Patti Ludwig-Beymer, Ph.D., RN, CTN-A, NEA-BC, CPPS, FTNSS, FAAN

Associate Professor

Coordinator, MSN Nurse Executive Concentration

Introduction

I teach undergraduate and graduate courses, engage in scholarly activities, serve as coordinator for the MSN nurse executive concentration, and participate on College of Nursing, university and nursing organization committees.

Research Overview

My research interests include patient safety and quality, transcultural nursing and nursing professional practice and leadership in healthcare, community and academic settings.

Having grown up in Pittsburgh, I love sports, especially my home teams, the Steelers, Pirates and Penguins. When I took up downhill skiing, I moved to Utah to earn a doctorate while skiing two or three times a week. Combining my love of nursing and archaeology, I served as registrar and excavation nurse at a dig in Bab 'edh dhra', Jordan.

Select Publications

Ludwig-Beymer. P. (2024). Creating Culturally Competent Health Care Organizations. In J.S. Boyle, J.W. Collins, P. Ludwig-Beymer, & M.M. Andrews. Transcultural Concepts in Nursing Care (9th ed., pp. 225-260). Wolters Kluwer Health.

Ludwig-Beymer, P., Rogers, J.L., Bowers, H.M.., Vottero, B., & Coates, A. (2023). Evaluation of a new faculty teaching workload model. Nurse Educator, 48(6), 326-331. DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001447

Ludwig-Beymer, P. & Hopp, L. (2023). Chapter 21 APRN Outcomes and Performance Improvement Research. In M.F. Tracy, E.T. O’Grady, & S.J. Phillips, (Eds). Hamric and Hanson’s Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach (7th edition, pp. 673-708). Elsevier.

Teaching Focus

I enjoy teaching students at all levels. I teach on a variety of topics, including (but not limited to) theories and concepts of nursing, nursing leadership, healthcare financing, quality and safety, healthcare policy, nursing research, social determinants of health and transcultural nursing.

Previous Roles

I have held a variety of clinical, administrative, research and academic positions in nursing, including administrator for clinical excellence and vice president for research and medical education. Immediately prior to accepting a position at PNW in 2018, I served as Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer for ten years at a Magnet® designated community hospital.