Nursing As Ministry

Dr. Mauk is currently a Professor of Nursing and the Graduate Nursing Program Director in the School of Nursing and Health Professions at Colorado Christian University. Prior to moving to Colorado, she was a Professor of Nursing at a large private university in Indiana for nearly 25 years where she held the first Kreft Endowed Chair for the Advancement of Nursing Science, a position dedicated to gerontological nursing. She earned a BSN from Valparaiso University, an MS in Adult Health from Purdue University, a PhD from Wayne State University, a Post-Master’s GNP certification from University of Virginia, and a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree from Valparaiso University. Dr. Mauk has more than 38 years of experience in chronic illness nursing, rehabilitation, and gerontological nursing. She is certified in rehabilitation, and as a gerontological nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist. Dr. Mauk has authored or edited eight books, including three that were recognized with an AJN Book of the Year Award. She has served on editorial boards for Rehabilitation Nursing and Geriatric Nursing, and has written numerous articles and over 50 book chapters. She is currently the Senior Editor for the Journal of Christian Nursing. Dr. Mauk is the co-founder and President of Senior Care Central/International Rehabilitation Consultants, providing educational, clinical, and legal nurse consulting in rehabilitation and senior care in the U.S. and internationally. Dr. Mauk has also served the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN) in many roles including: President, Board of Directors, Council of Leaders, RNJ Editor in Chief, and Editor of the 5th edition of the Core Curriculum. Dr. Mauk has taught nurses and students in China and the UAE, sharing her passion for helping other countries to develop rehabilitation nursing into a strong specialty to promote quality care for their aging populations.Dr. Mary Hobus has over 35 years of clinical and academic experience in professional nursing leadership and practice. She is a proven leader and an accomplished nursing educator who believes in teamwork and collaboration. She utilizes her knowledge, abilities, skills and practice to promote the profession of nursing and academic excellence. Dr. Hobus promotes and fosters an educational and practice environment that applies advanced innovative pedagogy which, in turn, promotes student achievement, success and diversity. As a nursing educational leader she has developed curricula and programs, and has actively participated in strategic planning for implementation and evaluation of these programs. Dr. Hobus has had the honor and privilege of providing leadership for the start of an Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN), RN to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN to BSN) and a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) programs. Dr. Hobus has taught in both undergraduate and graduate courses online and in the classroom. As a professor, she has taught theory courses which include: Health Assessment, Foundations in Nursing, Spirituality in Nursing, Pediatrics, entry and advanced Medical-Surgical Nursing, Research, Leadership, Transforming Care: Christian Perspectives, Transforming Care: Christian Theory in Practice, Advanced Senior Preceptorship Seminar and Health Care Context and Organizational Systems Leadership. Additionally, Dr. Hobus has been a teaching assistant in Evidence Based Practice in Nursing, Capstone Integration: Caring in Practice, Population Health, and Health Promotions and Clinical Prevention. Her clinical experiences have occurred in large acute care hospitals, teaching hospitals, community hospitals, developmental centers, long-term care facilities and in community settings locally and globally. These clinical experiences include care across the life-span in neonatal intensive care, newborn nursery, perinatal unit, adult medical-surgical units, pediatrics, adult medical and cardiac intensive care units, outpatient services, population health, emergency nursing and hospital supervisor. Professionally, Dr. Hobus has had numerous opportunities to be proactively involved in curriculum development, assessment and evaluation. She has been professionally active in local, state and national organizations for the advancement of nursing leadership and academia. Dr. Hobus has had extensive experience in writing reports for the Board of Registered Nursing and CCNE accreditation for the continuation of excellence in nursing education. Dr. Hobus has had the honor and privilege to participate with the development of two Nursing Honor societies, continuation of activities in the Student Nursing Associations (SNA) and a medical mission trip to Madagascar. Additionally, she has designed a new nursing department with the state of art classrooms, a 10–bed nursing skills lab, 3 high tech stimulation labs with video and voice recording, an assessment room and a nursing station. As a Christian nurse, Dr. Hobus is extremely grateful to her Heavenly Father. God has provided the courage, strength and wisdom to share the good news of God’s love, forgiveness, comfort, joy and peace with students, patients, faculty, and the community to glorify and praise His Holy Name.