SCHOLAR DIRECTORY
Kris-Angelo Natividad, , MSN, ANP-BC, GNP-BC
Hunter College of CUNY
My name is Kris-Angelo Natividad, Doctor of Nursing Practice student at Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY). One of my interests is in improving heart failure outcomes and management with the goal of reducing 30-day readmission rates. This is performed through utilization of a multidisciplinary approach, risk stratification tools, evidence based management and improved discharge process.…
Dr. Adrianna Nava, , PhD, MPA, MSN, RN
Chief Nurse of Quality and Systems Improvement
About Me:
My first leadership experience was leading the Illinois Hispanic Nurses Association (2011-2013), (now NAHN-Illinois), a small non-profit focused on developing Hispanic nurse leaders. I am very proud of this experience since I entered this position as a novice millennial nurse, yet grew the organization to the 5th largest chapter in the country by 2013.…
Stacee Naylor, , RN, MSN, CCRP
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Ms. Naylor is currently a PhD in Nursing Science student at UMMC in Jackson, MS. Her research interests center on discrimination and disparity in African Americans with cognitive impairment. She is currently the Director of Clinical Operations at The Memory Impairment and Neurodegenerative Disease (MIND) Center, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC), in Jackson, MS.…
Carrie Neerland, , MS, APRN, CNM
University of Minnesota
Carrie Neerland earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2002 and a Master of Science with a specialty in Nurse-Midwifery in 2005, both from the University of Minnesota. She has been practicing full-scope midwifery since 2006 in both an academic health center and federally qualified health center setting. Along with clinical practice, she has been a clinical preceptor and adjunct faculty member in both the University of Minnesota’s Medical School and the School of Nursing.…
Amanda Neilan, , MS, RN, PNP
New York University
I completed my bachelor/s degree in nursing at Binghamton University in 2013, and completed the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner program and my master’s degree at New York University in 2018. I am currently a student in the Post-BS-to-DNP Program at NYU. I work as a registered nurse in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Mount Sinai Hospital and in radiology at Weill Cornell-New York Presbyterian in New York City.…
Tammy Neiman, ,PHN, BC
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Over the past 11 years, I have worked as a registered nurse on medical-surgical, hospice, oncology and orthopedics units. My work with geriatric populations and new nurses stimulated my interest in end of life care and nursing education. In 2012, I completed my Master’s Degree in Nurse Education at Minnesota State University, Mankato. My master’s thesis was titled “Nursing Students’ Attitudes Toward End of Life Care.” I am currently in the online PhD program at UW-Milwaukee, and beginning my second year of coursework.…
Amy Nelson, , MS RN
University of Maryland
Amy Nelson, MS, RN was at the National Institutes of Health as a Nurse Specialist / Research Coordinator and Research Nurse working with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 2007 to 2014. Since then, she has worked as a Nurse Coordinator for the Clinical Research Unit at the Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore after being recruited to re-establish clinical trials at the site.…
Heather Nelson-Brantley, ,CCRN
University of Kansas
Heather Nelson-Brantley is a full-time student in the BSN to PhD program at the University of Kansas School of Nursing. Her research area of interest is in nursing leadership and organizational behavior. More specifically, Nelson-Brantley’s dissertation is using complexity theory as a theoretical framework for examining factors that inhibit or empower nurses to lead health care organizations and advance health.…
Paula Nersesian, , MPH, RN
Johns Hopkins University
Paula is a Johns Hopkins School of Nursing PhD Candidate. She earned her Master of Public Health degree at Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health and graduated with honors from the University of Michigan, School of Nursing in Ann Arbor. Since earning her BSN in 1987, Paula has been striving to improve health care and health services for underserved and at-risk populations.…
Abbie J. Neves,, PhD, APRN-Rx, PMHCNS-BC
University of Hawaii at Manoa, School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene
Dr. Abbie Neves is an Assistant Professor at the University of Hawai‘i where she teaches psychiatric-mental health nursing, along with a course she developed on veteran healthcare, education, and cultural needs. She serves as the UH based co-director and faculty for the Veterans Administration Nursing Academic partnership (VANAP) program; assisted with the ‘Ohana Heroes Project, a research study on the effect of deployment on children and families; and assisted with curriculum development in the Vets-to-Nurses Program.…
Rachel Newhouse, , MS, CNM
University of Illinois at Chicago
Rachel Newhouse MS, CNM is a women’s health policy researcher and Ph.D. student at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She received her nurse-midwifery training at the University of Illinois at Chicago and has practiced as a nurse-midwife all around the city of Chicago intentionally serving in vulnerable communities. She currently conducts clinical research on postpartum long acting reversible contraception counseling at the University of Illinois Hospital.…
Yen Nguyen, , BSN, RN-BC
Johns Hopkins University
Yen Nguyen is currently enrolled in the PhD/DNP program at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. Her research interests include looking at the intersection of HIV, TB, and women’s health through a global perspective. Her dissertation topic is family planning among MDR-TB and HIV Co-infected women of reproductive age. Clinically, she is training to be a Family Nurse Practitioner with a focus on HIV.…
Vivian Ngwa, , BSN, RN, CBIS
Wayne State University
My name is Vivian N. Ngwa and I was born in Cameroon, West Africa. I have a Bachelor’s degree in Library and Information Science (BLIS) from Ahmadu Bello University and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from Wayne State University. I migrated to the United States in 2003 and discovered my passion for caring for others and at that time decided to pursue a degree in Nursing.…
Christine Nicholas
University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio
I am privileged to have had a long career in both civilian and military nursing. In the private sector I have held many positions in pediatric nursing; clinical, project and operations management; and in information management as a systems analyst, a change manager and a security manager. My military career as a medical-surgical nurse, a flight nurse, flight nurse instructor/evaluator also included management, squadron commander, chief nurse, process improvement facilitator, and several deployments.…
Bridget Nicholson, , APRN-BC, ACHPN, AOCN
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Ms. Nicholson began her academic career at the University of Michigan where she graduated with honors with her Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing. She went on to pursue her Masters in Nursing, as a Family Nurse Practitioner where she had the pleasure of teaching undergraduate nursing students. She began her career in cardiology and family practice.…
William Nicholson, ,PMHNP-BC, RN-BC
University of Alabama-Birmingham
I am first year academic faculty member in the university setting who is also seeking my PhD at the University of Alabama-Birmingham (UAB) after receiving my MSN in 2013. Currently, I am investigating the role of the vagus nerve in HIV neurocognitive disorders. Furthermore, I am exploring biopsychological determinants in gender dysphoric populations. My current faculty practice is through the Veterans Association as a psychiatric nurse practitioner at an outpatient clinic in Bessemer, Alabama.…
Cheryl Nickolaou, , MSN,FNP-BC; BSN-RN, BA-Ed
Oakland University
I am currently in the DNP program at Oakland University, in Rochester Hills, Michigan. My particular interests in research involve pediatric and adolescent health with regard to respiratory disease, adherence to treatment and the effects of the environment. I first began my career as an educator in the public school system in the inner city in Los Angeles, CA.…
Mimi (Paulomi) Niles, , CNM, MSN, MPH
New York University
Mimi Niles, CNM, MSN, MPH is currently a doctoral candidate at New York University. Briefly, her research explores the structural and intersectional challenges faced by public health midwives working in urban poor settings that care for vulnerable women. She obtained her Master’s in Midwifery at Frontier Nursing University and has since been practicing full scope midwifery at a public hospital in New York City.…
Heather Nimmagadda, MS, APRN, NPD-BC, CPNP
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing
Angela Njenga, , MHA, BSN, RN
University of Utah
Angela is currently a PhD in Nursing student at the University of Utah. She received her Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing from the University of Nairobi, Kenya. She later came to the U.S. were she obtained her Masters in Healthcare Administration. Angela is a past recipient of the Frederick Lawson Scholarship Award. She has also been awarded various graduate teaching assistantships which have allowed her to gain valuable experience in nursing education.…
Timiya S. Nolan, PhD, APRN-CNP, ANP-BC
Assistant Professor
Dr. Nolan is an Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing’s Pitzer Center for Women, Children, and Youth at The Ohio State University (OSU) and Wexner Medical Center. She received her BSN, MSN, and PhD in Nursing from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Prior to joining OSU faculty, she completed a post-doctoral fellowship at OSU College of Nursing.…
Mirsada Nurkanovic, , RN
University of Vermont
My nursing experiences span over two decades and two continents. In the spring of 1993, I finished nursing school in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and I started working at the regional hospital. After the war in Bosnia ended I joined an American company that provided support to US Army during their Peace Keeping Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina as a nurse and interpreter.…
Helen Nwangwu, , MSN, RN, FNP, PMHNP-BC
Western University of Health Sciences
Helen Nwangwu is a DNP Student at Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California. Her research interest is in improving treatment adherence through enhanced self-efficacy and collaborative services to meet the care needs of adults 65 years and over with mental illness. She earned her BSN and MSN (FNP) from Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, California. Helen later obtained her post master’s certificate as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) also from Azusa Pacific University.…