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With twenty years of family nurse practitioner practice behind me, in """" I responded to the challenge of sharing my experiences with nursing students and assisting them to become advanced nurse practitioner providers of primary health care. This experience has been and continues to be very rewarding for me.

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Education

B.S.N., Cum Laude, Nursing, West Virginia Wesleyan College; M.S.N., Nursing, University of Colorado; PH.D., Nursing Research, University of Virginia

Fields of Expertise

Family Nurse Practitioner, board certified by the American Nurses Credentiality Center.

Professional Highlights

Faculty Accomplishments Summer-Fall 2006 RESEARCH AND GRANT AWARDS Wyatt, T.H., Gaylord, N. Krauskopf, P.B., and Huffstutler, S.Y, co-Principal Investigators. (August 2006-7). $6,675 National League for Nursing Education Research Grant. Cooperative m-Learning with Nurse Practitioner Students. PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Krauskopf, P.B. & Wyatt, T.H. (2006). Point/Counterpoint: Should NP Students Be Encouraged to Use PDAs during Clinical Learning Experiences? The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 2, (10), 680-681. Krauskopf, P.B. & Wyatt, T.H. (2006). PDAs Users do not have to be High Tech – Overcoming Handheld Technology Phobia. The Nurse Practitioner, 31, (7), 48-52. INVITED RESEARCH AND CLINICAL/PRACTICE PRESENTATIONS Wyatt, T.H., Gaylord, N., Huffstutler, S.Y., Krauskopf, P.B., & Ward, A. M-learning and Collaboration among Students, poster presentation at the Seventeen International Nursing Research Congress of Sigma Theta Tau International, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. July 21, 2006 Krauskopf, P.B. & Ganske, K.M. Influencing Nursing Students’ Cultural Competency through an International Healthcare Experience, paper presentation at the Seventeen International Nursing Research Congress of Sigma Theta Tau International, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. July 19, 2006. Krauskopf, P.B. Using Your Personal Digital Assistant to Improve Practice, invited oral presentation at the 2006 American Academy of Nurse Practitioners National Conference for Nurse Practitioners. Gaylord Resort and Conference Center, Grapevine, Tx. June 21, 2006.

Personal Highlights

I am married. Pianist at Garrett's Chapel United Methodist Church. President of the Northern Shenandoah Valley Region of the Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners, 2001-2002.

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