Suzan Griffis Knowles, DNP, RN-BC
Dr. Suzan Griffis Knowles joined Seattle University College of Nursing in 2014 where she is an Assistant Clinical Professor and Interim Director of the Clinical Performance Lab. She earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice from SU, a Master’s in Nursing at University of Washington Bothell and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Oregon Health Sciences University.
Dr. Knowles has a wide range of experience as both a professional nurse and instructor. Her areas of research include Simulation Learning and Cue-based Infant Feeding in the NICU and Care of the Late Preterm Infant.
As part of her doctoral studies, Dr. Knowles completed a project concerned with simulation education in undergraduate nursing education focusing on the use in hours substitution for limited traditional clinical placement hours and implementation of simulation program practices to International Nursing Association of Clinical and Simulation Learning (INACSL) standards in Washington state. Her work on this project contributed to the College of Nursing’s selection by the INACSL for the “Healthcare Simulation Standards Endorsement” for the Core Four Standards of: Prebriefing, Debriefing, Facilitation, and Professional Integrity. Seattle University’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing program is the first 4-year nursing program in the entire Northwest region to earn this distinction, shared by only 30 nursing schools across the country. She recently co-published an article with Dr Diane Fuller Switzer entitled “Ethics Crisis Standards of Care Simulation, in the Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal.
Dr. Knowles is actively involved in numerous professional organization and honor societies including Sigma Theta Tau, INACSL, Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH), Pacific Northwest Healthcare Simulation Collaborative (PNWHSC), National Association of Neonatal Nurses/PNANN, and the Association for Women's Health Obstetric and Neonatal Nursing. In addition, she supports several Seattle University student driven endeavors, Stop the Bleed and Camp Kesem, as faculty advisor and board member.
