Theresa Jizba, DNP, AGACNP-BC, ACHPN

Assistant Professor

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Contact

TheresaJizba@creighton.edu
Faculty - Nursing
College of Nursing

Theresa Jizba, DNP, AGACNP-BC, ACHPN

Assistant Professor

Theresa Jizba, DNP, AGACNP-BC, ACHPN, is an assistant professor at Creighton University and a palliative care nurse practitioner at Nebraska Methodist Hospital. Her interests include primary palliative care curricular integration, advanced care planning, and vascular access utilization in acute care settings. She holds degrees from the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and her doctoral work addressed how patient education on central line-associated bloodstream infections impacts the implanted port device utilization.
 
As vice-chairperson of the Nebraska Palliative Care and Quality of Life Advisory Council, Dr. Jizba facilitated the passage of a palliative care definition in the state legislature. She is a regional representative for the End-of-Life Nursing Consortium (ELNEC) curriculum, is nationally recognized for evaluating the ELNEC Graduate curriculum, and has been invited to teach primary palliative care skills to nursing faculty at a national workshop. Dr. Jizba is currently working with an interprofessional team to decrease healthcare fragmentation in Nebraska with an electronic database to improve the accessibility of out-of-hospital emergency treatment orders.

Teaching Interests

  • Palliative Care

Research Focus

Primary palliative
Advanced care planning
Vascular access
 

Department

Nursing - Doctorate

Position

Assistant Professor

Publications

  • Nebraska nurse
    Walker Trina, Jizba Theresa, Informing a genomic education model: outcomes of a curricular integration for nurse practitioner students
    58:1, p. 7 - 9 2025
  • Journal of professional nursing
    Glover Toni L., Ehrlich Olga, Davis Andra, Lippe Megan, Cormack Carrie L., Jizba Theresa, Kirkpatrick Amanda J., Meskis Susan, An end-of-life nursing education consortium (ELNEC) regional approach to integrating primary palliative care in nursing education, p. - 2025
  • Nurse educator
    Jizba Theresa, Iverson Lindsay, Hall Alexander, Cormack Carrie, Prendergast Elena, Enhancing Primary Palliative Care Competency With Graduate Nursing Students 2024
  • Journal of hospice and palliative nursing
    Lippe Megan P, Kirkpatrick Amanda J, Weiss Dan, Wingett Gabrielle, Davis Andra, Jizba Theresa, Ehrlich Olga, Cormack Carrie L, Fasolino Tracy, Glover Toni L, Meskis Susan, LeBlanc Raeann G, Instruments for Evaluating Student Learning Outcomes in Palliative Care: A Literature Review 2024
  • Nebraska nurse
    Walker Trina, Jizba Theresa, Teaching basic genomics concepts: Outcomes of a team-based learning activity for nurse practitioner students
    57:3, p. 10 - 11 2024
  • Jizba Theresa, Ahmad Faran, Walters Ryan, Foral Pamela, Destache Christopher, Velagapudi Manasa, A comparison of clinical outcomes associated with dosing metronidazole every 8 hours versus every 12 hours: a systematic review and metaanalysis 2024
  • Journal for nurse practitioners
    Iverson Lindsay, Jizba Theresa, Manning Lucas, Beat The Clock! Implementation and Evaluation of an Escape Room
    19:5 2023
  • Journal of professional nursing
    Potthoff Meghan, Kirkpatrick Amanda J., Jizba Theresa A., Interprofessional primary palliative care: Do the AACN Essentials prepare nurses for collaborative practice?
    46, p. 197 - 204 2023
  • Nurse educator
    Jizba Theresa, Iverson Lindsay, Hall Alexander, Effects of the ELNEC Graduate Curriculum on Nurse Practitioner Students' Perceptions of Primary Palliative Care Competency
    48:2, p. E64 - E66 2023
  • Journal of Emergency Nursing
    Jizba Theresa A., Baumert Jennifer M., Miller Jennifer, Barnason Susan, Implanted Port Access in the Emergency Department: A Unit-Level Feasibility Study of a Nurse-Led Port Access Algorithm
    47:4, p. 599 - 608 2021
  • Radiation Oncology
    Curtis Kelly K., Ross Helen J., Garrett Ashley L., Jizba Theresa A., Patel Ajay B., Kosiorek Heidi E., Foote Robert L., Patel Samir H., Ko Stephen J., Wong William W., Halyard Michele Y., Outcomes of patients with loco-regionally recurrent or new primary squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck treated with curative intent reirradiation at Mayo Clinic
    11:1, p. - 2016
  • Journal of clinical oncology
    Curtis Kelly Kevelin, Ross Helen J., Garrett Ashley L., Jizba Theresa Ann, Kosiorek Heidi, Patel Samir Harishbhai, Wong William, Halyard Michele Y., Foote Robert Leonard, Outcomes of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) treated with reirradiation (RRT) at Mayo Clinic
    33:15_suppl, p. 6064 - 6064 2015

Presentations

  • Breaking Down the Silos: Development and Implementation of an Interprofessional Escape Room 2025
  • Enhancing Primary Palliative Care Competency with Graduate Nursing Students 2025
  • Enhancing primary palliative care competency with graduate nursing students: A multisite evaluation 2025
  • Nursing Communication: What Matters Most 2024