Curriculum
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Personal Information
Name: Carol Sue Holtz
Employer: Kennesaw State
University
Rank: Professor of Nursing
Professional Education:
Georgia State
University Ph.D. in Nursing
Atlanta, Ga. 1993
Major:
Nursing
Georgia State
University Master of Nursing
Atlanta, Ga.
1982
Major:
Nursing
University of Cincinnati Bachelor of Science
in Nursing
Cincinnati, Ohio 1969
Major:
Nursing
Teaching Experience:
1999-present Professor
of Nursing
Kennesaw
State University
1984-1999 Associate
Professor of Nursing
Kennesaw State University
1981-84
Instructor of Nursing
Kennesaw State University
1972-73
Instructor of Nursing
Del Mar College
Corpus Christi, Texas
Other Related Teaching Experience:
December, 2003 Visiting
lecturer and consultant
University of Baguio
Baguio, Philippines
June,
2000 and 2001 Visiting
lecturer and consultant
Traditional
Chinese Medicine
University , Nanjing,
China and
Yangzhou University Medical
University, Yangzhou,
China
August,
1998
Visiting Scholar-Lecturer and
Consultant
Xinjiang Medical University
Urumqi, China
August,
1998
Visiting Scholar-Lecturer and
Consultant
Shehizi Medical
University
Shehizi, China
Summer
1994
Part time clinical faculty
Georgia State
University
School of Nursing
Atlanta, Georgia
Other Related Clinical Work
Experience:
1976-77 Staff
Nurse
Department of Surgery
St. John's
Hospital
Tulsa, Oklahoma
1971-72
Staff Nurse
Memorial Medical Center
Corpus Christi, Texas
1970-71
Staff Nurse
Emory University Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia
1969-70
Staff Nurse
Cincinnati General
Hospital
Cincinnati, Ohio
Publications (refereed):
Sowell, R., Holtz,
C., &Velasquez, G. (2008). HIV/AIDS returning to Mexico with migrant workers: An exploratory
study. Journal of the Association of
Nurses in AIDS Care. Accepted for
publication
Holtz, C. (2008). (Ed.). Global
Healthcare Issues and Policies. Boston:
Jones and Bartlett
Publishers.
Holtz, C. (2008). Global health in
developed societies: Examples in the
United States, United
Kingdom, Sweden,
and Israel.
In C. Holtz (Ed). Global Healthcare Issues and Policies. Boston: Jones and Bartlett
Publishers.
Holtz, C. (2008). Developing countries:
Mexico, China, and South Africa.
In
C. Holtz (Ed.). Global Healthcare
Issues and Policies. Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
Holtz, C. (2008). Global perspectives
on violence, injury, and occupational healthcare. In C. Holtz (Ed.). Global Healthcare Issues and Policies.
Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
Holtz, C., Plitnick, K. and Friedman,
M. (2008). Global perspectives on nutrition.
. In C. Holtz (Ed.). Global Healthcare
Issues and Policies. Boston: Jones and
Bartlett Publishers.
Holtz, C. and Grisdale, S. (2008). Global health in reproduction and infants.
In
C. Holtz (Ed.). Global Healthcare
Issues and Policies. Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
Bennett,
D. and Holtz, C. (2008). Building
cultural competence: A nursing practicum in Oaxaca, Mexico.
In C. Holtz (Ed.). Global Healthcare
Issues and Policies. Boston: Jones and
Bartlett Publishers.
Holtz,
C. and
Adullell, K. (2008). Cardiovascular disorders.
In T. Kyle (Ed). Essential
of pediatric nursing. Philadelphia:
Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins.
Holtz, C. and Bairan, A. (2007). Barriers and facilitators to prenatal care for
pregnant Latina women in Cobb, County, Georgia.
Journal of Global Initiatives. 1(2).95-116.
Sowell,
R., Bairan, A., Akers, T. and Holtz, C. (2004). Social service needs and case management implications
for individuals accessing a faith-based suburban homeless shelter. Lippincott’s
Case Management.9(2). 72-86.
Holtz,
C. (1999).
Acknowledging the whole person: Culture, ethnicity, and religion.
In S. Tyson (Ed.) Gerontological Nursing Care. (89-110).
Philadelphia:
W.B. Saunders Company.
Holtz,
C. (1999).
Personal Safety: Pharmcologic, physical, social. In S.
Tyson (Ed.). Gerontological Nursing Care. (198-218). Philadelphia:
W.B. Saunders Company.
Holtz,
C. (1999).
Maintaining wellness in the immune system. In S. Tyson
(Ed.) Gerontological Nursing Care. (384-397). Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company.
Holtz,
C. (1995).
Poor urban postpartal African-American women who received no prenatal care.
In H. McCubbin and E. Thompson, and J.Futrell. (Eds.). Resiliency
in Ethnic Minority Families. (143-156). Volume 2. Madison:
Board of Regents of the University
of Wisconsin System.
Holtz,
C. and
Wilson, C. (1994) The culturally diverse student: A model for empowerment. Nurse
Educator. 17(6). 28-31.
Holtz,
C. and
Bairan, A. (1990). Personal contact: a method of teaching cultural empathy.
Nurse Educator. 15(3). 13-14.
Holtz,
C.
and Sloan, B. (1985). Study Guide to Accompany Conceptual Human Physiology. Columbus: Charles E. Merrill
and Company.
Publications: Non-Refereed
Hicks-Coolick,
A. and Holtz, C. (2004) Experiences in working with Guatemalan Mayans
in Santa Eulalia, Guatemala and Canton, Ga. International Focus.
Holtz,
C. (1998).
Teaching nursing in Urumqi and Shehizi,
China. International
Focus. 13(7). P.7.
Holtz,
C. (August,
1996). Kennesaw
State University
nursing students in Oaxaca.
Pulse. 5 (7). p. 9.
Holtz,
C. Smith,
K., and Bialac, R. (1994). Caring for Culturally Diverse
Families. A guide for health care professionals. Atlanta:
HSB Publishing.
Grants
2003-2005 Project IDEAL. Written by Janice Long
and Patricia Hart.
Funded for $200,000. Co- investigator with Janice Long,
Annette
Bairan, Timothy Akers, Richard Sowell,
Astrid Rivera. Seeking
knowledge about Hispanic ethnic
sub-groups (Puerto
Rican, Guatemalan/Mayan, Colombian,
Mexican).
2002
, 2003 Pregnant Hispanic Women’s Barriers/Access to Prenatal Care.
Submitted to NIH for $100,000. Not funded.
Submitted to Wellstar College
of Health and Human Services. Funded $1500.
Project completed.
Honors and Special Recognitions
2008 Induction into Phi Beta Delta International
Programs Honor Society
2008 Recognition
for the Carol S. Holtz Student Nurse Scholarship established October 8, 2007,
for student nurses attending the Oaxaca Nursing Practicum in Oaxaca, Mexico
2008
Distinguished Women Leaders of Cobb County, Georgia. (One of finalists). Honored
by the Marietta/Cobb Junior League.
2008
Nomination for Distinguished Scholarship
Award. Wellstar
College of Health and Human Services.
2005
Distinguished Teaching Award- for Wellstar
College of Health
and Human Services- awarded May, 2005
2005
Outstanding Contribution to International Studies- awarded May, 2005
by Institute for Global Initiatives at Kennesaw State University
2004
Community Based Learning Award. Presented by the Dean of
Undergraduate Studies, Kennesaw State University.
Fall, 2004.
2004
Outstanding Faculty Mentor, Honors Program,
Wellstar College of Health and Human Services. Kennesaw State University.
April, 2004
2002- $2000 grant from Hispanic Center of Kennesaw State University
and
Spanish
Embassy in the U.S. to
study Spanish language and culture at University
of Toledo, Spain
2001-
$1500 research grant awarded from College
of Health and Human
Services, Kennesaw State
University, for research
proposal “Pregnant
Hispanic Women’s Barriers and Facilitators
to Prenatal Care.”
2000 - Winner-
Outstanding Service
Award- College
of Health and Human Services, Kennesaw
State University
2000 - Visiting Lecturer -Nanjing Traditional
Chinese Medicine University
and Yangchou
Medical University
Sigma
Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society
Epsilon Alpha
Chapter- Georgia
State University
Mu Phi chapter- Kennesaw State
University
Workum
Foundation- Cincinnati, Ohio
Awarded full academic scholarship and
books- 1967-69
Professional Organizations
Sigma Theta Tau International
Honor Society for Nurses
Epsilon
Alpha Chapter-
Georgia State
University
Member 1985-present
Chair, Research Committee, 1994-97
Vice-president 1998-00
Mentor
President
for 2001-2003
Mu Phi Chapter- Charter Member, 1992-present
Counselor –1999, 2000
Eligibility
Mentor
Research Award Committee Chair- 2003-2007
Scholarship Award Committee Chair
2004-2007
American
Nurses Association 1983-present
Texas Nurses Association 1972-73
Georgia
Nurses Association 1983-97
National
League for Nursing 1983-present
Site Accreditation Visitor-1985-87
Transcultural
Nursing Society
Executive Planning Committee Member for
1994 International
Conference
2000 National
Chair, Transcultural Nursing Foundation
University of Cincinnati Nursing Alumni
Georgia State
University Nursing Alumni
Charter Member and Vice President
1988-89
Current Community Activities
Cobb/Cherokee
Heartwalk- October, 2005
Sponsorship Chairperson- planned with
Wellstar College of Health and Human Services and Wellstar Healthcare Inc.
Member
2001- Marietta Mayor Ansley Meaders- Lymen Homes Community Project-
Health Advisor/Consultant
Member of Cobb and Douglas Counties- Board of Health and
Community Services Board (8th year of appointment)
1) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and
2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. Elected
Vice Chair of Board of Health currently
re-elected Vice Chair of Board of Health
2)
1999, appointed Chair, Community Services Screening Committee
1995
and 1996 Chair, The Atlanta
Project and Kennesaw
State University
Health Fair,
sponsored by Turner Broadcasting Company
1994-96
Volunteer. Cobb County
MUST Health Clinic
1993-96 Chair,
Community Advisory Board, and member of Research Committee for Maternal and
Child Health Institute of Atlanta
1994-96
Community Expert Committee.
Community Forum on Children and Families.
Georgia
State University
Kennesaw State University Campus Activities
New courses/programs created
and submitted/taught:
Gerontological
Nursing. with Dr. David Mitchell. Taught Spring, 2005 and 2006
Honors
course- Cultural Diversity. Taught
Summer, 2005.
Nursing
4423 International Health- Developed and taught 1993-present
Master's
course- Health Care for Aging Adults (Master's level) - part of Gerontology
Certificate for teaching 2002-2004
Minor
in Working with Hispanic Populations, Committee Chair-submitted
and
approved, Fall 2000 (worked with Dr. Martha Griffith)
Nurs
4490 Culturally Competent Practice- submitted and approved) - to be co-taught
with HHS faculty (Co-developed with Dr. Chrystal Barranti)
Nurs
4426 Nursing Practicum in Oaxaca,
Mexico
1996-2005
Honors
Diversity Colloquium 200- (with Dr. Annette Bairan)1999
Nurs
4424 Biosychosocial Aspects of Aging (With Dr.Annette
Bairan )1995,
1997, 2000
Nurs
4423 International Health Policy (with Dr. Annette Bairan)1995,
1997, 1999, 2002, 2004
International
Program for Medical Students from Taiwan,
Peoples Republic
of China-
from KSU, School of Continuing Education
Co-Chair
with Mr. Ken Jen 1995, 1997
Global Initiatives
Developed
an international faculty exchange for University of Oaxaca
(Oaxaca, Mexico)
and Kennesaw State University-
signed by both university presidents, Dr. Daniel Papp (KSU) and Rector Francisco
Martinez Neri, President of University of Oaxaca. January, 2007.
Coordinated
and hosted an international nursing faculty member February 1-April 1, 2007.
Activities international guest faculty member included: guest lecturing across disciplines on campus,
two lectures to Cobb County Health Department, one lecture to Mexican Consulate
of Atlanta, numerous observations within clinical sites for several nursing
courses, with recommendations for health care for Hispanic patients.