Megan C . Falke, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC

Assistant Professor

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Faculty - Nursing
College of Nursing
CRISS II - Criss 2 - 218E

Megan C . Falke, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Dr. Megan Falke is a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner and Assistant Professor at Creighton University, specializing in neonatal care. After graduating with her ABSN in 2007, she devoted her career to NICU nursing, earning her MSN in 2011 and DNP in 2019, where she developed a neonatal hospice program. She currently practices at Nebraska Medicine's Level III NICU and serves as a column editor for Neonatal Network. As a 2024 Health Equity Reasearch Education Program scholar, Dr. Falke champions health equity and social justice. Her current research focuses on exploring how community health workers can help reduce infant mortality rates, with the aim of establishing a comprehensive support program for families with infants.

Research Focus

Teaching: High Risk Neonate, Breastfeeding, Population Health, Palliative Care, Perinatal Hospice
Research: Perinatal Palliative Care, Health disparities in NICU, Family Centered Care, Trauma Informed Care

Department

Nursing - Doctorate

Position

Assistant Professor

Presentations

  • FALKE MEGAN, etal Implementation of a Perinatal Hospice Program 2019
  • High-Fidelity Simulations for First Responders:Addressing Health Equity Through Enhanced Prehospital Obstetric and Neonatal Care 2025
  • From Quizzes to Team-Based Learning: Revamping Neonatal Case Studies 2024
  • Implementation of a Perinatal Hospice Program -0001
  • Implementation of a Perinatal Hospice Program -0001
  • Real-Life Application of Trauma-Informed Care Practices Among Perinatal Health Providers -0001
  • High-Fidelity Simulations for First Responders: Addressing Health Equity Through Enhanced Prehospital Obstetric and Neonatal Care -0001
  • Implementation of a Perinatal Hospice Program -0001
  • Implementation of a Perinatal Hospice Program -0001
  • From Quizzes to Team-Based Learning: Revamping Neonatal Case Studies -0001

Publications

  • Neonatal network
    Bowman Brittany, etal Genetic Testing and Counseling in the NICU
    44:5, p. 340 - 348 2025
  • Neonatal network
    Falke Megan, The Basics of Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia
    44:1, p. 61 2025
  • Neonatal network
    Falke Megan, The Basics of Trauma-Informed Care in the NICU
    43:5, p. 323 - 329 2024
  • Advances in Neonatal Care
    Rubarth Lori Baas, etal Implementation of a Perinatal Hospice Program
    20:3, p. 223 - 228 2020