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Karen L. Hoblet, Ph.D., M.S.N., RN, CNL

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Director of the Graduate-Entry M.S.N. Program

Professor

karen.hoblet@utoledo.edu

Education

Ph.D., The University of Toledo
M.S.N., Medical College of Ohio
B.S.N., The University of Toledo 
A.A.S.
Licensed Practical Nurse

Population Focus

  • Human Trafficking Advocacy
  • Occupational Health Nursing
  • Correctional Nursing
  • School Nursing

Clinical Interests

  • Population
  • Community
  • Occupational Health
  • Acute Care

Clinical Practice

Consultation for optimization of business and healthcare system

Research/Evidence Based Practice

  1. Hoblet, K., Laberdee, C., Marti, K, Sedlak, E., Adjere-Marcus, C., Demecs, C., Stang, B., Wychocki, P., Jaskolski, L., & Scheich, K. (2020). Assessing Urgent Care Healthcare Worker Knowledge: Human Trafficking Indicators, Procedure to Rescue, and Support Resources. IRB#
  2. Hoblet, K., & Atshan, S. (2018). Conceptualization of planned environments and impact on perceived health, well-being, and healing. Selective Systematic Review of the Literature.
  3. Hoblet, K., Cherko, E., & Gasser, A. (2018). Cultural Change through the Implementation of a Nursing Leadership Model. IRB #201655
  4. Hoblet, K., Jablonski, J. (2018). Competence as nurse. IRB #200968
  5. Hoblet, K., & Cherko, E. (2017). Cultural Change through the Implementation of a Nursing Leadership Model. IRB #201655

Affiliations/Community Service

  • UToledo: Faculty Club President, Graduate Curriculum Committee Member
  • UToledo School of Nursing: Program Assessment Committee Chairperson, School of Nursing Committee Academic Personnel (CCAP) Chairperson, Master’s Entry Task Force Member, Sigma, Zeta Theta Chapter-at-Large Historian, Archivist, Past President, Vice-President
  • Northwest Ohio Nurses Association: Board Member, Past President, Vice-President
  • Advocating Opportunities (AO): Board Member, Secretary, Chairperson, Development Committee, Finance Committee Member
  • Athena Career Academy Advisory Board Member
  • Past Member - Marketing Committee, Commission on Nurse Certification

Awards/Recognitions/Grants

  • Sigma Theta Tau, Zeta Theta Chapter Research Grant
  • 2017 - Prism Award,
  • 2016 - Top Nurse in Toledo
  • 2016 - Awarded entry in the International Nursing Association as a Worldwide Leader Healthcare

Field Experience Opportunities for Capstone Students

  • Human Trafficking Awareness
  • Assessment of a Leadership Trial Model
  • Environmental Aesthetics and Healing, Health, and Well-being
  • Competence as Nurse
  • Healthcare Product Cost; Improving Quality and Safety

Publications

view dr. hoblet's publications here

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Toledo, OH 43606
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Undergraduate Admission
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Graduate Admission
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Toledo, OH 43606
Last Updated: 6/30/25