Erin Summers, DNP, WHNP

CREDENTIALS

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (license # 567****-****)

Nationally Certified Women’s Health Care Nurse Practitioner (USA)

EDUCATION

Doctorate in Nursing Practice (DrNP), University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT, August 2009

Capstone Project: A Comparison of Women’s Healthcare and Policy in Singapore with Other Developed Countries

M.S in Nursing (MSN), University of Colorado, Health Sciences Center,

Denver, CO, May, 2002

Capstone Project: International Perceptions and Utilization of Emergency Contraception

B.S. in Nursing (BSN), Villanova University

Villanova, PA, July, 1997

CERTIFICATIONS AND TRAINING

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (Fort Collins, Colorado)

STD/HIV Update and Wet Prep Workshop (Denver, Colorado)

Certified Lactation Educator (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Attendee at the NPWH 8th Annual Conference (Naples, Florida)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Clinical Instructor, University of Utah, Department of Nursing, Salt Lake City, UT

June, 2006-May, 2008

• Hospital Practicums. Supervised undergraduate students performing clinical rotations at various hospital sites in Salt Lake City. Organized rotation schedules, supervised direct patient care, distributed and managed coursework related to clinical experiences, and directed synthetic summary sessions.

• Nursing Fundamentals. Instructed in the skills lab setting with didactic and hands-on learning formats.

• Adult Health Assessment. Instructed in the online class modules, as well as the health assessment hands on in the lab and at student’s clinical sites.

• Capstone. Oversaw a capstone group in which students synthesize their prior learning and apply their training to integrate psychomotor/teaching/relationship skills into practice. Supervision, instruction, and synthesis took place at the student’s clinical sites and in the classroom.

Teaching assistant, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO

June, 2001-November 2001

• Teaching assistant for a Health Assessment Lab and Fundamentals in Nursing Lab that are part of the undergraduate nursing curriculum

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, Planned Parenthood, Salt Lake City, UT

July, 2004-December, 2007

• Participated in the development and implementation of processes to provide quality patient care in accordance with Agency’s protocols, policies and procedures. In collaboration with the affiliate Medical Director and the Assistant Medical Director, functioned in an expanded role with special emphasis on the reproductive system. Provided primary care to women and men, evaluations, diagnosis, and treatment of common reproductive disorders, referrals as needed. Some specific skills included IUD insertion, endometrial biopsy, incision and drainage, ultrasound.

Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, Larimer County Department of Health, Fort Collins, CO

May, 2002-May, 2004

• Provided family planning and reproductive health services, including annual exams, STD screenings and treatment, infection checks, problem focused visits, preconception counseling, contraception, education, etc.

Registered Nurse, Planned Parenthood, Fort Collins, CO

June, 2000-2002

• Provided family planning, contraception education, preconception counseling, history and physical assessment, pap follow-up, STI management and tracking.

Registered Nurse, Poudre Valley Hospital, Fort Collins, CO

August, 1999-August, 2000

• Appointments with the special care nursery, pediatrics, women’s care unit, and heart center procedures unit.

Registered Nurse, Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital, Darby, Pennsylvania (September 1997-June, 1999)

• Med/Surg and Coronary care unit. Floated to other units as needed.

MEMBERSHIPS

National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health

Association of Reproductive Health Professionals

The Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses

Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association

HONORS AND RECOGNITION

Elected into the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society

Awarded Dean’s Recognition, Exceptional Pass on MS Oral Exam

Deans List (multiple times at Villanova University, University of Colorado, and the University of Utah)

SERVICE

Ad-hoc reviewer, International Nursing Review

Academic Integrity Committee, University of Utah

Volunteered nursing services to the Northern Colorado Aids Project, Fort Collins, CO

Volunteered student nursing services at a free clinic in Philadelphia, PA

PUBLICATIONS

Summers, EK (2010) Women’s Heath in Singapore. Evaluating the Utility of an Advanced Practice Nursing Program in Women’s Health (manuscript submitted)

REFERENCES - Available upon request

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