faculty profile

Michele Martens   DNP, RN

Instructor

Bio

Michele Martens is a clinical instructor in the pre-specialty level and also serves at the clinical liaison for the Psychiatric- Mental Health rotations at VUSN. She is also a lab instructor and supervisor in the specialty year in the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program. 

In addition to her teaching, Michele has a private counseling practice in which she specializes in fertility counseling, third party reproductive counseling, implications counseling for donors and recipients and options counseling for family building.  

Meet Michele Martens [Video]

Education

  • DNP, The University of Colorado-Colorado Springs
  • MSN, Vanderbilt University
  • BSN, Tennessee Technological University (Psychology)

Current Research/Scholarly Interests

  • Reproductive endocrinology
  • Third party reproduction
  • Embryo donation
  • Embryo disposition options
  • Education and counseling and its influence on embryo disposition options
  • Infertility counseling
  • Infertility implications counseling and options
  • Reflective Practice
  • Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing

Clinical Practice

  • Integration of Theoretical and Clinical Aspects of Nursing I and II ? Clinical Instructor
  • Theoretical Foundations and Practicum for Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Across the Lifespan
  • Practicum in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing with Individuals, Groups and Families
  • Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Preceptorship

Professional Organizations

  • American Society for Reproductive Medicine
  • American Society for Reproductive Medicine Mental Health Professional Group
  • RESOLVE Professional
  • American Nurses Association
  • American Psychiatric Nurses Association
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