Faculty

Meet the Faculty

Katie Crockett teaches courses in the areas of Critical Care and the Art and Science of Nursing. Katie’s clinical expertise extends from her time in Emergency Medicine. She enjoys serving as a preceptor in her department at Mercy Medical Center. She obtained her Master of Science in Nursing from Mount Mercy University. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing and the American Nurses Association. She serves as a member of the Hopeful Mama Foundation and 100+ Who Care community organization.

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Dr. Sharon Guthrie teaches Community & Population Oriented Nursing, Nursing Research, Maternal Newborn Nursing and facilitates clinical experiences & discussions with junior & senior nursing students. Dr. Guthrie’s clinical expertise includes pediatrics, school health, school nursing, health policy, advocacy, nursing informatics and leadership.  Her master's degree focused on becoming a pediatric nurse practitioner and her doctoral research area focused on “School Nursing Documentation: Knowledge, Attitude, and Barriers to Using Standardized Nursing Languages and Current Practices”. Dr. Guthrie has taught in both undergraduate and graduate nursing programs and is passionate about nursing education, school health, school nursing, innovation, advocacy and continuous quality improvement.

Dr. Guthrie is a member of Iowa School Nurse Organization, National Association of School Nurses, Iowa Nurses Association, American Nurses Association, Sigma Theta Tau International - Gamma Chapter, Iowa Association of Nurse Practitioners, National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, Iowa Public Health Association and Iowa League for Nursing.  Dr. Guthrie is a board certified pediatric nurse practitioner (CPNP), nationally certified school nurse (NCSN).

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Jill Mulford is celebrating her 43rd year in the nursing profession. Her career has evolved around children. She started out as a neonatal nurse and evolved into a pediatric nurse. Jill started her academic career as an adjunct instructor, taking the students to clinicals in the hospital setting. Jill earned her master’s in nursing in 2014 and began to teach in the classroom, focusing on obstetrics and pediatrics. Jill currently practices at Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids in the Maternal Child/ Pediatric Unit. Jill is married to her high school sweetheart, and they celebrated 50 years together this year. They live on a farm in Buchanan County and have six adoptive children, five here on earth and one in heaven. They have been blessed with two grandsons and a granddaughter. One of Jill’s favorite sayings is “100 years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, or what kind of a car I drove or house I lived in, but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child." She is excited to be at Coe to teach and mentor the next generation of nurses.

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Dr. Kelly Siems teaches courses in the areas of pathophysiology, medical-surgical, pharmacology, legal & ethical Issues & information literacy. Kelly’s clinical expertise extends from medical-surgical, dialysis, community health and home health nursing. She enjoyed serving as a preceptor for new nurses on her unit at Mercy Medical Center as well as participating in the preceptorship program for students from Kirkwood, Mt. Mercy and Coe College. Dr. Siems has a Doctorate in Nursing Practice from Clarke University, graduate degrees in Nursing Administration and Health Care Education. Her research interests are medication adherence in the community setting as well as advances in nursing curriculum and innovative techniques of new graduate nurse mentoring. Dr. Siems received certification as a certified nurse educator (CNE) by the National League of Nursing in 2011, as well as a certification as a Certified Healthcare Simulation Expert (CHSE), she is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International, American Association of Colleges of Nursing and American Nurses Association.  She enjoys spending  time with her three children, traveling and completing projects at home.

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Sheila Crook-Lockwood has clinical experience in adult med-surg, faith-community nursing, and community-based wellness. Sheila has been working in higher education for over 14 years: teaching clinical rotations; designing, running, and evaluating clinical simulations, and teaching in and being the Interim Director of an RN-BSN program. Sheila and her husband have eight children, seven here on earth and one in heaven, and they are very blessed to have eight grandchildren. Sheila's passion as an educator is to teach students how to develop independent and critical thinking skills.