Kathleen B. Gaberson, PhD, RN, CNOR, is a nursing education consultant and former Professor and Chair of the Department of Nursing Education, and Director of Nursing at Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV. She has over 30 years of teaching experience in graduate and undergraduate nursing programs and has presented, written, and consulted extensively on evaluation and teaching in nursing education. She is Research Section Editor of the "AORN Journal".