Apply

Karen Braccialarghe

Karen Braccialarghe headshot

Director of Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Program/Assistant Professor

Nursing

College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions
860.768.4213 A 228G
Education

Doctorate in Nursing Education, Southern Connecticut State University

Masters of Science in Nursing, Elms College

Bachelors of Science in Nursing, Salem State College


Karen Braccialarghe, Ed.D., RN, is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Hartford. She earned her Doctorate in Nursing Education from Southern Connecticut State University in 2022. She earned a Master of Science in Nursing from Elms College in 2016 and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Salem State University in 2003.

Dr. Braccialarghe teaches and coordinates nursing courses in the undergraduate program to all grade levels within the program across the curriculum. Her areas of interest within nursing education are active learning strategies, simulation, transition to practice, and curriculum design.

Dr. Braccialarghe is the director of the Undergraduate BSN program at the University of Hartford.

For the past twenty-one years, Dr. Braccialarghe's bedside nursing career has been in pediatric critical care. She has her pediatric critical care registered nurse certification (PCCRN) and holds a per diem staff position in the PICU at Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford, CT. Dr. Braccialarghe is a member of the Association of Critical Care Nurses and is ACLS and PALS certified.