Carol Isaac MacKusick, PhDc, MSN, RN, CNN
School of Nursing
Assistant Professor
Phone: 828-227-2237
Email: cmackusick@email.wcu.edu
Office Location: College of Health and Human Sciences Building, 356
4121 Little Savannah Road
Cullowhee, NC 28732
Areas of Expertise: Nephrology, Endocrinology, Nursing Education and NCLEX development
Areas of Research Interest: Chronic Kidney Disease, Preservation of Renal Function, Attrition and Retention Issues
in New Registered Nurses
Carol Isaac MacKusick is currently a doctoral (PhD) candidate at Georgia State University,
and received her Master's of Science in Nursing from Georgia College and State University
in 1998. Her original nursing degree was from Clayton State University in 1992. Carol
joined the School of Nursing faculty in August, 2012.
Carol is married and recently relocated to western North Carolina where she resides
in Sapphire, North Carolina. She is currently on faculty as an assistant professor
at Western Carolina University in the Traditional BSN undergraduate program. She is
a member of Sigma Theta Tau, the American Nephrology Nurses' Association, and the
American Nurses Association. She was recently the recipient of a research grant to
further study bullying and horizontal hostility in new registered nurses.
Carol has been active in governmental affairs related to care of the client with kidney disease, and was appointed by the Georgia Governor to be on the end-state renal disease guidance panel. More recently, she has been active in studying NCLEX licensure trends and providing guidance to newly graduated RNs on successfully completion of NCLEX-RN.