About
Sharon Willis is a clinical assistant professor of nursing whose clinical expertise is in critical care and emergency room nursing. She is an experienced educator in both the academic setting as well as in the acute care setting. She has held various certifications through the years as an American Heart Association Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Pediatric Life Support Instructor. In addition, she has extensive experience with utilization of simulation in nursing education.
Willis is board certified by the ANCC in Nursing Professional Development. In June of 2023, Willis completed her DNP Quality Improvement Project at a mission hospital in Ghana where she implemented a Rapid Response System at the facility. She is passionate about nursing education and is grateful to have the opportunity to teach the next generation of registered nurses at UTulsa.
Awards & Honors
- Excellence in Teaching Award Nominee, The University of Tulsa, 2026
- Poster presentation “Saving Lives with the Implementation of a Rapid Response System,” AACN Transform Conference, 2023
- Poster presentation “Saving Lives with the Implementation of a Rapid Response System,” ONA Annual Nurses’ Convention
Education
- DNP, Oklahoma Wesleyan University
- Dissertation: “Saving Lives with Implementation of a Rapid Response System”
- MSN, Educator Track, Liberty University
- BSN, Oral Roberts University
Research Interests & Areas of Expertise
- Improving patient outcomes
- Emergency nursing
- Simulation in nursing education
- Empowering nurses