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Sara Horton-Deutsch, PhD, RN, PMHCNS, FAAN, ANEF, is a Caritas Coach and a Professor and the Director of the Kaiser Permanente/USF Partnership at the University of San Francisco, where she mentors the next generation of nursing leaders through the lens of Caring Science and values-based leadership. She also serves as a Faculty Associate with the Watson Caring Science Institute. In 2021, she co-created and initiated the Caritas Leadership Program, a uniquely customized six-month program guiding participants through executive Caring Science leader dialogues, interactive circles, and participant transformation projects.She is also a founding partner of Better Together Healing, LLC, a holistic practice partnership specializing in an integrative approach to heal the self, build collaborations, and create healthy and bounded communities. As a therapeutic practitioner and Caritas leadership coach, she collaborates with healthcare professionals and organizations seeking balance and growth who are open to engaging in innovative approaches to healing. Her comprehensive approach includes certifications in professional coaching and training through the Leadership Circle and Working with Resilience, providing comprehensive profiles and assessments to raise the conscious practice of leadership and build regenerative success at work.Horton-Deutsch holds a research fellowship at the University of South Africa School of Human Sciences, where she encourages critical discourse and collaborates with faculty to enhance research and scholarship. Her research foci are on leadership development, reflective practice, and creating healing and healthy work environments. She has co-edited four textbooks. Her work has been published in three books with Sigma: Reflective Practice: Transforming Education and Improving Outcomes (2012 & 2017), Reflective Organizations: On the Front Linesof QSEN & Reflective Practice Implementation (2015), and Caritas Coaching: A Journey Toward Transpersonal Caring for Informed Moral Action in Healthcare (2018).Her most recent awards, honors, and fellowships include 2020-2021 Experienced Academic Nurse Leadership Academy Faculty Mentor, Sigma; 2018-2019 Faculty Fellowship in Ignatian Tradition, University of San Francisco; 2016-2024 Invited Research Fellow, University of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa; 2016-2017 Nurse Faculty Leadership Academy, Faculty Mentor, Sigma; 2014 Fellow, American Academy of Nursing; 2013 Fellow, Academy of Nursing Education; Fellow, National League for Nursing.
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