Katherine Hall, PhD, RN
(Katy Marie Hall)
Biography
A nurse for more than 16 years, and a clinical instructor at UVA since 2023, assistant professor Katy Hall has taught nursing courses at several different universities to both undergraduate and graduate students in subjects ranging from pharmacology and pathophysiology to community health, epidemiology, and care of critically ill adult patients. She’s overseen clinical groups across a variety of environments—from the Jefferson Area Board for Aging to Roatan, Honduras-based Clinica Esperanza—and taught across many student populations, too, from LPN to BSN students to traditional BSNs, RN to BSNs, ABSNs, and graduate students, including CNLs, while at UVA.
Hall began her nursing career in orthopedics at Ruby Memorial Hospital, where she first precepted new nurses. From there, she pivoted into nursing leadership and nurse educator roles and later grew interested in research, earning a PhD in nursing in 2024 after successfully defending her dissertation, “Investigating the concept of mattering as a nurse within the context of the healthcare work environment”—work that reflects her personal and professional philosophies of centering students personally, professionally, and ethically, and meeting every learner where they are.
Hall earned a BSN from West Virginia University, an MSN in nursing education from Duke University, and a PhD in nursing from UVA.
[MUSIC PLAYING] KATIE HALL: Hi, my name is Katy Hall. I'm a Nursing PhD candidate at the University of Virginia School of Nursing. I'm studying nursing burnout and how nurses feel that they matter in the health care work environment.
I chose UVA School of Nursing for my PhD studies because of their commitment to compassion and care and their concern for the well-being of providers, not only patients. I selected this program because it was well ranked, it was well accredited, it had a wonderful reputation. Because the program was fully funded, I was able to, as a single mom, move here and focus full time on my studies while providing for my family.
My favorite part of the program. So far has been twofold. I love learning. I love the challenges. Every day is something new. Working with incredible faculty. But I also really love my cohort and the other cohorts around me. Just incredible people that I've met in this journey alongside of me and the support that I feel every day from them and the encouragement that we give each other has been really special. And we're going to have these fantastic relationships as we move on in our careers. And we'll continue to support each other.
If I could use one word to describe my experience here at the University of Virginia School of Nursing, I would use empowering. The School of Nursing accepts you as you are, helps you build towards your strengths, and towards your passions.
Publications
Journal Articles
Mitchell, E. M., Hall, K., Doede, A., Rong, A., McLean, M., Benito Graner, O., Maldonado, F., Kallas, H., Bravo-Rodrigues, C., Forero, M., Pokam Tchuisseu, Y., & Dillingham, R. (2023). Feasibility and acceptability of self-collection of Human Papillomavirus samples for primary cervical cancer screening on the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua: A mixed-methods study. Frontiers in Oncology, Gynecological Oncology, 12, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.1020205
Antill-Keener, T., Hall, K., Wang, K., Hulsey, T., & Piamjariyakul, U. (2021). Relationship of quality of life, resilience, and associated factors among nursing faculty during COVID-19. Nurse Educator, 46(1), 17-22. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000000926
Antill-Keener, T., Wang, K., Hall, K., Hulsey, T., & Piamjariyakul, U. (2021). Mediating role of resilience on nursing faculty and student QoL during COVID-19. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 41(11), 1106-115. https://doi.org/10.1177/01939459211024646
(2021). Why not? One woman's fight to challenge racism within the nursing profession. Windows in Time. 29 (1), 13-16. https://doi.org/https://history.nursing.virginia.edu/media/Windows-in-Time-Spring-2021.pdf
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Hall, K., & De Gagne, J. C. (2020). Arts and humanities to teach civility in health professions. Creative Nursing, 26(4), 241-245. https://doi.org/10.1891/CRNR-D-18-00053
Antill-Keener, T., Hall, K., Wang, K., Hulsey, T., & Piamjariyakul, U. (2020). Quality of life, resilience, and related factors of nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nurse Educator, 46(3), 143-148. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNE.0000000000000969
De Gagne, J. C., Hall, K., Conklin, J. L., Yamane, S. S, Wyman Roth, N., Chang, J., & Kim, S. (2019). Uncovering cyberincivility among nurses and nursing students on Twitter: A data mining study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 89(1), 24-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2018.09.009
De Gagne, J. C., Park, H., Hall, K., Woodward, A., Yamane, S. S., & Kim, S-S. (2019). Microlearning in health professions education: Scoping review. JMIR Medical Education, 5(2), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.2196/13997