Rate My Professor Kathleen Fear

Fear teaches extensively in didactic and clinical anesthesia education, mentors Doctor of Nursing Practice students, and develops mastery-based curricula to enhance patient outcomes and professional competence. Her scholarly work includes innovations in simulation-based learning and national presentations on anesthesia safety and crisis resource management. Key publications are “Fluoroscopy Education Requirements Present Practice Barrier: A Collaborative Solution,” published in The Journal for Nurse Practitioners in 2017 as part of her DNP project, and “The Use of Cervical Paravertebral Block as the Sole Anesthetic for Shoulder Surgery in a Morbid Patient: A Case Report” in 2004. She holds leadership positions as a Council Director on the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs, with the Iowa Board of Nursing, and the National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists. Fear has received multiple teaching and professional excellence awards, including recognition as part of the 2024 Improving Our Workplace Award-winning Nurses Using Ultrasound for Difficult IV Access (DIVA) team at the University of Iowa. Nationally recognized, she speaks at events like the World Congress of Nurse Anaesthetists and American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology Annual Congress.