Elizabeth K. Kuzma, DNP, FNP-BC

Elizabath Kuzma

Clinical Associate Professor
Director, APRN Programs, Office of Professional Graduate Studies
Department of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences
Room 3181 NURS1

University of Michigan School of Nursing
400 North Ingalls Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5482

Telephone: (734) 647-0149
Fax: (734) 763-0681

Interests

  • Trauma-informed care
  • Adolescent health
  • Gender identity and sexuality
  • Health policy and underserved populations
  • Professional advocacy

Elizabeth Kuzma, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, is a Clinical Associate Professor at University of Michigan's School of Nursing (UMSN) in the Health Behavior and Biological Sciences department. She is the Director of APRN Programs. As a Family Nurse Practitioner she is committed to working with vulnerable and underserved populations, particularly at-risk, high ACE youth. Dr. Kuzma is an expert in providing holistic, trauma-informed primary care with cultural humility, including health promotion, disease prevention, management of minor acute and chronic conditions. She has experience in nurse-managed care settings, school-based settings, in a local health department, and serving as a faculty preceptor/mentor at the UM student run free clinic for students from the health sciences (medicine, nursing, social work, dentistry, pharmacy). Her research and scholarship focus includes a variety of adolescent health issues, particularly related to trauma, sexuality and gender identity, as well as integrating these content areas into NP education. She is actively involved and committed to professional and policy advocacy. Dr. Kuzma sees public policy advocacy at all levels (organizational, local, state, and federal) as the broadest form of patient advocacy for health promotion and disease prevention. She is a former past American Association for Nurse Practitioners (AANP) State Representative for Michigan, has served on the AANP Research Committee, and is currently serving on the AANP National Nominations Council.

Current Research Grants and Programs

  • Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, "Promoting Advance Practice Registered Nurse and Medical School Education on Medications for Addiction Treatment." Role: Co-Investigator. 9/30/2021 - 9/29/2023
  • University of Michigan Gilbert Whitaker Fund for the Improvement of Teaching, "Advancing Health Equity by Assessing Social Determinants of Health in Advanced Health Assessment." Role: Co-Investigator. 4/30/2023 - 4/29/2025
  • Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, "The University of Michigan Education and Research Center." Role: Co-Investigator. 7/22/2023 - 6/30/2024

Teaching

Dr. Kuzma teaches in the graduate level clinical courses with Primary Care Adult-Gero and Family Nurse Practitioner students. In addition to her classroom work, she serves as a clinical preceptor and mentors graduate students during various courses throughout their program at the School of Nursing. She serves as a guest lecturer in many of the Primary Care courses. As an educator, Dr. Kuzma believes that expressing and demonstrating her passion for nursing and the nurse practitioner profession is essential to educate and motivate future nurse practitioner students.

Affiliations / Service

  • American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), Active Member, 2010-present.
  • Michigan Council of Nurse Practitioners (MICNP), Active Member, 2007-present.
  • National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculty (NONPF), Active Member, 2012-present
  • Michigan Chapter Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, Active Member, 2013-present
  • Golden Key International Honour Society, Active Member, 2013-present.
  • JAANP Peer Reviewer, Content Reviewer, 2015-present
  • Journal of Dental Education (JDE), Content Reviewer, 09/2016 – Present
  • American Association of Nurse Practitioners National Research Committee, 04/2018 – 04/2020
  • Michigan Council of Nurse Practitioners, Statewide Finance Committee, 09/2018 – 08/2022
  • Women’s Health Issues, Content Reviewer, 04/2019 – Present
  • Journal for Nurse Practitioners (JNP), Content Reviewer, 09/2019 – Present
  • Western Journal for Nursing Research (WJNR), Content Reviewer, 12/2019 – Present
  • American Association of Nurse Practitioners National Nominations Council, 06/2020 – 06/2023
  • Legislative Ambassador, 09/2020 - Present

Notable Awards / Honors

  • Center for Health and Research Transformation (CHRT) Health Policy Fellowship, 2024
  • MICNP Nurse Practitioner Scholar of the Year Award, 2022
  • AACN Faculty Policy Intensive Fellowship, 2017
  • AANP DNP Student Scholarship, 2014
  • AANP State Award of Excellence, 2012
  • Michigan State University Recent Graduate Excellence Award, 2012

Education

  • DNP, Wayne State University, 2014
  • MSN, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 2008
  • BSN, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 2003
  • Completion of the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Foundational Online Teaching Certificate, 2019
  • Completion of the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Online Nursing Mastery Series, 2020

Publication Highlights

  • Pardee, M., Kuzma, E. K., Boucher, N., Dahlem, G., Darling-Fisher, C. S. (2017). Current state of screening high-ACE youth and emerging adults in primary care. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 29(12), 716-724. doi: 10.1002/2327-6924.12531.

  • Kuzma, E. K., Boucher, N. L., Burmester, K. A., Gray, B. L., Ploutz-Snyder, R. J, & Strobbe, S. (2018). Preparing APRN students to deliver adolescent SBIRT for substance use. Journal of Nursing Education, 57(12), 736-741. doi: 10.3928/01484834-20181119-06.

  • Kuzma, E. K. (2018). A national unique identifier for all nurses: Rationale and Policy Options. American Association of Colleges of Nursing: Inside Academic Nursing.

  • Li, Y., Cannon, L. M., Coolidge, E., Darling-Fisher, C. S., Pardee, M., & Kuzma, E. K. (2019). Current state of trauma-informed education in the health sciences. Journal of Nursing Education, 58(2), 93-101. doi: 10.3928/01484834-20190122-06.

  • Kuzma, E. K., Pardee, M., & Darling-Fisher, C. S. (2019). LGBT health: Creating safe spaces and caring for patients with cultural humility. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 31(3):167-174. doi: 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000131. 

  • Kuzma, E. K., Graziano, C., Shea, E., Schaller, F.V., Pardee, M., & Darling-Fisher, C. S. (2019). Improving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning health: Utilizing a standardized patient experience to educate advanced practice nursing students. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 31(12), 714-722. doi: 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000224.

  • Cannon, L. M., Coolidge, E., LeGierse, J., Moskowitz, Y., Buckley, C., Chapin, E., Warren, M., & Kuzma, E. K. (2020). Trauma-informed education: Creating and pilot testing a nursing curriculum on trauma-informed care. Nursing Outlook, 85, 104256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2019.104256

  • Matsumoto, A., Kuzma, E. K., DeSena, D., Bostwick, J. R, Furgeson, D., Yorke, A., & Inglehart, M. R. (2020). The evolution of an interprofessional education motivational interviewing workshop: Finding the right balance. Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice, 20, 100342. Available online 10 May 2020, 100342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjep.2020.100342.

  • Kuzma, E. K., Morgan, A., & Pardee, M. (2020). Implementing patient-centered trauma-informed care for the perinatal nurse. Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing, 34(4), E23-E31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JPN.0000000000000520

  • Kuzma, E. K., Jones, H., Bigelow, A., & Ammerman, B. (2021). Slowing the flow: Managment of benign abnormal uterine bleeding. The Journal of Nurse Practitioners, 17(7), 889-893. doi: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2021.04.025.

  • Kuzma, E. K., Cannon, L. M., Coolidge, E., Harris, M., Buckley, C., Chapin, E., Coley, K., Arbogast-Wilson, M. (2022). Faculty, preceptor and student perceptions of the need for trauma-informed education: Recommendations for implementation. Nurse Educator, 47(4), E80-E85. doi: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001174.

  • Ammerman, B. A., Jones, H. M., Riske, J. C., & Kuzman, E. K. (2022). The well-woman visit: Adolescence through end-of-life. Advances in Famliy Practice Nursing, 4(1), 91-115. doi: 10.1016/j.yfpn.2021.12.005.

  • Bilbee, M. R., Rulli, D., VanDuine, S. M., Kuzma, E. K., & Cullen, J. R. (2022). Examining the influence of academic degree level on health care providers' perception of interprfoessional collaboration: A pilot study. Journal of Dental Education, 96(4), 28-36.

  • Jones, H. M., Ammerman, B. A., Joiner, K. L., Lee, D. R., Bigelow, A., & Kuzman, E. K. (2023). Evaluating an intervention of telehealth education and simulation for advanced practice registered nurse students: A single group comparison study. Nursing Open, 10(6), 4137-4143. doi: 10.1002/nop2.1620. 

  • Kuzma, E. K., Ammerman, B. A., Lee, V., & Baird, J. (2023). Re-envisioning youth sexual health care: Supporting sex positivity in a digital world. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, S0891-5245(23)00348-6. doi: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2023.11.009.

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