Villanova University
College of Nursing
800 Lancaster Ave.
Villanova
PAUSA
19096
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Dr. Elizabeth Keech received her BSN (1966) from Villanova University and a Masters in Nursing (1978), Social Gerontology (1987) and PHD in Nursing (1991) with a focus in gerontology from the University of Pennsylvania. She is currently an assistant professor in the College of Nursing, Villanova University. The focus of Dr. Keech’s professional career includes a focus on Public Health Issues and on the needs of the elderly. She has been teaching health promotion principles to nursing students and has traveled with them to Peru and more recently Nicaragua. The students assess the community’s needs, identify priority problems, plan and deliver an intervention and evaluate the project. While in Nicaragua, the students work with the engineering students to complement the engineering project of supplying water to rural communities through health education.
Caitlin Krenek is a senior nursing student at Villanova University. She is a 21 year old from Cranford, NJ. Caitlin holds the position of Co-Fundraising Chair of the Villanova University’s Chapter of the Student Nurses’ Association of Pennsylvania. She has a variety of nursing experience ranging from clinical experience to nurse technician positions to volunteer experience. Caitlin is interested in multiple areas of nursing especially in the area of brain trauma rehabilitation, critical care, and pediatrics.