Shelly Luger, DNP, NE-A BC

Board Membership, Graduate Board

Associate Professor

S Luger

Contact

ShellyLuger@creighton.edu
Faculty - Nursing
College of Nursing
Nursing Practice (Doctorate)
Nursing MSN (Master of Science)
Nursing Post-Graduate (Post-Graduate Certificate)
CRISS II - Criss 2 - 193C

Shelly Luger, DNP, NE-A BC

Board Membership, Graduate Board

Associate Professor

Dr. Shelly Luger holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) in Organizational Leadership and a Certificate in Health Professions Education from The University of Kansas. Dr. Luger is Board Certified as an Advanced Nurse Executive.  She serves as the Nursing Administration, Leadership, and Education Track Lead and Director of the Soto Nursing Scholars Program at Creighton University. With extensive experience in nursing leadership and education, Dr. Luger has held several key leadership roles throughout her career. She completed a health policy residency program supported by the Department of Health and Human Services, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Her current research and project interests focus on leadership simulation, storytelling in leadership, global leadership, and leadership development. Dr. Luger remains dedicated to advancing nursing leadership through education, mentorship, and innovative learning experiences.

Teaching Interests

  • Leadership

Research Focus

Leadership Development 

Position

Associate Professor

Publications

  • Nursing management
    Luger Shelly, Koziol Dana, Authentic nursing leadership theory and nurse leaders' stories: Storytelling workshop impact on nurse leader burnout
    55:5, p. 22 - 27 2024
  • Clinical simulation in nursing
    Goodman Joely T., Luger Shelly, Sheridan Ronnie, Koziol Dana, Kamm Jerilyn Hynes, Transitioning a Leadership Case Study to an Interactive Student Experience
    74, p. 72 - 75 2023
  • Nurse leader
    Luger Shelly, Fitzpatrick Joyce J., Narrative Nursing Leadership 'Story Telling' and Constructs of Authentic Nursing Leadership
    20:1, p. 67 - 69 2022
  • Online journal of rural nursing and health care
    Luger Shelly, Ford Debra, A pilot quality improvement project facilitating clinical leadership skills in rural new graduate nurses
    19:1, p. 136 2019

Presentations

  • Narrative and the Impact on Leader Well-Being and the Constructs of Relational Leadership Theory 2025
  • Leading Authentically: Even During Conflict 2025

Awards

  • Nurse Executive Advance Board Certified NE-A B.C.
    Association for Nurses Credentialing Center

Consulting

  • leadership consultant
    Free clinic operations leadership consultant
    Monen Clinic Heart Ministries Center
    2019 - 2019