Patricia Kiladis, M.S., R.N.

• Education
• Teaching
• Professional Activities
• Presentations
• Honors/ Awards
• Publications

Associate Professor, Nursing

Patricia Kiladis, M.S, R.N, is a nurse educator with many years of experience in nursing practice, curriculum development, and teaching. Most recently she was the Director of the Undergraduate Nursing Program and was a member of the nursing faculty at Northeastern University in Boston, MA.

Prior to assuming the role of Director at NU, Ms. Kiladis served the institution as an Associate Clinical Specialist, taught the Women and Family Nursing course, coordinated clinical faculty, collaborated with clinical agencies in the selection of clinical assignments, secured a variety of clinical placements throughout Boston and its communities and coordinated activities that promoted learning in women’s health and maternity.

Before joining Northeastern, Ms. Kiladis was the Associate Dean of Nursing at Massachusetts Bay Community College.

Ms. Kiladis' area of expertise is maternal-child health. Over the years, she has been a clinical instructor in maternity; a childbirth educator; and has managed staff and nurse managers in the inpatient clinical areas of NICU, labor and delivery, postpartum, and newborn nursery in a 5000 delivery per year unit. Courses she has taught in her long teaching career include nursing fundamentals, health assessment, pediatrics, pharmacology, leadership and management, and community health.

For two years she lived in Singapore where she worked as a Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist, providing the international and local communities with a well-baby clinic, breast feeding education and support. She facilitated and traveled with nursing students to provide trans-cultural nursing experiences.

She has published a number of articles on the topics of pediatric and women's health in several health care periodicals. She is a PhD candidate in Law and Policy at Northeastern University in Boston, MA.

In her role at Chaminade, Ms. Kiladis will initially be helping to develop nursing courses and coordinate the implementation of genetics and genomics content into the curriculum, as well as teaching.

Education

Massachusetts General Hospital: Diploma in Nursing
Worcester State College: B.S. in Nursing
Boston University: M.S. Parent-Child Nursing
Northeastern University: PhD Candidate 2005

Teaching

• Maternal-Child Health
• Leadership and Management
• Curriculum Development

Professional Activities and Organizations

Member NERVANA 2008 - present
Vice President – Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society 2006- present
President – Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society 2003 –2005
President-Elect – Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society 2002–2003
Faculty Counselor – Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society 1999 –2003 Sigma Theta Tau International Biennial Convention –Delegate:2003
Grant Participant Member: Genetics for Nursing: Response to the Revolutions in Healthcare Today – Fall 2003
Selected as a member of the Northeastern University Marshall Cadre 2003 - present
Participant in International Fertility Conference: 2003, Aberdeen Scotland
National Faculty Board Conference Development: Labor Pains Conference: Shortage of Nurses in Maternal Child Health Care: 2002
Chair of Massachusetts Section of AWHONN 1993 - 1996
Member of AWHONN
Member of International Nursing Organization - Singapore

Presentations

• 2009 Faculty Led Study Abroad: UK/Ireland – Gamma Epsilon Chapter (Sigma)
• 2007 State Policy Initiatives to Expand Public Nursing Education Capacity at George Mason University – Invited Presentation
• 2007 State Policy Initiative in Massachusetts Health Care Reform at Northeastern University
• 2005 Diabetes in Pregnancy – AWHONN Massachusetts Meeting
• 1991 Emergency Childbirth - Presented to Nashoba Community Hospital
• 1991 Presented an overview of pre-natal health care to Digital Employees
• 1991 Served as moderator for March of Dimes conference on Pre-term labor
• 1986 Obstetrical Emergencies - presented to Massachusetts Emergency Room at St. Vincent's’ Hospital
• 1987 Postpartum Adaptation - Presented in conjunction with the Office of Nutrition division of Family Health Services to promote breastfeeding in Massachusetts
• 1988 Obstetrical Emergencies - Presented to EMT West Boylston Fire Unit
• 1989 Childbearing in America - Presented to Worcester Memorial Maternal Infant Nursing Division
• 1988 -89 Numerous radio and newspaper interviews related to issues surrounding Maternal and Child Health
• 1989 Menopause - Presented to Springfield, Massachusetts NAACOG group

Honors/ Awards

• George Mason University Policy Fellow 2006-2007: Grant $2500
• Dean’s List - all semesters at Worcester State College
• Member of Worcester State Honor Society
• Summa Cum Laude graduate - Worcester State College
• Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society - Boston University

Publications

• Kiladis, P.A. (2007) State policy initiatives to expand public nursing education capacity. Website: http://www.hpi.gmu.edu
• Kiladis, P.A. (2008). Complications of the intrapartum period. In Hisley, S & Ward, C. (Eds). Maternal-Newborn and Women’s Health Nursing. Philadelphia F.A. Davis
• Kiladis, P. A. (2005). (Review of the book Law and Order: Street crime, civil unrest, and the crisis of liberalism in the 1960’s). Bimonthly Review of Law Books, 16, 13-14.
• Kiladis, P.A. (2005). Critical Thinking Skills in Pediatric Assessment. Prentice Hall CD Series.
• Kiladis, P. A. (2001). Complications of the postpartum period. In P.S. Matteson (Ed.), Collaborating with Women and their Families:Providing Nursing Care in the Community. New York: Mosby.
• Kiladis, P.A. (1994). What is the relationship between smoking during pregnancy and low-birth weight infants? Are any smoking cessation programs designed specifically for pregnant women? Voice, p. 7.
• Kiladis, P. A. (1993) Competencies and program guidelines for nurse providers of perinatal education. AWHONN Publication.
• Bruce, S, & Kiladis, P. A. (1986). Childbirth Education: Process and Product. In Psychoeducational approaches to family therapy and counseling. Springer Publication, Boston, Massachusetts.
• Kiladis, P. A. (1985). The effect of a breastfeeding program on the duration of breastfeeding. Unpublished master’s thesis, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.
• Kiladis, P. (2008). Abstract Presentation: A comparison of policy strategies between the United States and global nations designed to improve the nursing shortage. Poster session presented at the 19th International Research congress of Sigma Theta Tau International, Singapore.