Kim Chapman

Kim Chapman serves as an Assistant Professor in the online nursing program at Regis College, leveraging over 30 years of multifaceted healthcare experience spanning acute care settings including Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit, Cardiac Care Unit, and Aeromedical Flight Nursing. Her clinical expertise extends to specialized domains such as Cardiology, Child Sexual Abuse response, Emergency Services, and Medical-Legal Consulting across twelve licensed states.

Her educational trajectory includes:

• Diploma RN from Burge School of Nursing (1989)
• BSN from Southwest Baptist University (1997)
• MSN and APRN-FNP certification from University of Missouri (1999)
• DNP in Educational Leadership from American Sentinel University (2017)

Dr. Chapman's research and professional focus centers on nursing education innovation, evidence-based emergency/critical care practices, and specialized clinical applications in child abuse intervention and medical-legal contexts. She integrates extensive frontline clinical experience—ranging from Critical Access Hospitals to Level I Trauma Centers—into diverse instructional formats including online, hybrid, and traditional classroom environments across pre-licensure through DNP programs.

Active in professional governance, she serves on Regis College's Institutional Review Board and Faculty Council while maintaining clinical practice in the Emergency Department. Her dual roles as Joint Commission hospital surveyor and ACEN peer evaluator demonstrate significant contributions to nursing education standards and healthcare accreditation frameworks.