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The Toledo Hospital; RN – Neuro ICU, Neuro-Vasc Unit
Kelly Staffing Services; RN – Occupational Health
Flower Hospital; RN – Cardiac Step–down Unit

• Using Self-Guided Simulation as a tool to improve confidence and decrease anxiety related to clinical performance in undergraduate baccalaureate nursing students.
• Antimicrobial Characteristics of Nursing Scrubs with and without a MicroBlockâ„¢ Coating

• Project Belly:Ìý A Creative Solution to Developing Empathy

1. Mortland, K & Matson, J, (Co-Principal Investigators). (2019). Antimicrobial characteristics of a scrub set with and without a MicroBlockâ„¢ coating while being worn by nursing staff in an acute care environment. Joint CON COMLS Collaboration Grants. Awarded: $33,560
2. Mortland, K. (Collaborating Member). (2019-2020). Learning Empathy through Self-Guided Simulation: Project Belly. Debra Buchman Research Fund. Awarded: $500
3. Mortland, K. (Collaborating Member). (2019-2020). Assessing and Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Simulation-based, Comprehensive Approach to Active Shooter Training. Joint CON COMLS Collaboration Grants. Awarded: $ 75,000.

1. Myers, H. & Mortland, K., (2021, May 18).Ìý Project Belly: A Creative Solution to Developing Empathy. [Podium Presentation].Ìý Bowling Green State University 1^st Annual Nursing Symposium. Bowling Green, OH.
2. Singh, S, McKenzie, N, Headley-Wilson, S A, Mortland, K and Woolford, D, (2019). A teaching innovation on poverty for Interprofessional students: Cost of poverty experience simulation. Health, Interprofessional Practice and Education, 3(4), 1-7. DOI: 10.7710/2159-1253.1173
3. Mortland, K, ÒùÆÞÉç, CON, Journal Club Presentation, (July, 2020). Article presented: Beest, H., Bemmel, M and Adriaansen, M., (2018). Nursing student as patient: experiential learning in a hospital simulation to improve empathy of nursing students. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 32, 1390 – 1397. DOI: 10.1111/scs.12584
4. Mortland, K., Matson, J., Bigioni, T., Naylor, B, Mortland, K. M., & Topp R. (2020, April 1-4). Antimicrobial Characteristics of Nursing Scrubs with and without a MicroBlockâ„¢ Coating [Poster Presentation]. MNRS 2020 Annual Conference: Advancing Nursing Research with Diverse Populations, Schaumburg, IL.