PhD Student
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI
Kaylen M. Moore has been practicing as a Registered Nurse for over 20 years, caring for patients in the specialty areas of internal medicine, critical care, and perioperative care at Froedtert Hospital, a Level I trauma academic medical center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Kaylen also has over 10 years of experience in the specialty of forensic nursing, caring for survivors and perpetrators of violent crimes. This experience informs her current research as a Ph.D. nursing student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) that examines how African American women navigate the intersecting systems of healthcare and law enforcement after experiencing intimate partner violence. Kaylen has contributed to the improvement of nursing practice and trauma-informed care of survivors as a professional mentor for novice Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners through the University of Minnesota, authorship, and curriculum development for the Health Resources & Services Administration (ANE-SANE) grant, Successful Training and Retention of SANEs (STARS), at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
