Megan Voss

Assistant Professor, Center for Spirituality and Healing (CSH)

Megan Voss

Contact Info

vossx146@umn.edu

Office Phone 612-273-0802

Assistant Professor, Center for Spirituality and Healing (CSH)


University of Minnesota, DNP- Integrative Health and Healing 2013

Fort Hays State University, BSN, 2007

Summary

Megan Voss, DNP, RN, is a nurse clinician, educator and program lead at the University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital in the area of integrative health and healing. She obtained her doctorate from the University of Minnesota in 2013 with a focus in integrative health and healing.

Voss has been practicing integrative nursing in the areas of hematology, oncology, and blood and marrow transplant for nine years. She has experience working with both adults and children to palliate symptoms during and after cancer treatment. Dr. Voss has additional training and interest in the areas of nutrition and supplements in oncology, mindfulness, clinical hypnosis, and Reiki. She teaches the Center's graduate-level academic Wellbeing and Resiliency for Health Professionals course to working health professionals. 

Expertise

Hematology/Oncology/BMT Nursing

Integrative Health

Health Care Professional Resiliency & Wellbeing

Awards & Recognition

RN Individual Achievement Award - Department of Nursing, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

11/2012

Nursing Discretionary Funding Award Recipient-Center to Advance Palliative Care National Conference - Department of Nursing, Mayo Clinic

11/2013

Rising Star Award- University of Minnesota Nursing Alumni Association Minneapolis, Minnesota

11/2014

Teaching

Academic Interests and Focus

CLINICAL PRACTICE, INTERESTS, AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS 07/2012-03/2013 Creation of a Nurse-led multidisciplinary approach to meeting the Palliative care needs of the hematology and oncology patient Department of Nursing, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 01/2013-05/2013 Experience performing a comprehensive needs assessment of the Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Service Line and developing recommendations for the development of an integrative health program University of Minnesota’s Amplatz Children’s Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota 10/2013-06/2014 Development of the RN role within the larger medical oncology care team model redesign Department of Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 10/2013-06/2014 Development of the RN role within the medical oncology multidisciplinary survivorship clinic Department of Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 06/2014-12/2015 Development of an Advanced Practice RN role within the pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Courses

Wellbeing & Resiliency for Health Professionals

Wellbeing & Resiliency for Internal Medicine Residents

Wellbeing & Resiliency for Nurses

Clinical

Clinics

Journey Clinic - Center for Children with Cancer and Blood Disorders

Media

Video

Perspectives on Integrative Nursing

In The News

SPOTLIGHT: MEGAN VOSS FUSES MAINSTREAM MEDICINE WITH HOLISTIC CARE

Whole healing- An infusion of integrative therapies helps kids manage pain and feel better faster—without more drugs