SCHOLAR DIRECTORY

Commander Anna Schwarz was commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy Nurse Corps in 1995. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from San Diego State University, San Diego, California, Master of Human Relations from the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, Master of Science degree in Nursing and a Post-Masters Certificate in the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner specialty from Duke University, School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina. She is currently a Doctor of Nursing Practice student at Duke University. She is dual Board-Certified as a Neonatal and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. She is serving at the U.S. Naval Hospital Rota, Spain, where she has held roles as Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP) and as Department Head of Utilization Management. As PNP, her special interests included family education; she has provided numerous infant care outreach courses and has authored several base newspaper articles on pediatric topics. Her previous assignments include leadership and clinical nursing positions at the Naval Medical Centers in San Diego, California and Portsmouth, Virginia. Her professional experience includes nursing care and family support in the postpartum, nursery, neonatal intensive care, and labor and delivery areas. She has also been active in the professional development of new nurses in neonatal stabilization, ranging from informal bedside teaching to formalized courses. Commander Schwarz has had the honor of presenting at the International Military Nurses Conference in Lisbon, Portugal. Her personal awards include the Navy Commendation Medal (two awards), Navy Achievement Medal (two awards), and various service and campaign medals.