Kristy Pereira

Kristy Pereira PhD'23, MSN, RN, CPN, is a full-time clinical assistant professor and has taught at the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing for over 10 years. She teaches in both the undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Courses she has taught include N100 Perspectives in Nursing; N150 Faculty Seminar for First-Year Nursing Students; N326 and N398F Nursing Care of Children and Families theory and practicum; N409 Nursing Care of the Neonate in the Intensive Care Unit (NICU); N438 Professional Role in Nursing; N498 Clinical Internship Nursing Practicum; and N498T Community Health Nursing Practicum.

Kristy is an active member of Sigma Theta Tau, the international honor society of nursing. She serves as the Beta Zeta-at-Large chapter counselor for UMass Amherst’s Elaine Marieb College of Nursing.

In addition to her faculty role, Kristy is a practicing pediatric nurse with over 20 years of experience. She currently works per diem as a nurse in the Pediatric Procedure Unit at Baystate Children’s Hospital. Her pediatric nursing background includes diverse settings, such as the Children’s and Adolescent Unit; Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU); Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU); Pediatric Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU); Pediatric Emergency Department (ED); early intervention; home care; and various pediatric outpatient clinics.

Kristy’s passion for caring for children and families shaped her doctoral research at UMass Amherst. She successfully defended her dissertation in July 2023 and earned her PhD from the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing.

Her dissertation, titled “An Evaluation of Functional Outcomes for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder in a Medication Treatment Program: With a Focus on Pregnant Women,” is available through ScholarWorks and can be accessed via the UMass Amherst Library website. Kristy looks forward to continuing her research journey at UMass.