Rhonda Ramirez

Programs and Courses Taught

N776 Care of Chronic Medical Conditions

About Me

In 2021 I retired from my position as Chair of the FNP Dept at SMU.  I have had a long history with SMU, starting with acquisition of the MSN-FNP in 1996.  Thereafter, I became a faculty member while also practicing as a Family Nurse Practitioner primarily at Native American Health Center in Oakland (where I remain as a clinician and preceptor for SMU FNP students).  I have taught several FNP courses both face-to-face and online.  After retiring from SMU I discovered I missed teaching, so I have returned as adjunct faculty in 2023.

Education

I received my BSN from San Francisco State University in 1977, my MSN from Samuel Merritt University in 1996, and my Doctor of Education from the University of San Francisco in 2006.

Teaching Interests

FNP courses:  Advanced Physical Assessment, Care of Acute Medical Conditions, and Care of Chronic Medical Conditions.

Scholarly Interests

2019  HRSA Grant submission: Advanced Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW) Program in collaboration with Native American Heath Center (Choice award but not funded)

2018  Center for Care Innovations (CCI), Catalyst Innovation and Design Thinking Application Submission for development of Center for Vulnerable Populations Practice (not funded)

2017  Podium Presentation: Healing from Trauma: A Process of Refiguring Identity through History, Memory, and Forgetting   Society for Applied Anthropology, Santa Fe, NM; Council on Nursing and Anthropology (CONAA)

2016  Research Study: Personalized Medicine Decision Making in an On-Line Clinical present Environment. NIH-funded

2016  Patient Satisfaction in a Family Nurse Practitioner, Student-Faculty Collaborative Practice: An Indicator of the Quality of Care  CANP Annual Educational Symposium

Publications

Spring 2012  Peer Influences on Adolescent Alcohol and Other Drug Use Outcomes, Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 44:1, 36-44

Spring 2007  Native American Youth and Alcohol: Wellness on the Red Road, The Applied Anthropologist, Vol. 27, No. 1

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

California Association for Nurse Practitioners (Alameda-Contra Costa Chapter and State): Past President of Chapter

American Association of Nurse Practitioners

Nu-Xi-Chapter-At-large of Sigma International:  Secretary 2022-2024

National Academies of Practice

Community Service

Preceptor for SMU FNP students at Native American Health Center, Oakland

Medical and cultural services to SE Asia, Panama, Ghana (Global Medical Brigades) with FNP and RN students

Honors & Awards

2020  Strommen Dillashaw Award, SMU

2016  Faculty of the Year, SMU

2016  Nominee for Strommen Dillashaw Award, SMU

2015  Excellence in Leadership, Nu Xi at Large Chapter of Sigma  International

2013  Distinguished Practitioner and Fellow, National Academies of Practice and the Nursing Academy