Posts Tagged ‘PMHNP’
Alumnus testifies in support of mental health care workforce shortage bill
March 4, 2020
Asa T. Briggs, MSN’12, PMHNP-BC, recently testified in front of the Council of the District of Columbia Committee on Health in support of a bill regarding telepsychiatry and a need for mental health care providers. Briggs was director of psychiatry for Unity Healthcare, DC’s largest network of community health centers. He recently joined South Carolina’s Prisma Health.
Applications open for new VUSN Community-based Nurse Practitioner Residency Fellowship progam
February 5, 2020
New nurse practitioners and nurse practitioner students who want to work with rural or medically underserved populations are invited to apply for Vanderbilt University School of Nursing’s new community-based nurse practitioner fellowships based in Tennessee. The HRSA-funded Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Residency Fellowship is for family nurse practitioners (FNP), adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioners (AGPCNP),…
Zsamboky to lead VUSN’s Psychiatric-Mental Health NP program
January 21, 2020
Assistant Professor Marci Zsamboky, DNP’18, RN, PMHNP/CNS-BC, CNE, has been named academic director of the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Lifespan) specialty at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. The Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner specialty is one of the school’s most competitive programs and is currently ranked as the No. 2 program in the U.S. by U.S….
Professor Susie Adams named Psychiatric Nurse of the Year
September 24, 2019
by Matt Batcheldor Susie Adams, PhD, FAANP, FAAN, professor of Nursing at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing has been named 2019 Psychiatric Nurse of the Year by the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA). The award will be presented Oct. 2 at the annual APNA convention in New Orleans. APNA is the largest organization of…
VUSN MSN Alumna, Carol Seeger, returns to Oswego Health to deliver care at behavioral health services unit
June 15, 2019
Oswego Health announced that VUSN’s PMHNP Alumna, Carol Seeger, has returned to the health system to deliver care at its Behavioral Health Services (BHS) facility. At Oswego Health, Seeger is providing care to BHS outpatients and is part of the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team. Photo credit: Oswego Health
VUSN DNP Alumna, Cerrissa Hugie, named keynote speaker of Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College’s practical nursing program spring graduation
May 15, 2019
VUSN DNP Alumna, Cerrissa Hugie, served as keynote speaker of Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College’s practical nursing program spring graduation on May 14, 2019. She earned her master’s and doctorate in nursing practice from Vanderbilt University within the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Lifespan) specialty.
