Kara A. Bandstra RN, MPH, MSN
Assistant Professor – Associate Degree Nursing
Kara A. Bandstra, RN, MPH, MSN, is a registered nurse licensed in Massachusetts. She graduated from MassBay Community College's ADN program in 2002 and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Rhode Island College, a Master of Public Health from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and a Master of Science in Nursing from Worcester State University.
With twenty-two years of nursing experience, Kara has worked in acute nursing care, community/public health nursing, and as a nurse educator. Her experience includes working at Milford Regional Medical Center in medical, surgical, cardiac, and mother/baby nursing. She has also worked as a visiting nurse, providing care in patients' homes and as a public health nurse in disease surveillance and infectious disease prevention and management. Currently, she works as a substitute school nurse, serving the pediatric population in grades K-12.
Kara has been a nursing educator at Massachusetts Bay Community College for one year, collaborating with full-time faculty, adjunct faculty, and the simulation lab director and staff.
She is a member of the Massachusetts Association of Public Health Nurses