Biography
Dr. Smith has been a nurse practitioner since 1996. She has worked in urgent care and GI during her career as a nurse practitioner. Prior to becoming a nurse practitioner, she was a perioperative nurse. Dr. Smith worked as an adjunct professor for LUSON prior to joining the FNP/DNP program as a full-time faculty member, teaching the FNP practicum courses, serving as the FNP/DNP Program Director and Practicum Field Director..
Dr. Smith has three adult children, who are married, two grandsons and a granddaughter.
Professional Memberships
- American Association of Nurse Practitioners
- Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners
Courses Taught
- NURS 700 Advanced Nursing Research
- NURS 712 Advanced Health Assessment for Nurse Practitioners
- NURS 715 Theoretical Application for Advanced Practice Nursing
- NURS 716 Applications of Evidence-Based Care
- NURS 718 Informatics, Technology and Trends for Transforming Healthcare
- NURS 734 Family Nursing I: Acute Health
- NURS 740 Family Nurse Practitioner I
- NURS 741 Family Nurse Practitioner I
- NURS 743 Family Nurse Practitioner II
- NURS 744 Family Nurse Practitioner II
- NURS 838 Family Nurse Practitioner III
Research Interests
- Telemedicine
- Nursing Informatics
- Forensic Nursing
- Nurse Practitioner Burnout