Judson Smith MSN, RN, APRN, AGACNP-BC, FNP-BC

Instructor

Bio

Judson Smith is an Instructor of Nursing at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He has over 18 years of nursing experience and over 11 years of emergency medicine focus. He has worked as a travel intensive care unit nurse, cardiac telemetry nurse, interim Director of Infection Control, Hospital Supervisor, and as an emergency department nurse practitioner. He maintains his clinical practice working at an urban emergency department in Nashville, Tennessee.

He is certified through the ANCC as both a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) and an Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP). Judson is passionate about improving the ability of nurses to critically think within high stress environments and within the clinical setting.

Education

DNP, University of Alabama in Huntsville (currently enrolled)
MSN, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (Acute Care/FNP-Emergency Focus)
BSN, Chamberlain College of Nursing
ASN, State University of New York-Canton

Certifications

Adult Gerontological Acute Care Nurse Practitioner - ANCC
Family Nurse Practitioner - ANCC

Current Research/Scholarly Interests

Delirium
Improving quality of care in the Acute Care setting

Current Projects

Co-coordinator in Pharmacology
Fundamentals of Nursing
Medical/Surgical Nursing

Professional Organizations

American Academy of Emergency Nurse Practitioners
Secretary and Treasurer of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
Sigma Theta Tau inductee
Tennessee Nurses Association

Honors/Awards

Excellence in Clinical Instruction Award - VUSN, 2015
Special Thanks and Recognition Award - St. Thomas West Hospital, 2012
Special Thanks and Recognition Award - St. Thomas West Hospital, 2011
Special Thanks and Recognition Award - St. Thomas West Hospital, 2010