Ellen L. Mullarkey, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, NP-C
**** *. **** *** *** Blvd.
St. Pete Beach, FL 33706
Current Academic Position:
Assistant Professor: Nova Southeastern University, Ron and Kathy Assaf college of Nursing, family nurse practitioner program
Languages: English & French
Doctoral Project: The Effects of Art Therapy on Hypertension in Black American Women
Education:
Degree Major Institution Year
Post-grad
Nursing Education Certificate
University of South Florida
2021
DNP
Doctorate of Nursing Practice
Georgetown University
2017
MSN
Family Practice Nurse Practitioner
Georgetown University
2014
BA
Studio painting
University of Waterloo
1997
BSN
Nursing
St. Louis University
1985
Professional Experience/Employment
Assistant Professor: Nova Southeastern University, Ron and Kathy Assaf college of Nursing, family nurse practitioner program. 6/2020-present
St. Petersburg Free Clinic: APRN, FNP-BC, primary care provider, volunteer, 2020
Visiting Academic: Trinity College, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Dublin Ireland 1/2020-3/2020
Family Nurse Practitioner: DaVita Medical Group, St. Petersburg, FL: 09/2014 – 11/2019
University Associate: Georgetown University, Washington, DC: January 2019-present
Endocrine Tumor Nurse: Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL: 12/2010-3/2014
Endoscopy Nurse: North Shore Endoscopy Center, Cleveland, OH: 2005-2010
Refugee Resettlement Mentor: Catholic Charities, Cleveland, OH: 2006-2010
School Nurse/French Instructor: Aurora Montessori, Aurora Ontario, Canada: 2002-2003
Associate Professor in the Critical Care Program: Conestoga College, Kitchener Ontario, Canada
Staff Nurse, ICU/CCU: Hamilton Civic Hospital, Hamilton Ontario, Canada: 1995-1996
Staff Nurse & Charge Nurse, ICU: St Francis Hospital, Greenville, SC: 1993-1994
Staff Nurse & Charge Nurse, CCU: Richland Memorial Hospital, Columbia, SC: 1990-1992
Charge Nurse, Acute Care Services: US Navy, Makalapa Clinic, Pearl Harbor, HI: 1988-1999
Staff Nurse & Charge Nurse ICU/CCU: Wahiawa General Hospital, Wahiawa, HI: 1985-1989
Teaching Experience
Assistant Professor: Nova Southeastern University, Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing, Clearwater Florida. 6/2020 to present
Professor of pathophysiology and Neurobio Psychopharmacology in the Family Nurse Practitioner program which is a blended campus format. Half of the classes are on-line and half are in person. The school is now using the Blend-Flex format of broadcasting the live classes for those students in isolation. I have been part of the course revision team for advanced pharmacology.
Visiting Academic: Trinity College, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Dublin Ireland 1/2020-8/2020
Research Assistant for the PACE study
Lecturer on chronic disease management in the United States
University Affiliate: Georgetown University; 2019 to present
Preceptor: Family nurse practitioner students from Georgetown University.
Responsibilities. Train one or two nurse practitioner students in the clinical setting each semester. The topics covered are clinical assessment; decision making and diagnostic skills; instruction and evaluation of beside procedures such as sutures, joint injections, manipulation, incision & draining; professional development, clinic management and administration; health care ethics; patient education.
Guest Lecturer: University of Tampa, Dept. of Art Therapy. February 18, 2019. Presented findings from the pilot study The Effects of Art Therapy on Hypertension in Black American Women.
Guest Lecturer: November 2017: Georgetown University
NURS 764, Nursing Leadership: Presented on the topic of nursing leadership in disasters.
Associate Professor of the Critical Care Program at Conestoga College: 1996-1997 Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Coordinated and instructed Foundations of Critical Care II for the summer and winter semesters. This is an anatomy and physiology course for critical care nurses. Taught basic EKG interpretation for each semester as well.
Health Care Innovation & Quality Improvement
Project leader. 2016-2017. Lead the implementation of a telemedicine program for the St. Petersburg, Florida region of DaVita. I interviewed vendors and evaluated their products to see if DaVita could utilize telemedicine for patients who are homebound. After much work and evaluation of our present IT system, telemedicine has been placed on hold until changes to the present system can be made.
Quality Improvement. Developed Near Miss and Medical Error Reporting System for Ambulatory Care. 2016-2017. (Remains in implementation during corporate rebranding)
Clinical Innovation. Group Medical Appointments. Lead the implementation of eight-week programs for diabetic patients with hemoglobin A1C levels above 9. Each week patients attend a two-hour education session on diabetes with twelve other patients, a provider, and health care staff to increase understanding and compliance of diabetic diets, medications and exercise regimes to improve their diabetes.
Clinical Awards. Service Excellence, DaVita Medical Group, May 2017.
Certification:
Six Sigma Green-Belt
AANP, NP-C
ANCC, FNP-BC
Licensure:
APRN, Florida
RN, Florida
RN, College of Nurses Ontario
Grants:
2009 Cleveland Community Grant for the Refugee Artisan Co-op via Catholic Charities
Research as a Principal Investigator
Mullarkey, E.L. (2017) The Effects of Art therapy on Hypertension in Black American Women
(Doctoral project). Retrieved from
repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/104814 Presentations:
Washington Regional Nursing Conference 2017.
Mullarkey, E. L. (2017). The Effects of Art Therapy on Hypertension in Black American Women. Poster presentation, Washington, DC., Peer reviewed
Current Perspectives in Oncology Nursing 17 th Annual Nursing Conference
Mullarkey, E. L. (2018). The Effects of Art Therapy on Hypertension in Black American Women. Poster presentation, Tampa, FL., Peer reviewed
American Art Therapy Association, 49 th Annual Conference, (peer reviewed)
Mullarkey, E. L. (2018). The Effects of Art Therapy on Hypertension in Black American Women.
One-hour presentation, Miami FL., Peer reviewed
6th Annual Florida Association Nursing Research & Evidence-Based practice Virtual Conference
Mullarkey, E. L. (2018). The Effects of Art Therapy on Hypertension in Black American Women.
Poster presentation, Peer reviewed
Professional Memberships:
Sigma Theta Tau
American Society of Bioethics and Humanities
Ontario Nurses Society
American Nurses Association
Florida Nurses Association
Florida Nurse Practitioner Association
American Art Therapy Association
West Coast Counsel of Advanced Practice Nurses
Service to Professional Organizations:
Representative for Georgetown University School of Nursing to the GNSA/AACN 2016-2017
Lobbied as part of a team for the Florida Nurses Association in Washington DC, 2015
Lobbied as part of a team for the Florida Association for Nurse Practitioners In Washington DC and in St. Petersburg Florida. 2017
Community Service:
Chair of the League of Women Voters, Bay Village, OH; 2007-2009
Coordinator of the Diabetic Equities Project, St Petersburg, FL Free Clinic 2011-2012
Coordinator for the Refugee Artisan Co-op, Cleveland, OH, 2008-2009