Martha Todd, PhD, APRN-NP, FNP-BC

Professor

Nursing

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Contact

MARTHATODD@creighton.edu
Faculty - Nursing
College of Nursing
Graduate School
Nursing Post-Graduate (Post-Graduate Certificate)
Nursing MSN (Master of Science)
Nursing Practice (Doctorate)
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Martha Todd, PhD, APRN-NP, FNP-BC

Professor

Nursing

Martha J. Todd, PhD, APRN-NP, FNP-C, FAAN is a Professor and O’Brien Endowed Chair in the Health Sciences at Creighton University’s College of Nursing. She is a Family Nurse Practitioner and teaches in the Doctor of Nursing Practice program. Her research focuses on competency-based assessment in nursing education, interprofessional education, and health disparities. She co-developed the Creighton Competency Evaluation Instrument (C-CEI), a nationally and internationally recognized tool for assessing student performance in clinical and simulated environments. Dr. Todd earned her PhD in Nursing from South Dakota State University and her MS in Nursing from Creighton University. Her scholarly contributions include the development of the Creighton Simulation Evaluation Instrument, the C-CEI, and the C-CEI 2.0 and its psychometric testing. She also serves as a nurse practitioner for the Jesuit community on Creighton’s campus.
 

Research Focus

Instrument development for competency-based assessment 

Position

Professor

Books

  • Maio Anna, etal Introducing Collaborative Care: Teaching Basics of Interprofessional Education in an Online Environment [Book Chapter] 2016
  • Public Health : Improving Health via Inter-Professional Collaborations
    Doll Joy, etal Building inter-professional cultural competence [Book Chapter] 2014

Publications

  • Clinical simulation in nursing
    Manz Julie A., etal Validity and reliability testing of the Creighton Competency Evaluation Instrument 2.0© (CCEI 2.0)
    103, p. 101736 - 2025
  • Clinical simulation in nursing
    Todd Martha J., etal Conceptual Framework and Content Validity for the Creighton Competency Evaluation Instrument 2.0© (C-CEI 2.0©)
    85, p. 101467 - 2023
  • Nursing (Jenkintown, Pa.)
    Hadenfeldt Cindy, etal Medical respite post-hospitalization for adults experiencing homelessness
    53:3, p. 47 - 52 2023
  • Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice
    Johnson Lisa A., etal Development and implementation of violence across the lifespan (VAL) interprofessional education modules for health sciences students addressing human trafficking, child maltreatment, and intimate partner violence
    29 2022
  • Journal of Allied Health
    Begley Kimberley J., etal Student Perceptions of an Interprofessional Short Course Designed to Increase Awareness of Human Trafficking
    51:2, p. e53 - e57 2022
  • Clinical Simulation in Nursing
    Manz Julie A., etal Assessing Competency
    66, p. 66 - 75 2022
  • Nursing Education Perspectives
    Manz Julie A., etal Assessing Student Performance in a Dedicated Education Unit
    43:3, p. 184 - 186 2022
  • Journal of Interprofessional Care
    Iverson Lindsay, etal The development of an instrument to evaluate interprofessional student team competency, p. 1 - 8 2018
  • Health and Interprofessional Practice
    Laughlin Ann M., etal Preparing Students for Team-Based Care for Vulnerable Populations
    2:4, p. - 2015
  • International Public Health Journal
    Doll Joy D., etal Building interprofessional cultural competence: Reflections of faculty engaged in training students to care for the vulnerable
    7:1, p. 131 - 138 2015
  • Clinical simulation in nursing
    Manz Julie, etal Improving Consistency of Assessment of Student Performance during Simulated Experiences
    9:7, p. E229 - E233 2013
  • Clinical Simulation in Nursing
    Parsons Mary E., etal Improvement in Scoring Consistency for the Creighton Simulation Evaluation Instrument©
    8:6, p. e233 - e238 2012
  • Journal of Nursing Education
    Adamson Katie, Anne, etal Reliability and Internal Consistency Findings from the C-SEI
    50:10, p. 583 - 586 2011
  • Journal of Nursing Education
    Hawkins Kim, etal A unique simulation teaching method
    47:11, p. 524 - 527 2008
  • International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship
    Todd Martha, etal The development of a quantitative evaluation tool for simulations in nursing education
    5, p. 1 - 17 2008
  • Nurse Educator
    Schoening Anne M., etal Simulated clinical experience
    31:6, p. 253 - 258 2006

Presentations

  • CCEI 2.0: Upgraded for the Future of Nursing Education 2025
  • Enhancing Competency-Based Nursing Education: Leveraging the C-CEI 2.0 for Effective Student Evaluation. [Pre-conference workshop]. 2025
  • Updated and Upgraded! The Creighton Competency Evaluation Instrument 2.0 (CCEI 2.0) 2024
  • Updated and upgraded! The Creighton Competency Evaluation Instrument 2.0 (C-CEI 2.0) 2024
  • Assessing and evaluating competency in nursing education: The Creighton Competency Evaluation Instrument 2024
  • Standardizing Assessment in Competency-Based Education: The Creighton Competency Evaluation Instrument 2.0 2024
  • Impact of the Creighton Competency Instruments 2022
  • Competency assessment: Balancing rigor with adaptability 2022
  • Competency-based assessment using the CCEI and CSEI 2022
  • Assessing student performance in a dedicated education unit: Validity and reliability of the Creighton Competency Evaluation Instrument (C-CEI) 2019
  • IPE 413: Developing Care for a Vulnerable Population: An Interprofessional Collaborative Approach for Health Promotion (poster 6) -0001
  • A Comparison of Two Instruments to Assess Students in an Interprofessional Health Promotion Course for a Vulnerable Population (poster 23) -0001
  • Assessing Student Performance in a Dedicated Education Unit: Validity and Reliability of the Creighton Competency Evaluation Instrument (C-CEI) (poster 6) -0001