Stephanie Delkoski, DNP, APRN, WHNP-BC, PNAP

Dr. Delkoski is a clinical associate professor & the Assistant Dean of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program in the School of Nursing. In 2025, she assumed overall leadership for the DNP program, the largest hybrid - DNP program in the nation with over 300 full time students in eleven specialties. She has worked as a registered nurse in various units, including labor and delivery, postpartum, trauma, and life support. Additionally, Dr. Delkoski has served as a patient care coordinator at the U of M Maternal Fetal Medicine Center. Dr. Delkoski's teaching responsibilities include the Women's Health/Gender-Related Nurse Practitioner (WHGRNP) DNP program, where she has been involved in increasing experience in didactic courses and implementing innovative teaching methods like the flipped classroom approach. She actively collaborates with colleagues to implement evidence-based care and share their findings with the healthcare community. Furthermore, Dr. Delkoski has been involved in advising DNP projects, publishing manuscripts, co-authoring presentations, and serving on committees focused on improving healthcare outcomes and reducing disparities for women and infants.

Dr. Delkoski has served as a preceptor for WHGRNP students in class and in clinical training while standardizing the onboarding process. She has also mentored students and participated in committees aimed at improving perinatal care quality. She has actively incorporated inclusive language, social determinants of health considerations, trauma-informed care, and awareness of healthcare disparities into her teaching and clinical practice. Dr. Delkoski has made substantial contributions across teaching, research, and service, demonstrating her impact as an educator and healthcare professional.

Teaching Areas

• Maternal-Child Nursing

• Women's Health Specialists Clinic

• National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health: Inspiration in Education Award, 2024
• Outstanding Graduate Advisor, School of Nursing, May 2021
• Diversity & Inclusivity Award for Faculty, School of Nursing, May 2018

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses
• Minnesota Nurse Practitioners
• National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health (NPWH)
• Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Zeta Chapter

DNP, University of Minnesota School of Nursing
Major: WHNP Program

BSN, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing

Petersen, L. A., Delkoski, S., & McCarthy, S. (2025). Diagnostic reasoning for APRN learners: Overview of teaching strategies. AACN Advanced Critical Care, 36(2), 131–142. https://doi.org/10.4037/aacnacc2025341

Neerland, C. E., Saftner, M. A., Delkoski, S., Galegher, E., Ruud, M., Woll, A., Miller, J. M., Melchionne-Martinez, D., & Clark, L. (2025). Development of a medication abortion simulation for midwifery and women's health nurse practitioner students: Not just another sim. Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmwh.13786

Westberg, S.M., Torkelson, C. & Delkoski, S. (2024). Ch. 10 Menopause. In O’Connell, M.B., Smith, J. & Borgelt, L. (Eds.), Women’s Health Across the Lifespan: A Pharmacotherapeutic Approach (3rd edition). American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

Neerland, C. E., Delkoski, S. L., Skalisky, A. E., & Avery, M. D. (2023). Prenatal care in US birth centers: Midwives' perceptions of contributors to birthing People's confidence in physiologic birth. Birth, 50(3), 535-545. https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12676

Terrell, C. A., Martins, S. L., Delkoski, S. L., & Torkelson, C .J. (2022). What do women want? Identifying life goals in a community-based sample of women aged ≥60 years. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 48(12), 25–33. https://doi.org/10.3928/00989134-20221108-03

Drake, D., Hayden, A., & Delkoski, S. (2021). Love the food that loves you back: A planetary health and women’s heart health partnership. Creative Nursing, 27(4), 262-266.  

Delkoski, S. (2019). Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Provider Toolkit: A Quality Improvement Project to Standardized PCOS Patient Care. [Abstract]. Women’s Healthcare: A Clinical Journal for Nurse Practitioners.

Sommerness, S. A., Bangdiwala, A., Hirt, C., Gams, R., Rauk, P. N., Avery, M. D., Delkoski, S. L., Miller, K., & Landers, D. V. (2018). Birth Outcomes After Implementing an Evidence-Based Guideline for Managing Delayed Pushing in Second Stage Labor in Women with Epidural Anesthesia. Research on Women's Health, 1(1), 1.  https://doi.org/10.24983/scitemed.rwh.2018.00059

Pott, S. L. & Drake, D. M. (2016). Developing partnerships to expand interprofessional practice-focused educational experiences in high-risk obstetric care. Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies, 3(3).  https://doi.org/10.24926/ijps.v3i3.140

2016. Position Statement: Human Sex Trafficking. National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health.

Pott, S. L., Diana, D., Ruud, M. Evaluation of Nurse Practitioner Students: Staying Nimble to Meet the Challenges of an Evolving Practice Environment. [Abstract]. (Doctoral Education Conference: Reimagining the Future of Doctoral Education in Nursing).

McKechnie, A. C., Bradley, C. S., Brown, C., Delkoski, S., Neerland, C., Ruud, M., Walton, A., & Woll, A. (2024, March). Innovative strategies advancing interprofessional education to improve women's health [Parallel event presentation]. United Nations Commission on the Status of Women Forum, New York, NY (virtual presentation).

Delkoski, S. (2024, April 19). Cooling the heat: Pharmacologic strategies for managing symptoms of menopause [Conference presentation]. 2024 APRN Coalition Spring Pharmacology Conference, Virtual.

Delkoski, S., & River, P. (2021, December 5). Women & lung cancer: Addressing rising cases among women [Conference presentation]. 2021 Minnesota Lung Cancer Screening Task Force Meeting, A Breath of Hope Lung Foundation, Minneapolis, MN, United States.

Drake, D., Hayden, A., & Delkoski, S. (2021, November 18). Love the food that loves you back: A planetary health and women's heart health partnership [Virtual launch event panelist presentation]. In it Together: Promoting Planetary Health: A Virtual Launch Event for Creative Nursing Journal, Virtual.

Delkoski, S., & Saftner, M. (2021, April 10). Contraceptive updates and overcoming challenges [Conference presentation]. Spring Pharmacology Virtual Update, Minnesota APRN Coalition, Virtual.