Margaret Kiss, RN, MSN, a Registered Nurse and Professor of Nursing at Hartwick College

Get to know Registered Nurse, Margaret Kiss, who serves patients in Oneonta, New York.

Margaret is a registered nurse whose areas of expertise include critical care, medical-surgical nursing, oncology, infusion therapy, and health care policy. She currently serves as a Professor of Nursing at Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York. 

Hartwick College is a private college whose origin is rooted in the founding of Hartwick Seminary in 1797 through the will of John Christopher Hartwick. Being an engaged community, Hartwick College integrates a liberal arts education with experiential learning to inspire curiosity, critical thinking, creativity, personal courage, and an enduring passion for learning.

Previously, Margaret served as a Nurse Director of a hi-tech home infusion company that provided intravenous therapies, including pain management, chemotherapy, antibiotics, and total parenteral nutrition. She was also the Director of Nursing in the hospital setting and Chief Nurse Officer. 

On the subject of her educational background, she earned her Associate of Science in Nursing degree Saint Francis School of Nursing, followed by her Master of Science in Nursing from South University. 

In order to stay up to date in her field, she maintains a professional membership with the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, which is the second-largest nursing organization in the world with approximately 135,000 active members.

A registered nurse (RN) is a nurse who has graduated from a nursing program and met the requirements outlined by a country, state, province or similar licensing body to obtain a nursing license. RNs fulfill a variety of job duties. In addition to their primary role in treating and caring for patients, their responsibilities also include educating patients and the public about a variety of medical conditions, as well as providing emotional support and advice to the families of their patients. Other RN job functions include leadership, research, performing diagnostic tests and analyzing results, operating medical equipment, administering medications, recording patients’ symptoms and medical histories, and assisting with patient rehabilitation and follow-up.

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