Rebecca Owen

Programs and Courses Taught

MSN Family Nurse Practitioner, MSN Family Nurse Practitioner Online, DNP/FNP

Prelicensure Courses
•    N170L – Community Health Clinical      
•    N570L – Community Health Nursing Clinical

FNP Courses
•    N626 – Theoretical Foundations     
•    N675L – Primary Health Care Lab II         
•    N676 – Care of Complex and Chronic Conditions      
•    N677 – Advanced Pharmacology      
•    N619 – Advanced Pathophysiology          
•    N678L – Clinical Practicum I     
•    N679L – Clinical Practicum II     
•    N680L – Internship     

FNP/DNP Courses
•    N778L – FNP/DNP FNP Clinical I 
•    N779L – FNP/DNP Clinical II 
•    N781L – FNP/DNP Internship

DNP Courses
•    N701 – Interprofessional Collaboration: Improving Health Outcomes

About Me

I am an SMU ELMSN/FNP graduate and have worked in a variety of clinical and management settings; from aesthetics and weight loss in private practice to community clinics that provide care to undeserved populations. One of my favorite roles was as the Clinical Director for a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Sacramento where I received a lot of hands-on experience with patient care, operations, quality improvement, and health policy. I resigned from that position to take on full-time teaching with SMU. I now get the privilege of working as an Assistant Professor with students in their didactic courses, as well clinically in our faculty practice sites. I love this role because I am able to teach while maintaining relationships with our patients. 
I also work as an FNP on a mobile medical team, which allows us to provide primary care services via street medicine or our mobile clinics to those who have limited access to care.  

Education

I am an Samuel Merritt ELMSN-FNP graduate (2011) and DNP (2019).

Teaching Interests

Clinical internship, population & community health, pharmacology, & skills for primary care 

Scholarly Interests

CQI, population & community health, undeserved & at-risk populations

Publications

Owen, R., Wyckoff, M., & Rogers, R. (2021). Increasing access to diabetes care in underserved populations using mobile medicine: How point-of-care testing on mobile clinics strengthens hemoglobin A1c adherence in vulnerable and underserved populations. J Dr Nurs Pract. 2021 Nov 1;14(3):204-212. doi: 10.1891/JDNP-D-20-00066. PMID: 34963668.

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

AANP, CANP, ANCC, STTI

Community Service

Medical Missions, Human Trafficking, Refugee & Immigrant Health