Margo Jean Minnich, DNP, RN

Associate Professor

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Contact

MargoMinnich@creighton.edu
Faculty - Nursing
College of Nursing
CRISS II - Criss 2 - 196E

Margo Jean Minnich, DNP, RN

Associate Professor

Dr. Minnich is an Associate Professor at Creighton University College of Nursing with over 13 years of academic service. She earned a DNP in Advanced Public Health/Global Health from Creighton University (2015), an MSN in Community Health Nursing from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (2002), and a BS in Nursing from Purdue University (1994). Her clinical experience in public health nursing, includes work with migrants, people experiencing homelessness, communicable disease prevention, and women’s health. These experiences have deepened her commitment to improving health outcomes for all and advocating for systemic change.
Currently, she teaches population health and professionalism, with a particular emphasis on policy and advocacy. Dr. Minnich's teaching is informed by her past research with underserved populations and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Her recent research interests focus on innovative teaching strategies and student well-being, aiming to enhance both the academic experience and the holistic development of nursing students.

Research Focus

Vulnerable populations - refugee and homeless populations Scholarship of teaching and learning and student well-being

Department

Nursing - Bachelors

Position

Associate Professor

Publications

  • Nurse education in practice
    Clark Kathleen, etal Professional identity development of advanced practice nurses: Evaluating its integration in curricula and relevance for professional practice
    82, p. 104202 2025
  • Nurse education today
    Clark Kathleen, etal The role of Doctor of Nursing Practice programs' mission, vision, and values statements in the development of students' professional identity: A qualitative study
    134, p. 106096 - 106096 2024
  • Nursing Forum
    Flott Elizabeth, etal Fostering collaborative learning and leadership through near-peer mentorship among undergraduate nursing students
    57:5, p. 750 - 755 2022
  • Journal of Nursing Education
    Minnich Margo, etal Writing across the curriculum
    57:6, p. 366 - 370 2018
  • Public Health Nursing
    Minnich Margo, etal Enhancing a Public Health Nursing Shelter Program
    34:6, p. 585 - 591 2017
  • Journal of Nursing Education
    Graves Janet K., etal Evaluation of Embedded Audio Feedback on Writing Assignments
    54:1, p. 41 - 44 2015

Presentations

  • Global Healthcare Interprofessional Nursing Student Immersion Experience 2025
  • The Intentional Integration of Spirituality into an Accelerated Nursing Curriculum (poster 18) -0001
  • Writing across the Curriculum: How Reliable is our Standardized Rubric? (poster 5) -0001
  • Standardizing Assessment of Writing across the Undergraduate Nursing Curriculum (poster 13) -0001
  • Assessing Civic Learning Outcomes (poster 18) -0001