SARA AHTEN

Associate Professor
School of Nursing
Boise State University
United States of America

Professor Nursing
Biography

Sara Ahten joined Boise State University in 2002, after a career in corporate healthcare. In her professional roles outside of academia, she served as Business Development Director for the Idaho facilities of an international healthcare corporation; Vice-President of Healthcare Services for a regional marketing company; and Business Development and Marketing director for an orthopedic multispecialty clinic, ambulatory surgery center and sports medicine/rehabilitation center.

Research Intrest

Cyber-bullying, Clinical Simulation, Civility Conversation, Incivility in nursing, metacognition, juvenile osteochondritis dissecans

List of Publications
Cahill, B. R. & Ahten, S. M. (2001). The three critical components in the conservative treatment of juvenile osteochondritis dissecans (JOCD): Physician, Parent and Child. In J. Kowalak (Series Ed.) and R. C. Schenck (Vol. Ed.), Clinics in Sports Medicine: Vol. 20. Osteochondral Injuries (pp. 287-298)
Ahten, S., Anson, R., Brudenell, I., Goodman, J.A., Orton, E., & Reavy, K. (2010). Influencing metacognition through computer-supported collaborative learning: Lessons learned from a faculty learning community. Learning Communities Journal, 2(1), 49-70.
Clark, C. M., & Ahten, S. M. (2011). Beginning the conversation: The nurse educator’s role in preventing incivility in the workplace. RN Idaho, 33, 9-10.
Clark, C.M., & Ahten, S.M. (2011, March 24). The downward spiral: Incivility in nursing/Interviewer: Laura A. Stokowski. Medscape Nursing.
Clark, C.M., & Ahten, S.M. (2011, August 19). Nurses: Resetting the Civility Conversation. Medscape Nursing
Clark, C. M., Ahten, S. M., & Macy, R. (2012). Using problem-based learning scenarios to prepare nursing students to address incivility. Clinical Simulation in Nursing. Advance online publication. doi:10.1016/j.ecns.2011.10.003.
Clark, C. M., Werth, L., & Ahten, S. M. Descriptive Study of Cyber-bullying and Incivility in an Online Learning Environment.