Kaija Freborg
Assistant Director of Pre-Licensure Program & Associate Professor
Contact
707-664-2276
[email protected]
Office
Nichols Hall 254Biography
Dr. Freborg began her journey at SSU in 2022 and serves as the Chair of the AntiRacism, Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Nursing Committee. Previously, she received her DNP in Transcultural Nursing Leadership in 2011 and has 10 years of teaching exclusively in health equity nursing education at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Additionally, she has over 15 years of nursing experience working in the NICU and Pediatric units at Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota. She values community and public health and served as a Covid-19 vaccine nurse with Hennepin County during the pandemic.
Dr. Freborg has trained in the Truth, Racial Healing, & Transformation (TRHT) process and is a Racial Healing Circle Facilitator with the American Holistic Nursing Association (AHNA). She was a Fellow for American Association of Colleges of Nursing's (AACN) Diversity Leadership Institute and serves on AACN’s DEI Leadership Steering Committee as secretary. Her scholarly interests include integrating health equity in nursing through health and wellness coaching, innovative curriculum design, and program development.
When she’s not engaged in her professional life, she enjoys trail running, teaching dance, and doing her very best to keep her plants alive: Bianca (an orchid plant) and Jake (the snake plant).
Education
D.N.P. in Transcultural Nursing Leadership, Augsburg University, 2011
M.A.N. in Transcultural Nursing in the Community, Augsburg University, 2008
B.S.N., University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, 2001
Degrees
DNP-TCN, RN, NC-BCAcademic Interests
health equity, structural competency, racial literacy, nursing advocacy, integrative wellness nurse coaching, and transcultural nursing
Research
Evaluation of an Equity-Minded Nurse BSN Education Curriculum
Access In Nursing: A Multi-Site Study in Prevalence of Disability and Accommodation in Traditional Bachelor’s Degree Nursing Programs in the U.S.
Systematic Literature Review to Evaluate Shifts in AJEDI Related Content in Nursing Journals