Kristen L. Mauk

Dr. Mauk has been a professor of nursing for many years. Prior to moving to Colorado, she served as nursing faculty at a large private university in Indiana for nearly 25 years, holding the first Kreft Endowed Chair for the Advancement of Nursing Science, a position dedicated to gerontological nursing. She earned a BSN from Valparaiso University, an MS in adult health from Purdue University, a PhD from Wayne State University, a post-master’s GNP certification from University of Virginia, and a doctor of nursing practice (DNP) degree from Valparaiso University.

Dr. Mauk has over 40 years of experience in chronic illness nursing, rehabilitation, and gerontological nursing and teaches in these specialties at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. She is certified in rehabilitation and as a gerontological nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist. She has authored or edited 10 books, including three that were recognized with an AJN Book of the Year award. She has served on editorial boards for Rehabilitation Nursing and Geriatric Nursing and has written more than 50 articles and dozens of book chapters. Dr. Mauk is a frequent presenter at conferences at the regional, national, and international levels. She is the cofounder and president of Senior Care Central/International Rehabilitation Consultants, providing educational, clinical, and legal nurse consulting in rehabilitation and senior care in the US and internationally. Dr. Mauk is also a past president of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN) and has served ARN in many roles, most significantly on the Council of Leaders, as editor of the fifth edition of the Core Curriculum, as PRN course faculty, on the task force to develop the ARN Professional Rehabilitation Nursing Competency Model, and as editor-in-chief of Rehabilitation Nursing.

Some of Dr. Mauk’s recognitions include: CCU Outstanding Nursing Faculty (2019), the Suzanne Smith INANE Mentoring Editors Award (2017), nominee for the National Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching (2016), three AJN Book of the Year awards (2017, 2010, 1999), CASE/Carnegie Indiana Professor of the Year (2007), VU Caterpillar Award for Excellence in Teaching (2007), ARN Educator Role Award (2007), and the ARN Distinguished Service Award (2005). Dr. Mauk has taught nurses and students in China, UAE, and Chile over the past several years. She was instrumental in the development of the global rehabilitation nursing certification. Dr. Mauk has a passion for helping other countries develop rehabilitation nursing into a strong specialty to promote quality care for their aging populations and those with disabilities.