Marshall Muehlbauer, PhD, RN, PHN

Clinical Assistant Professor
Muehlbauer

Contact

Office Phone
612-625-4715
Office Address

6-116 Densford Hall
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Affiliations:
Adult and Gerontological Health Cooperative

Research Interests

  • Nursing education and clinical judgment
  • Simulation-based and immersive learning
  • Nursing informatics and electronic health record–focused education
  • Learner cognition, cue recognition, and decision-making in digital clinical environments

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Biography

Marshall K. Muehlbauer, PhD, RN, PHN, CHSE, CNE, is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Adult and Gerontological Health Cooperative at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing. His scholarship focuses on nursing education, simulation-based learning, clinical judgment, and the integration of health information technology into prelicensure nursing education. His research examines how nursing students interact with electronic health records and other digital learning environments as they gather information, recognize clinically salient cues, and make patient-care decisions.

Muehlbauer teaches in acute care and medical-surgical nursing and contributes to the development and implementation of simulation, immersive virtual reality, and academic electronic health record learning experiences. His teaching emphasizes evidence-based practice, person-centered care, clinical judgment, and the purposeful use of technology to support safe nursing practice. He earned his PhD in Nursing from the University of Minnesota and is a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE) and Certified Nurse Educator (CNE).

Publications

Book Chapter

Bradley, C., Flaten, C., Muehlbauer, M. K., Woll, A., & Clark, L. K. (2022). Jefferies, P. R. (Ed.), Engaging Standardized Patients in Nursing Education 2nd ed.. Minneaapolis, MN: Wolters Kluwer. (Clinical Simulation in Nursing Education: Advanced Concepts, Trends, and Opportunities) 

Journal Article

Muehlbauer, M. K., Husson, N., Morouse, K., Weinfurter, E., & Forman, T. (2026). Educating the Digital Nurse: A Scoping Review of Nursing Informatics in Pre-Licensure Programs. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 44(5), e01505. https://journals.lww.com/cinjournal/fulltext/2026/05000/educating_the_digital_nurse__a_scoping_review_of.13.aspx10.1097/CIN.0000000000001505

Bliss, D. Z., Gurvich, O. V., Konstan, J. A., Johnson, R., McCormick, J., Muehlbauer, M., . . . Richter, H. E. (2025). Development, usability, and randomized pilot feasibility study of a mobile application prototype supporting self-management of accidental bowel leakage. Continence, 15. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/10501294174610.1016/j.cont.2025.102276

Bliss, D. Z., Muehlbauer, M. K., Jamison, D., Weinberger, A., Conway, M., Kirchschlager, C., . . . Richter, H. E. (2025). Patients’ experiences with self-management of conservative interventions for fecal incontinence. Continence, 15. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/10501118537910.1016/j.cont.2025.102273

Bradley, C. S., Loomis, A., DiClemente, L., Flaten, C., Rahman, S., Muehlbauer, M. K., . . . Aebersold, M. (2025). Enhancing nursing competence and knowledge: Evaluating the impact of immersive virtual reality in nursing education. Journal of Nursing Regulation, 16(1), 2-9. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/10500677643710.1016/j.jnr.2025.04.003

Bradley, C. S., Aebersold, M., DiClimente, L., Flaten, C., Muehlbauer, M. K., & Loomis, A. (2024). Breaking Boundaries: How Immersive Virtual Reality Is Reshaping Nursing Education. Journal of Nursing Regulation, 15(2), 28-37. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/8519815450710.1016/S2155-8256(24)00053-X

Bradley, C. S., Bliss, D. Z., Becker, A., Olson, E. T., Flaten, C., Gurvich, O. V., . . . Bauer, J. (2023). Development and Evaluation of a Wearable Simulator System. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 81. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/8516435923510.1016/j.ecns.2023.101428

Muehlbauer, M., Bradley, C., Marquard, J., & Monsen, K. A. (2023). Clinical Judgment and Informatics: Encoding Simulations Using the Omaha System. Journal of Nursing Education, 62(4), 237-239. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/8515179201110.3928/01484834-20230208-07

Guthrie, S., Reed, J., & Muehlbauer, M. (2021). Engaging students in resolution writing. Imprint, 68(4), 43-44.