Lisa Heidi Kiser

Lisa Heidi Kiser , DNP, CNM, WHNP

Associate Clinical Professor

Lisa Heidi Kiser

Education

  • DNP, Nursing, Frontier University, 2018
  • M.S.N., Nursing, Frontier University, 2008
  • B.S.N., Nursing, University of Arizona, 2003
  • B.A., English, University of Michigan, 1986

Licensure & Certifications

  • Women's Health Nurse Practitioner, 2010
  • Certified Nurse Midwife, 2008

Awards

  • PCON Q2 Community Advocacy Award, PCON (Point of Care Network), Summer 2023
  • 2023 State Award For Excellence, American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Summer 2023
  • Fellow, American College of Nurse-Midwives, Summer 2023
  • Arizona March of Dimes Heroes in Action/Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner of the Year, Arizona March of Dimes, Fall 2021
  • DAISY Foundation Award, DAISY Foundaiton, Spring 2021
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, CON, Fall 2020
  • University of Arizona Alumni Association Global Achievement Award, University of Arizona Alumni Association, Fall 2019
  • Exemplar DNP Project, Frontier University, Summer 2019
  • Beta Mu Past President's Award, Beta Mu Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau, Spring 2016
  • Tucson Nurse's Week Fab Fifty, Tucson Nurse's Week Foundation, Spring 2016
  • “Bear Down” Award for Nursing Service, University of Arizona College of Nursing Alumni Association, Fall 2014
  • Paul Harris Fellow Award for Excellence in Service, Rotary International, Spring 2014
  • Pearl Parvin Coulter Award for Leadership and Academic Excellence, University of Arizona College of Nursing, Spring 2013
  • McGaffic, Monroe, and Rogers Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Arizona College of Nursing, Spring 2013

Teaching Interests

Women's health, human sexuality, cultural awareness, interprofessional education

Courses

  • DNP Project
    NURS 922 (Summer 2024)
  • Women's Hlth In Adv Prct
    NURS 680 (Summer 2024)
  • DNP Project
    NURS 922 (Spring 2024)
  • Routine Antenatal and Gyn Care
    NURS 681A (Spring 2024)
  • MILAGRO Collaborative
    HSD 531 (Spring 2024)
  • MILAGRO Collaborative
    HSD 431 (Spring 2024)
  • JEDI: Healing in Urgent Times
    HSD 250 (Spring 2024)
  • JEDI: Healing in Urgent Times
    NURS 250 (Spring 2024)
  • DNP Project
    NURS 922 (Fall 2023)
  • Advanced Midwifery Gynecologic
    NURS 681C (Fall 2023)
  • JEDI: Healing in Urgent Times
    NURS 250 (Fall 2023)
  • DNP Project
    NURS 922 (Summer 2023)
  • Women's Hlth In Adv Prct
    NURS 680 (Summer 2023)
  • Routine Antenatal and Gyn Care
    NURS 681A (Spring 2023)
  • Topics in HSD
    HSD 596 (Spring 2023)
  • Women's Hlth In Adv Prct
    NURS 680 (Fall 2022)
  • Special Topics Public Health
    HPS 595 (Fall 2022)
  • Honors Thesis
    NURS 498H (Fall 2022)
  • Special Topics Public Health
    HPS 495 (Fall 2022)
  • Women's Hlth In Adv Prct
    NURS 680 (Summer 2022)
  • Honors Thesis
    NURS 498H (Spring 2022)
  • DNP Project
    NURS 922 (Fall 2021)
  • Independent Study
    NURS 799 (Fall 2021)
  • Honors Thesis
    NURS 498H (Fall 2021)
  • DNP Project
    NURS 922 (Summer 2021)
  • Practicum
    NURS 694 (Summer 2021)
  • Women's Hlth In Adv Prct
    NURS 680 (Summer 2021)
  • Honors Thesis
    NURS 498H (Summer 2021)
  • Independent Study
    NURS 599 (Spring 2021)
  • Nursing Informatics Concept
    NURS 511 (Spring 2021)
  • Honors Thesis
    NURS 498H (Spring 2021)
  • Independent Study
    NURS 399 (Spring 2021)
  • Women's Hlth In Adv Prct
    NURS 680 (Fall 2020)
  • Independent Study
    NURS 599 (Fall 2020)
  • Independent Study
    NURS 399 (Fall 2020)
  • Women's Hlth In Adv Prct
    NURS 680 (Summer 2020)
  • Independent Study
    NURS 599 (Spring 2020)
  • Nursing Informatics Concept
    NURS 511 (Spring 2020)
  • Women's Hlth In Adv Prct
    NURS 680 (Fall 2019)
  • Health Assessment
    NURS 609A (Fall 2019)
  • Independent Study
    NURS 599 (Fall 2019)
  • Honors Thesis
    NURS 498H (Fall 2019)
  • Independent Study
    NURS 399 (Fall 2019)
  • Women's Hlth In Adv Prct
    NURS 680 (Summer 2019)
  • Independent Study
    NURS 399 (Summer 2019)
  • Nursing Informatics Concept
    NURS 511 (Spring 2019)
  • Honors Thesis
    NURS 498H (Spring 2019)
  • Women's Hlth In Adv Prct
    NURS 680 (Fall 2018)
  • Honors Thesis
    NURS 498H (Fall 2018)
  • Women's Hlth In Adv Prct
    NURS 680 (Summer 2018)
  • Nursing Informatics Concept
    NURS 511 (Spring 2018)
  • Honors Thesis
    NURS 498H (Spring 2018)
  • Women's Hlth In Adv Prct
    NURS 680 (Fall 2017)
  • Health Assessment
    NURS 609A (Fall 2017)
  • Honors Thesis
    NURS 498H (Fall 2017)
  • Women's Hlth In Adv Prct
    NURS 680 (Summer 2017)
  • Hlth Assmnt Across Lifespan
    NURS 507 (Summer 2017)
  • Honors Thesis
    NURS 498H (Spring 2017)
  • Honors Thesis
    NURS 498H (Fall 2016)
  • Fndtions in Nursing Care
    NURS 356 (Fall 2016)
  • Provider of Care I: Pract Comp
    NURS 509B (Summer 2016)
  • Hlth Assmnt Across Lifespan
    NURS 507 (Summer 2016)
  • Honors Thesis
    NURS 498H (Spring 2016)
  • Fndtions in Nursing Care
    NURS 356 (Spring 2016)

Research Interests

Migration, sexual assault nurse examiner training, gun violence prevention

Journals/Publications

  • Taren, D., Freese, E., Kiser, L. H., Williams, D. K., & Bouchard, L. A. (2022). Promoting professional quality of life and resiliency in sexual assault nurse examiners. Journal of Forensic Nursing.
  • Kiser, L. H., Bouchard, L. A., Williams, D. K., Freese, E., & Taren, D. (2021). Promoting professional quality of life and resiliency in sexual assault nurse examiners. Journal of Forensic Nursing.
  • Landau, A., Sanchez, B., Kiser, L., De Zapien, J., Hall-Lipsy, E., Pina Lopez, D., Ingram, M., & Ahumada, J. (2021). Health Sciences Interprofessional Collaborative: A Perspective on Migration, COVID-19, and the Impact on Indigenous Communities. Frontiers in Sociology, 6, 618107.
  • Slebodnik, M. B., Kiser, L. H., Williams Gilbert, W., Enslow, E., & Sheeran, B. (2021). Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Training: A Review of Literature and Implication for Nursing Education and Service to Rural Communities. Journal of Forensic Nursing.
  • Kiser, L. H., & Butler, J. (2020). Improving Equitable Access to Cervical Cancer Screening and Management. American Journal of Nursing, 120(11), 58-67.
  • Kiser, L. H. (2018). Women, migration, and the challenges of health care on the US-Mexico border.. Quickening, 49(3), 36.

Presentations

  • Kiser, L. H., & Herring, C. (2023, May). Experiencia de enfermería de práctica avanzada en EUA-Arizona. II Congreso Internacional del Instituto Interamericano de Educación Superior para la Salud,. Guaymas, MX: Sonora Nursing Assopciation.
  • Kiser, L. H. (2023, March). Dismantling racism and creating a more just future: Nurses as transformative change leaders.. University of Arizona Diversity and Inclusion Symposium. Tucson, AZ.
  • Kiser, L. H. (2023, April). Migration is a human right: Women's Healthcare in the Borderlands. American College of Nurse-Midwives Region VI Seminar Series. Online: American College of Nurse-Midwives Region VI.
  • Kiser, L. H. (2023, February). Midwifery and Community Resiliency. American College of Nurse-Midwives Arizona Winter Summit. Tucson, AZ: American College of Nurse-Midwives Arizona Affiliate.
  • Gaines, K., Francisco, M., DeWolfe, L., Hallenbeck, S., Shukri, J., Dalessio, S., Harper, B., Fong-Jablonski, A., Kiser, L. H., & Godfrey, T. M. (2021, April). Gallup Indian Medical Center COVID-19 Relief Project: A Service-Learning Immersion. Arizona AHEC 9th Annual Interprofessional Rural Health Professions Program Conference. Virtual format: Arizona Area Health Education Center.
  • Kiser, L. H., & Coyle, C. (2021, 12/21). Migration is a Human Right: Offering Welcoming and Inclusive Care in the Borderlands. UAHS EDI Speaker Series: Universal Human Rights Month.
  • Hall-Lipsy, E. A., Guernsey De Zapien, J. E., Ingram, M., Kiser, L. H., Koch, B. D., Landau, A., Lebensohn, P., Ahumada, j., Lopez, d., Sanchez, B., & Tucker, K. (2020, March). Developing and implementing an interprofessional training program in the midst of a border crisis: Milagros. Teaching Prevention 2020. San Antonio, TX: Association for Prevention Teaching and Research.
  • Tucker, K., Sanchez, B., Lopez, D. P., Ahumada, J., Lebensohn, P., Koch, B. D., Kiser, L. H., Ingram, M., Guernsey De Zapien, J. E., Landau, A., & Hall-Lipsy, E. A. (2020, October). Academic-community partnerships to empower students to address the migrant crisis. APHA 2020: Annual Meeting and Expo. Virtual.
  • Kiser, L. H. (2019, May). Caring for the Women Who Care for Us: Increasing Access to Healthcare for Uninsured Migrant Women in Tucson, AZ.. Border Health: Information for Action Conference.. Nogales, MX: University of Arizona College of Nursing and College of Public Health.
  • Kiser, L. H. (2018, Fall). Quien Es Mi Vecino: Global Health Issues in the Border Between Mexico and the United States. Rotary International District Five Conference. Tucson, AZ: Rotary International, District Five.
  • Kiser, L. H. (2018, March). Applying Integrative Nursing Techniques. Third International Nursing Conference. Hermosillo, MX: Universidad de Sonora.
  • Kiser, L. H. (2018, August 24th). Providing Culturally Sensitive Care for Childbearing Women and their Families. Tucson Neonatal and Perinatal Nurses Conference. Tucson, Arizona.
  • Kiser, L. H., & Bowman, N. (2018, Fall). Arizona Nurses Address the Gun Violence Epidemic. Nurses-Arizona Superheroes: 2018 Arizona Nurses Association Convention. Phoenix, AZ: Arizona Nurses Association.
  • Kiser, L. H., & Perez, L. J. (2018, March). Integrative Nursing and Transforming Nursing Education. Third International Nursing Conference. Hermosillo, MX: Universidad de Sonora.
  • Kiser, L. H. (2018, Fall). Quien Es Mi Vecino: La Salud Es Un Derecho Humano En La Frontera Entre De México y Los Estados Unidos. National and International Nursing Conference, College of Sonoran Nurses. Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico: Colegio Sonorense de Enfermeras, A.C..
  • Hom, S., O'Conniell, M., Kiser, L. H., Goldsmith, M. M., Carlson, R. E., & Miller, C. S. (2017, April 2017). Developing Integrative Nurses of the Future: Transforming Entry Nursing Education. 2nd Annual International Integrative Nursing Symposium. Tucson, AZ: Internation Integravie Nursing.
  • Kiser, L. H. (2017, May). The Role of Nursing in Addressing the Gun Violence Epidemic. Tucson Nurses Week Foundation Showcase. Tucson, Arizona: Tucson Nurses Week Foundation.
  • Kiser, L. H. (2017, May). Panel Discussion on the Impact of Gun Violence and the Role of Nurses. Tucson Nurses Week Foundation Showcase. Tucson, Arizona: Tucson Nurses Week Foundation.

Poster Presentations

  • Freese, E., Kiser, L. H., & Acosta, L. A. (2022, April). A trauma informed approach to training sexual assault nurse examiners. The Western Institute of Nursing Conference. Portland, OR.
  • Kiser, L. H., & Williams, D. K. (2021, 08/29/21-9/01/21). Increasing access to sexual assault nurse examiner training: An innovative DNP student training program. International Council of Nurses NP/APN Network Conference (Virtual). Virtual: International Council of Nurses.
  • Kiser, L. H. (2017, 4/14). Gun Violence Prevention, Rural Health, and Vulnerable Populations: A Call to Action. Interprofessional Rural Health Professions Conference. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Area Health Education Centers.
  • Kiser, L. H. (2016, November). The Role of the Nurse Practitioner in Addressing the Gun Violence Epidemic in the United States. The Southern Arizona Advanced Practice Nurse-Nurse Practitioner Society Annual Conference. Tucson, AZ: The Southern Arizona Advanced Practice Nurse-Nurse Practitioner Society.