Kathleen Ashton | Scholars@Duke

Kathleen Ashton
Consulting Associate in the School of Nursing

Dr. Kathleen Ashton joined the faculty in the Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) in February 2013. She teaches pre-licensure students in the ABSN Program. Dr. Ashton has 38 years of nursing experience. Prior to joining the faculty at DUSON, Dr. Ashton worked as a staff nurse in acute care settings, including the Emergency Department and Surgical Services at Duke Hospital.

Dr. Ashton received a baccalaureate degree in nursing science from Wilkes College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. She earned a Master’s degree in Nursing Education at Duke in 2009, and completed her PhD at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in December 2012. Dr. Ashton’s dissertation focused on the adaptation of new registered nurses.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Consulting Associate in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2019

Contact Information

307 Trent Drive, 2120 Pearson Building, Durham, NC 27710
Box 3322, Durham, NC 27710
kathleen.ashton@duke.edu (919) 613-7196

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of North Carolina - Greensboro 2012
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Assistant Clinical Professor in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2013 - 2018
- Instructor Temporary in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2013
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Oermann, Marilyn H., Leslie H. Nicoll, Kathleen S. Ashton, Alison H. Edie, Sathya Amarasekara, Peggy L. Chinn, Heather Carter-Templeton, and Leila S. Ledbetter. “Analysis of Citation Patterns and Impact of Predatory Sources in the Nursing Literature.” Journal of Nursing Scholarship : An Official Publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing 52, no. 3 (May 2020): 311–19. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnu.12557.
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  - Ashton, Kathleen S. “Teaching Nursing Students and Nurses About Predatory Publishing.” The Journal of Nursing Education 58, no. 11 (November 2019): 627–31. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20191021-03.
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  - Oermann, Marilyn H., Leslie H. Nicoll, Heather Carter-Templeton, Kathleen S. Ashton, Peggy L. Chinn, and Alison H. Edie. “Response to letter to the editor from Fahmi Kakamad, Abdulwahid Salih, and Hiwa Omer Baba Re: Citations of articles in predatory nursing journals.” Nursing Outlook 67, no. 5 (September 2019): 504–5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2019.07.006.
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  - Oermann, Marilyn H., Leslie H. Nicoll, Heather Carter-Templeton, Amanda Woodward, Paulo L. Kidayi, Lauren Browning Neal, Alison H. Edie, Kathleen S. Ashton, Peggy L. Chinn, and Sathya Amarasekara. “Citations of articles in predatory nursing journals.” Nurs Outlook 67, no. 6 (2019): 664–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2019.05.001.
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  - Nicoll, Leslie H., Heather Carter-Templeton, Marilyn H. Oermann, Kathleen S. Ashton, Alison H. Edie, and Jamie L. Conklin. “A bibliometric analysis of 81 articles that represent excellence in nursing publication.” Journal of Advanced Nursing 74, no. 12 (December 2018): 2894–2903. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13835.
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  - Oermann, Marilyn H., Leslie H. Nicoll, Peggy L. Chinn, Kathleen S. Ashton, Jamie L. Conklin, Alison H. Edie, Sathya Amarasekara, and Brittany L. Williams. “Quality of articles published in predatory nursing journals.” Nurs Outlook 66, no. 1 (2018): 4–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2017.05.005.
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  - Ashton, Kathleen S. “Teaching Nursing Students to Care for Patients Who Are Inmates.” The Journal of Nursing Education 56, no. 11 (November 2017): 655–59. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20171020-04.
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  - Oermann, Marilyn H., Jamie L. Conklin, Leslie H. Nicoll, Peggy L. Chinn, Kathleen S. Ashton, Alison H. Edie, Sathya Amarasekara, and Susan C. Budinger. “Study of Predatory Open Access Nursing Journals.” J Nurs Scholarsh 48, no. 6 (November 2016): 624–32. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnu.12248.
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  - Ashton, Kathleen S. “Teaching nursing students about terminating professional relationships, boundaries, and social media.” Nurse Education Today 37 (February 2016): 170–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2015.11.007.
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  - Kellish, Ashley Amorello, Cherie Smith-Miller, Kathleen Ashton, and Cheryl Rodgers. “Team Huddle Implementation in a General Pediatric Clinic.” Journal for Nurses in Professional Development 31, no. 6 (November 2015): 324–27. https://doi.org/10.1097/nnd.0000000000000220.
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  - Ashton, Kathleen S. “The orientation period: essential for new registered nurses' adaptation.” Nursing Science Quarterly 28, no. 2 (April 2015): 142–50. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894318415571600.
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  - Ashton, Kathleen S. “New registered nurses' personal responses to professional practice: a pilot study.” Journal for Nurses in Professional Development 31, no. 1 (January 2015): 9–14. https://doi.org/10.1097/nnd.0000000000000142.
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  - Ashton, Kathleen, and Marilyn H. Oermann. “Patient education in home care: strategies for success.” Home Healthcare Nurse 32, no. 5 (May 2014): 288–94. https://doi.org/10.1097/nhh.0000000000000059.
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  - Ashton, Kathleen S. “Nursing care of patients undergoing isolated limb procedures for recurrent melanoma of the extremity.” Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing : Official Journal of the American Society of Perianesthesia Nurses 27, no. 2 (April 2012): 94–109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jopan.2012.01.005.
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  - Ashton, Kathleen S. “Nurse educators and the future of nursing.” Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing 43, no. 3 (March 2012): 113–16. https://doi.org/10.3928/00220124-20120116-02.
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Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses

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Education, Training, & Certifications

Previous Appointments & Affiliations

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Recent Courses