Research Interests: Prevention of cardiovascular disease and tropical illnesses.
Bio
Dr. Michele Walters has experience in intensive care/coronary care, emergency, tropical and primary care/family medicine. Walters joined the Department of Nursing in 2001. She practices as a family nurse practitioner with St. Claire Regional Family Medicine/Express Clinic located in Morehead. Walters has been leading medical missions to La Digue, Haiti since the devastating earthquake in 2010.
Publications
Journal Articles
Walters, M.A. (2017). Management of chronic stable angina. Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America. doi: 10.1016/j.cnc.2017.08.008
Walters, M. A. (2015). Management of travel-related illness acquired in Haiti. Critical Care Nursing Clinics, 50(Issue 4), 749–760.
Martin, S., Walters, M. A., Howell, T., & Duan, Y. (2006). The feasibility and utility of grocery receipt analyses for dietary assessment. Nutrition Journal.
Book Contributor
Walters, M. A., Ladwig, G., & Ackley, B. (2007). Trauma, risk for; post-trauma syndrome; post-trauma syndrome, risk for. In Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: A guide for planning care, 8th
Presentations
Poster Presentations
McDavid, L. A., & Walters, M. A. (2016, May). Encouraging mentoring across the curriculum. KLN 12th Annual Nurse Educator Conference and Meeting. Louisville, Kentucky: Kentucky League for Nursing.
Walters, M. A. (2015, November). Back to basics: National Patient Safety Goal 07.01.01. OADN: The Bridge to Nursing’s Future. Jacksonville, Florida: The Organization for Associate Degree Nursing.
Walters, M.A. (2012). Cholesterol Health Education Concerning Kids. Fifth National Doctors of Nursing Practice Conference: Evidence-Based DNP Education. St. Louis, Missouri
Podium Presentations
Walters, M.A. (2017, April). Tropical travelers. Kentucky Coalition of Nurse Practitioners and Nurse Midwives Annual Conference. Covington, Kentucky
Ferguson, T. R., Howell, T. L., McDavid, L. A., & Walters, M. A. (2017, May). Chest pain simulation. Kentucky League for Nursing Annual Conference. Louisville, Kentucky: Kentucky League for Nursing.
McCoy, J. R., Nettleton, K. F., Hale, P., Mays, L., & Walters, M. A. (2015). Empowering students, faculty and communities through service-learning in Kentucky and the world. KY Pedagogicon. Eastern Kentucky University: KY Council on Postsecondary Education.
Walters, M.A. (2013, April). A hefty problem: Dyslipidemia in children. Kentucky Coalition of Nurse Practitioners and Nurse Midwives Annual Conference. Lexington, Kentucky
Walters, M.A. (2012, March). Cholesterol Health Education Concerning Kids. SCR Grand Rounds, Center for Health Education and Research. Morehead, Kentucky.
