Katie Brewer

Assistant Professor

Dr. Katie Brewer

Contact Info

Phone:
Office:
Health Professions, Room 3110G

Education

Ph.D., George Mason University
M.S.N., University of Virginia
B.S.N., Columbia University
B.A., Pennsylvania State University

Areas of Expertise

Nurse well-being (burnout, moral distress)
Organizational behavior (institutional betrayal, instituational courage)
Public health
Nursing administration

Publications

  • Norful, A. A., Brewer, K. C., Cahir, K. M., & Dierkes, A. M. (2024). Individual and organizational factors influcing well-being and burnout amongst healthcare assistants: A systematic review. International Journal of Nursing Science Studies Advances. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnsa.2024.100187

  • Sessions, L. C., Kim, H. J., Brewer, K. C., El-Banna, M. M., & Farina, C. L. (2024). Intrinsic factors and psychological safety among nursing students during simulation-based learning – a correlational design. Simulation in Healthcare. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/sih.0000000000000795

  • Brewer, K. C., Dierkes, A. M., &  Norful, A. A. (2024). Organizational trust breaches among nurses and aides: A qualitative study. Nursing Ethics. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/09697330241230520

  • Weissinger, G. M., Swavely, D., Holtz, H., Brewer, K. C, Alderfer, M., Lynn, L., Yoder, A., Adil, T., Wasser, T., Cifra, D., & Rushton, C. (2024). Critical care nurses’ moral resilience, moral injury, institutional betrayal, and traumatic stress after COVID-19. American Journal of Critical Care, 33(2), 105-114. https://doi.org/10.4037/ajcc2024481

  • Norful, A. A., Dierkes, A., de Jacq, K., & Brewer, K. C. (2024). Construct validity testing of the Provider Co-Management Index to measure shared care in provider dyads. Nursing Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/nnr.0000000000000719 
  • Brewer, K. C., Nguyen, J., Ziegler, H., Dodson, M., & Kurdian, S. (2023). Relationships of organizational behavior/mission congruence with burnout, secondary traumatic stress, and compassion satisfaction among nurses. Applied Nursing Research, 73, Article 151700. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnr.2023.151700
  • Brewer, K. (2023). Institutional courage: An antidote to institutional betrayal and broken trust. Nurse Leader, 21(4), 449-454. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mnl.2023.04.005

  • Brewer, K. C., Horning, M. A., Walker, M. S., & Ness, M. E. (2023). Analyzing the effects of family presence and visitation restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic among nurse leaders and non-nurse leaders. Journal of Nursing Administration, 53(3), 132-137. https://doi.org/10.1097/nna.0000000000001258

  • Norful A. A., Brewer, K., Adler, M., & Dierkes, A. (2023). Initial psychometric properties of the provider-co-management index-RN to scale registered nurse-physician co-management: Implications for burnout, job satisfaction, and intention to leave current position. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 37(5), 797-806. https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2022.2164563

  • Brewer, K. C., Ziegler, H., Kurdian, S., & Nguyen, J. (2023). Relationships of individual and workplace characteristics with nurses' moral resilience. Nursing Ethics. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/09697330231161692

  • Ceres, C. A., Brewer, K. C., & Agnew, J. (2023). The Good Jobs Initiative: Defining, measuring, and promoting high-quality U.S. jobs. Workplace Health and Safety, 71(9), 445. https://doi.org/10.1177/21650799231190880

  • Brewer, K. C. (2021). Institutional betrayal in nursing: A concept analysis. Nursing Ethics, 28(6), 1081-1089. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969733021992448

  • Brewer, K. C., Oh, K. M., Kitsantas, P., & Zhao, X. (2020). Workplace bullying among nurses and organizational response: An online cross-sectional study. Journal of Nursing Management, 28(1), 148-156. https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.12908
  • Brewer, K. (2014). Scope and standards-of-practice documents: Guiding you to leadership success. American Nurse Today, 9(1), 50-52.
  • Weston, M., Brewer, K., & Peterson, C. (2012). ANA Principles: The framework for nurse staffing to positively impact patient outcomes. Nursing Economic$, 30(5), 247-252.
  • Brewer, K. (2012). Making interprofessional teams work for nurses, patients. American Nurse Today, 7(3), 32-33.

Presentations

  • Brewer, K. (2021, March 8-15). Institutional betrayal in nursing: A concept analysis [Poster]. Sigma Theta Tau: Creating Healthy Work Environments. Washington, DC, United States.
  • Brewer, K. (2020, March 18-20). Associations of organizational support and betrayal with burnout among nurses who experienced bullying [Poster]. Southern Nursing Research Society 34th Annual Conference (conference canceled). New Orleans, LA, United States.
  • Brewer, K. (2019, November 14). Associations of organizational support and betrayal with well-being among nurses who experienced bullying [Poster]. Washington Regional Nursing Research 10th Annual Doctoral Conference. Washington, DC, United States.
  • Brewer, K. (2017, November). Expanding access to opioid addiction recovery in Virginia through increased access to buprenorphine [Poster]. Virginia Nurses Association Annual Meeting.
  • Brewer, K. (2017). Betrayal in nurse bullying: A concept analysis [Poster]. George Mason University College of Health and Human Services Student Research Symposium.