Katherine C. Walker-Rodriguez

• MSN, Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi
• BSN, Texas Tech University at Lubbock

Mrs. Walker-Rodriguez has been a Registered Nurse since 2000. Her specialty is in Emergency Nursing and Research. She has worked as part-time faculty at The University of Incarnate Word School of Nursing teaching the undergraduate Basic Health Assessment Lab course.

• Basic Health Assessment Lab

Currently, Mrs. Waker-Rodriguez is the Program Manager/Research Coordinator for the Mentors Offering Maternal Support (M-O-M-S) study, a military funded study on psychosocial adaptation to pregnancy among active duty women and military wives. This research is a collaboration between the U.S. Military and UIW School of Nursing.

• Emergency Nurses Association

• Biltmore Who’s Who Among Healthcare Professionals
• Magna Cum Laude – BSN

Publications

• Weis, K., Lederman, R., Walker, K., and Chan, W. (2017). Mentors offering maternal support reduces prenatal, pregnancy-specific anxiety in a sample of military women. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing, 46(5), 669-685.
• Weis, K., Lederman, R., Walker, K., and Chan, W. (2017). Longitudinal evaluation of a prenatal mentoring program for decreasing maternal anxiety in a military sample. (panel session, 28^th International Nursing Research Congress, Sigma Theta Tau, Dublin, Ireland, Jul 27-31, 2017).
• Weis, K., Lederman, R., Walker, K., Paden, R., and Chan, W. (2017). "Predictors of increased prenatal maternal anxiety, self-esteem and resilience in a sample of military women". (symposium, 38th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM), San Diego, CA 29 Mar-1 Apr, 2017).
• Weis, K., Lederman, R., Walker, K., Valentin, M. and Chan, W. (2016).Mentors offering maternal support (M-O-M-S^TM): Findings from a randomized control trial of program effectiveness. (podium presentation, 9^thAnnual UIW Research Week, San Antonio, TX, Feb 22-26, 2016).

• CPR/AED Health Care Provider Certified
• Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course Certified
• FEMA Disaster Management - Course Completion
• Licensed Registered Nurse - Texas and California
• Non-Violent Crisis Intervention Certified
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support Certified
• Trauma Nurse Core Course Certified

Mrs. Walker-Rodriguez is a licensed Texas Realtor, parishioner at Santo Nino Catholic Church, a proud wife and mother of 2 daughters.