Kathleen M. Kaufman, MS, RN, BC

Kathleen Kaufman has been a member of the clinical faculty for 34 years. While her practice background was in critical care and trauma nursing, Kaufman’s main focus is clinical teaching in the adult medical-surgical setting (including trauma) and she has taught in IHC facilities throughout her career at the CON. A passion for nursing heritage and history has contributed to her work in teaching nursing history for approximately 20 years. For the past decade she has taught history in conjunction with health policy and writing with several of her students being published locally in nursing history.

Scholarship efforts have centered on development of course materials as well as promotion of local
Utah nursing history. Currently Kaufman is completing work on a history of
LDS Hospital’s first one hundred years of patient care.

Kaufman has participated in community service by leading a science club at
Morningside Elementary School for over 15 years. Multiple students from this club have gone on to successfully study science and nursing. She also has been an active member of the Utah Nurses Association and currently serves as the president of this organization.

Selected Publications