Mary Koithan, PhD, RN, APRN, CNS

Dr. Mary Koithan earned a BSN from the University of Cincinnati, MSN from the University of Nevada in Las Vegas and a PhD from the University of Colorado in Denver. Dr. Koithan’s major fields include research methodologies (qualitative and quantitative), theory development and testing, and responses to health and illness. She is certified as both a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Home Health Nursing and in Nursing Case Management. Dr. Koithan was a committee member of the American Nurses Credentialing Center and is active in the American Nurses Association both on the national and state levels. She has published extensively in health care publications and journals, has presented nursing topics on talk radio in Las Vegas; and is a consultant to local and national law firms regarding nursing practice and regulation.

 

Dr. Koithan has been funded to study holistic healing by several extramural sources, including NIH. She is considered to be one the international leaders in whole systems healing and research methodologies and participates in international research collaborations to explore whole systems and whole person healing. She also holds appointments in Family and Community Medicine and serves as the Director of Curriculum and Evaluation at the University of Arizona, College of Nursing. As a nurse, Dr. Koithan has had a long-standing interest in holistic healing and health promotion, particularly among chronically ill populations.

 

Her interests include: