Karen M. Flaherty

Karen M. Flaherty serves as Academic Support Coach and Term Lecturer in the School of Nursing at the MGH Institute of Health Professions, leveraging over three decades of clinical and academic experience. Her role focuses on developing nursing students' critical thinking, clinical judgment, and NCLEX readiness through personalized academic support.

Her educational foundation includes:

• BSN from Fitchburg State College
• MSN in Medical-Surgical Nursing from Boston College
• MEd from Wheelock College
• Certificate in Adult Primary Care from MGHIHP

Flaherty's expertise centers on Nursing Education and Oncology Nursing, with specialized focus on NCLEX preparation and clinical judgment development. Her work bridges academic theory and clinical practice, particularly through remediation strategies for licensure exam challenges. She emphasizes transforming theoretical knowledge into actionable clinical decision-making skills essential for modern nursing practice.

Her scholarly contributions address critical nursing domains including breast oncology symptom recognition and occupational health challenges for practitioners. These publications reflect her dual commitment to specialized patient care and practitioner well-being, demonstrating how clinical expertise informs pedagogical innovation in nursing education.

As Academic Support Coach, Flaherty provides comprehensive student development through study skills training, time management coaching, and targeted NCLEX remediation. Her methodology focuses on diagnostic analysis of individual learning gaps and systematic reconstruction of clinical reasoning pathways, preparing students for the complex judgment demands of contemporary healthcare environments.