Courtney Starkey
Lecturer
Biography
Courtney Starkey is originally from West Tennessee and obtained her BSN from Lipscomb University in Nashville. She started her nursing career at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital working on a pediatric medical/surgical unit. Dr. Starkey has a Master’s in Nursing Education (MSN-Ed.) from Austin Peay State University and a Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) with a concentration in education from Marymount University.
After leaving full-time bedside nursing at Vanderbilt, she moved to the Washington, DC area to work as an undergraduate nurse educator at Marymount University. After completing her DNP and moving to Knoxville, Dr. Starkey transitioned to her role at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. She also worked PRN bedside at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital until recently.