,
, Evidence-Based
Physical Examination
BEST PRACTICES FOR HEALTH
AND WELL-BEING ASSESSMENT
, Kate Sustersic Gawlik, DNP, APRN-CNP, FAANP, is an assistant
professor of clinical nursing at the Ohio State University. She is certified by
the American Nurses Credentialing Center as an adult and family nurse
practitioner. She has extensive background in primary care, with experience
in family practice, college health, urgent care, and reproductive care. Her
clinical interests are evidence-based practice, population health, preventive
medicine, clinician well-being, health professionals’ education, wellness,
and cardiovascular disease prevention. She has served as the project
manager for the Million Hearts® initiatives at Ohio State’s College of
Nursing since 2013. She leads and serves on multiple state and national
workgroups targeted at improving cardiovascular population health.
Dr. Gawlik started her nursing career in 2006 and completed her MSc in
nursing with a specialization as an adult/geriatric nurse practitioner in 2009
from the Ohio State University. In 2015, she graduated with her DNP and a
post-master’s certificate as a family nurse practitioner from the Ohio State
University. Dr. Gawlik was awarded the Outstanding Faculty Award in 2013
and the Outstanding Leadership Award in 2017 at the Ohio State University.
She received an Abstract of Distinction at the Council for the Advancement
of Nursing Science Conference in 2016 and the Editor’s Pick for 2017
Paper of the Year by the American Journal of Health Promotion for “An
Epidemiological Study of Population Health Reveals Social Smoking as a
Major Cardiovascular Risk Factor.” She was awarded the 2018 American
Association of Nurse Practitioner State Award for Excellence for Ohio. She
was inducted as a fellow into the American Association of Nurse
Practitioners in June 2018.
Dr. Gawlik has been teaching nursing students since 2007. She has
taught a variety of undergraduate, RN–BSN, and graduate nursing courses
and serves as a clinical preceptor for advanced practice nursing students.
Her passion lies in teaching in the online platform, both in synchronous and
asynchronous classrooms. She has been teaching solely online since 2012.
Dr. Gawlik developed an online educational module on cardiovascular
population health that is used nationally and internationally. The
educational module has led to the cardiovascular screening of over 75,000
people. Her educational interests include the development of new and
innovative teaching modalities and pedagogies for online teaching with a
, Evidence-Based
Physical Examination
BEST PRACTICES FOR HEALTH
AND WELL-BEING ASSESSMENT
, Kate Sustersic Gawlik, DNP, APRN-CNP, FAANP, is an assistant
professor of clinical nursing at the Ohio State University. She is certified by
the American Nurses Credentialing Center as an adult and family nurse
practitioner. She has extensive background in primary care, with experience
in family practice, college health, urgent care, and reproductive care. Her
clinical interests are evidence-based practice, population health, preventive
medicine, clinician well-being, health professionals’ education, wellness,
and cardiovascular disease prevention. She has served as the project
manager for the Million Hearts® initiatives at Ohio State’s College of
Nursing since 2013. She leads and serves on multiple state and national
workgroups targeted at improving cardiovascular population health.
Dr. Gawlik started her nursing career in 2006 and completed her MSc in
nursing with a specialization as an adult/geriatric nurse practitioner in 2009
from the Ohio State University. In 2015, she graduated with her DNP and a
post-master’s certificate as a family nurse practitioner from the Ohio State
University. Dr. Gawlik was awarded the Outstanding Faculty Award in 2013
and the Outstanding Leadership Award in 2017 at the Ohio State University.
She received an Abstract of Distinction at the Council for the Advancement
of Nursing Science Conference in 2016 and the Editor’s Pick for 2017
Paper of the Year by the American Journal of Health Promotion for “An
Epidemiological Study of Population Health Reveals Social Smoking as a
Major Cardiovascular Risk Factor.” She was awarded the 2018 American
Association of Nurse Practitioner State Award for Excellence for Ohio. She
was inducted as a fellow into the American Association of Nurse
Practitioners in June 2018.
Dr. Gawlik has been teaching nursing students since 2007. She has
taught a variety of undergraduate, RN–BSN, and graduate nursing courses
and serves as a clinical preceptor for advanced practice nursing students.
Her passion lies in teaching in the online platform, both in synchronous and
asynchronous classrooms. She has been teaching solely online since 2012.
Dr. Gawlik developed an online educational module on cardiovascular
population health that is used nationally and internationally. The
educational module has led to the cardiovascular screening of over 75,000
people. Her educational interests include the development of new and
innovative teaching modalities and pedagogies for online teaching with a
