Heather Litwhiler

MSN, RN, CNE

Instructor

Office: Nursing Building #209
E-mail: litwhile@uiwtx.edu
Phone: (210) 283-6495

  • MSN, Regis University, Leadership
  • BSN, Florida State University

Mrs. Litwhiler has been teaching allied health courses, associate degree and BSN level nursing courses, as well as RN to BSN degree courses since 2001. Her specialty areas are Fundamentals of Nursing/Medical Surgical, Maternal Child Nursing, and Distance Learning.

  • Fundamentals of Nursing
  • Health Assessment
  • Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
  • Introduction to Professional Nursing
  • Medical Surgical Clinical
  • Maternal Child/OB
  • Maternal Child Clinical
  • Leadership and Management
  • Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
  • Technology Integration in Nursing Education
  • Nursing Education
  • Student Retention
  • Strategies to Decrease Maternal Newborn Morbidity and Mortality rates and Mentorship in Nursing Leadership
  • Technology Integration in Nursing Curriculum
  • American Nursing Informatics Association
  • Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
  • South Texas American Nursing Informatics Association Chapter Vice President

Certified Nurse Educator

Mrs. Litwhiler serves her profession as an Assigned Advocate for participants enrolled in the Texas Peer Assistance Program for Nurses (TPAPN) and volunteers with the San Antonio Purple Heart Organization that assists with the VA's wounded warriors. She also serves on the BSN Curriculum and Assessment committees for the undergraduate nursing program.