rramirez
Faculty Bio
I am the Director of the FNP Program and am proud to say that I am an alum (1997) of the program. For the past 15 years I have been a Family Nurse Practitioner at Native American Health Center in Oakland providing care to primary care patients. Occasionally, I provide care to adolescents at High School-Based Clinics in Oakland & Alameda. Both settings have been extremely rewarding to me. Each semester I invite FNP interns to precept at both of my clinics to gain the valuable experience I have come to cherish.
Program
Master of Science in Nursing - Family Nurse Practitioner (MSN-FNP)
Courses Taught at Samuel Merritt University
Advanced Physical Assessment, Synthesis, Acute & Episodic Conditions, Chronic and Complex Conditions.
Research Interests
Native American Youth and Tribal Identity to overcome alcohol abuse and maintain wellness on the Red Road
Publications and Presentations
Publication: Peer Influences on Adolescent Alcohol and Other Drug Use Outcomes, Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 44:1, 36-44, Spr 2012.
Publication: Native American Youth and Alcohol: Wellness on the Red Road, The Applied Anthropologist, Vol. 27, No. 1, Spr 2007.
Research Symposium Panel: Promoting Healthy Transitions: Tweens, Teens and Young Adults California Adolescent Health Conference 2010 Oakland, CA
Podium Presentation: Interpreting Healthcare in a Global World: Creating Learning Opportunities As a Medium for Nurse Practitioner Education and Service, 34th Annual Meeting National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculty, Louisville, KY, 4/2008
Presentations: Resilience, Recovery, and the Red Road: Native American Youth Refiguring Tribal Identity--Dissertation Research Presentation, Spring Science Symposium, Samuel Merritt University, 2006;
Panel presentation on Narrative Identity, Sociocultural Foundations, University of San Francisco, School of Education, 2006;
Resilience, Recovery, and the Red Road: Native American Youth Refiguring Tribal Identity--Panel presentation, Society for Applied Anthropology, Santa Fe, NM 2005.
Publication: Native American Youth and Alcohol: Wellness on the Red Road, The Applied Anthropologist, Vol. 27, No. 1, Spr 2007.
Research Symposium Panel: Promoting Healthy Transitions: Tweens, Teens and Young Adults California Adolescent Health Conference 2010 Oakland, CA
Podium Presentation: Interpreting Healthcare in a Global World: Creating Learning Opportunities As a Medium for Nurse Practitioner Education and Service, 34th Annual Meeting National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculty, Louisville, KY, 4/2008
Presentations: Resilience, Recovery, and the Red Road: Native American Youth Refiguring Tribal Identity--Dissertation Research Presentation, Spring Science Symposium, Samuel Merritt University, 2006;
Panel presentation on Narrative Identity, Sociocultural Foundations, University of San Francisco, School of Education, 2006;
Resilience, Recovery, and the Red Road: Native American Youth Refiguring Tribal Identity--Panel presentation, Society for Applied Anthropology, Santa Fe, NM 2005.
Fellowships, Grants, and Awards
Interpretive Healthcare in a Global World: A Critical Hermeneutic Inquiry, Nu Xi (Sigma Theta Tau) Research Award
Professional and Community Service and Professional Memberships
International Development Projects:
Global Medical Brigades Ghana, 2012
Global Medical Brigades Panama,2009
Service and Learning Tour, Burma and Laos, 2005.
Service and Learning Tour, Northern Thailand & Burma Medical Project.
Professional Memberships:
Delegate, California Association for Nurse Practitioners;
American College of Nurse Practitioners;
Sigma Theta Tau International;
American College of Clinicians;
National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties;
International Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Practice Nurse Network;
Society for Applied Anthropology
Global Medical Brigades Ghana, 2012
Global Medical Brigades Panama,2009
Service and Learning Tour, Burma and Laos, 2005.
Service and Learning Tour, Northern Thailand & Burma Medical Project.
Professional Memberships:
Delegate, California Association for Nurse Practitioners;
American College of Nurse Practitioners;
Sigma Theta Tau International;
American College of Clinicians;
National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties;
International Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Practice Nurse Network;
Society for Applied Anthropology
