Kat Phillips

Nursing and Allied Health Librarian
Associate Librarian

Department Address

E408 Paterno Library
140 Curtin Road
University Park, PA 16802-1811
Departmental Phone
814-865-7056 (department)
kec5013@psu.edu

Academic Support Areas

Nursing, Health and Policy Administration

Research Interests

Longitudinal / Lifelong Information Literacy Assessment Assessment Student Engagement

Teaching Interests

Nursing & Allied Health Grant Writing Predatory Publishing, Conferences, Academic Outreach

Publications

Bridging Cultures in Care: A Narrative Review of Strategies for Internationally Educated Nurses to Navigate End-of-Life Practices in Host Countries, Journal of Society of Internationally Educated Nurses, 2025

Manufactured Panic, Real Consequences: Why Academic Librarians Must Stand with Public and School Libraries, College and Research Libraries News, 2024

Government document citations in top nursing journals: A bibliometric analysis, Health Information and Libraries Journal, 2024

Durable Learning Strategies in Nursing Education: State-of-the-Evidence Review, Journal of Nursing Education, 2024

Educational strategies and nursing theory to prepare leaners for NCLEX-RN, Nursing Open, 2023

Incorporating Gray Literature in an Evidence-Based Nursing Curriculum: A How-To Guide, Portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2023

Evidence-Based Nursing and Gray Literature: Implications for Nursing Education, Portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2023

It’s Not Just for Medical Professionals: Patient Resources of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, 2023

Breaking down bias: A practical framework for the systematic evaluation of source bias, Journal of Information Literacy, 2022

Alone We Are Rare, Together We Are Strong: A Review of the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD®), Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, 2022

Mental Health and You: A Brief Annotated Bibliography, Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, 2022

We Are All Human: A Review of the Trevor Project and the It Gets Better Project, Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, 2022

Advocacy is all of us: recommendations to enhance the Medical Library Association's advocacy initiatives, Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 2022

Cognitive complaints in age-related chronic conditions: A systematic review, PLoS One, 2021

OM, NOM, NOM, This is Deeee-Licious!: An Overview of Nutrition for Kids, Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, 2021

Felt with the Heart: A Review of WomenHeart.org, Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, 2021

True Vision Does Not Require the Eyes: A Review of FamilyConnect.org, Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, 2021

Help-Seeking and Barriers to Care in Intimate Partner Sexual Violence: A Systematic Review, Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, 2021

Dissertations and Theses in Top Nursing Publications: A Bibliometric Study Stephen Woods, Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2020

No, Bananas Don’t Cure HIV, Nor Will Garlic Cure COVID-19: Searching for, Assessing, and Consuming Health Information Online, Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, 2020

Grey literature citations in top nursing journals: A bibliometric study, Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 2020

Mental Illness Is Not Anyone’s Fault: A Review of NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, 2020

“Can’t You Just Cure It by Not Eating Sugar?!”: A Review of the Children with Diabetes Site, childrenwithdiabetes.com, Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, 2019

Review of the AVERT, a Global Information and Education on HIV and AIDS Resource, Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, 2019

Resources for the Family Caregiver: A Review of the Family Caregiver Alliance and the AARP Caregiving Resource Center, Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, 2019

Navigating the Information Ecosystem: Getting Personal with Source Evaluation, IF I APPLY, 2019

Review of NIDA for Teens, Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, 2018

Other Publications

Chapters

Fake news, real policy: How the blurring of information genres may affect the creation of health care policies: Teaching About “Fake News”: Lesson Plans for Different Disciplines and Audiences, Association of College and Research Libraries, 2021

Developing and Evaluating Clinical Practice Guidelines: A Systematic Approach, Springer Publishing Company, 2020

IF I APPLY: A New Recipe for Critical Source Evaluation for the (Dis)Information Age, ACRL, 2020

Practical Website Usability Testing, 2018

Editorials

Beyond the lab: Virtual reality for undergraduate anatomy and physiology students, College and Research Libraries News, 2021

Others

For Our Furry Friends: Pawsitively Perfect Places for Pet Parents, Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, 2024

Sunburn, Poison Ivy, and Ticks, OH MY! A Brief Listing of Consumer Resources for Safe Outdoors Fun, Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, 2023

It’s Not Where You Start or Where You Finish - It’s How You Get There, Pennsylvania Libraries: Research & Practice, 2021

Review of the American Sexual Health Association (ASHA), Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, 2019

Review of NIDA for Teens, Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, 2019