011). How should I touch you? A qualitative study of attitudes on intimate touch in nursing care. American Journal of Nursing, 111(3), 24-33.
• Krautscheid, L. & Chorpenning, C. (2010). Using simulation to demonstrate and practice clinical teaching. Journal for Nurses in Staff Development, 26 (3), 134-136.
• Krautscheid, L. (2010). Maternal and Newborn Simulation Scenarios. In Gasper, M., and Dillon, J. (Eds). Clinical Simulations in Nursing. Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis Co.
• Krautscheid, L. (2008). Improving communication among healthcare providers: preparing student nurses for practice. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 5(1), article 40.
• Krautscheid, L., Kaakinen, J., & Warner, J. (2008). Clinical faculty development: using simulation to demonstrate and practice clinical teaching. Journal of Nursing Education, 47(9), 431-434.
• Krautscheid, L., Kaakinen, J., & Warner, J. (2008). Clinical Faculty Development Scenarios and Teaching Guide. DVD and handbook. University of Portland, Portland, OR.
• Decker, S., Cary, P., & Krautscheid, L. (2006). From the streets to assisted living: Perceptions of a vulnerable population. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing, 44(6), 18-27.