Clinical Assistant Professor
The Catholic University of America Conway School of Nursing
David R. Want, DNP, FNP-C, RN, CHSE is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Catholic University of America Conway School of Nursing in Washington, D.C. He entered the field of nursing in 2007 upon graduation from Messiah University with his BSN, working first in emergency and critical care. David then graduated from the Catholic University of America (CUA) in 2016 with his MSN-FNP, and entered practice at a free clinic for the uninsured.
While in graduate school he taught as an adjunct, and then joined the faculty full-time in 2019, teaching didactic, laboratory, and clinical courses at the pre-licensure level. Pursuing opportunities to develop himself as an innovative and engaging educator led to the use of simulation as a teaching strategy for experiential learning, and in 2020 David again graduated from CUA with his DNP.
David served as Director of Simulation from 2019 to 2022, joining the Simulation Committee in 2019, and becoming chair in 2021. David completed training at the Harvard Center for Medical simulation, and in 2022 achieved recognition as a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator. David has also begun a DNP to PhD program at Duquesne University.
In 2021 with students in quarantine during the pandemic prior to in-person clinicals, David developed and led a telesimulation, with students participating on telepresence robots. A Teaching Tip in Nurse Educator and an Innovation Center article in Nursing Education Perspectives feature these innovations.
In 2022 David collaborated with colleagues in developing an innovative Telehealth Simulation-Based Learning Experience (TSBLE) intervention which was found to be effective in developing and refining student telehealth knowledge, confidence, and attitudes, as well as increasing readiness for intraprofessional collaboration, as well as improving student knowledge of, confidence in, and attitudes regarding telehealth. These innovations have been featured in both Clinical Simulation in Nursing and Nursing Education Perspectives.