Kelly Casler
Dr. Kelly Casler believes that evidence-based practice is the key to optimizing the function of the healthcare system and mitigating healthcare system disparities. She teaches current and future nurse practitioners to address healthcare system challenges by using evidence-based practice to solve complexities within primary care. A clinical associate professor, she teaches in the MS degree’s FNP specialty track and in the DNP degree program, and she advises DNP evidence-based practice projects.
Dr. Casler aims to pursue clinical scholarship focusing on supporting primary care providers to address the burgeoning epidemic of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD).
Dr. Casler earned her BSN and MS in Nursing (family nurse practitioner) from the University of Missouri-Columbia and her DNP from the University of Kansas. Her doctoral scholarship focuses on evidence-based practice in primary care, specifically in regards to MASLD.
- Teaching responsibilities
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- N7450: Pathophysiology of Altered Health States
- N7268.01, 02, and 03: Advanced Nursing Practice FNP Clinical Practicum I-III
- N7410: Advanced Health Assessment
- N7470 Advanced Pharmacology in Nursing
- NRSPRCT 8897: DNP Practice Inquiry II
- Scholarship
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Dr. Casler presents at a variety of nurse education and primary care conferences and has authored peer reviewed journal articles and textbook chapters. Her doctoral project was focused on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
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The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) has awarded The Ohio State University College of Nursing’s Jane E. Heminger Hall WELL Gold Certification for its construction and design features that promote and support health and well-being. It is the first building at Ohio State to earn this designation.
Joni Tornwall, clinical professor, College of Nursing, has been awarded a 2025-2026 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan to teach student-centered nursing practices at Kyrgyz State Medical Academy.
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