Kristina Skinner
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Kristina Skinner has been at The Ohio State University since fall 2001. Her current teaching responsibilities are with graduate entry and undergraduate high acuity courses. She assists in the development with the Nursing Assistance course 2011.
Kristina received her Associate Degree in 1989 from Hocking Technical College, a BSN from Ohio University in 1993, and her MS from Wright State University in 2001. She received her Advance Public Health Nursing Certification in 2011.
Kristina’s ten years in the James Cancer Hospital as a staff nurse on a head/neck oncology unit. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, and Ohio Nurses Association.
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