Lynn Chilton, DSN, RN, MSN
Professor
Community/Mental Health Nursing Department
Education:
DSN, GNP-BC/FNP-BC
Research and Areas of Interest:
Primary Care-Gerontology
Dissertation –“Immunization Practices of Elders"
Thesis- "Nutritional Status of Elders eating at Nutritional Sites”
Health Policy-National Speaker
Hypertension-Received a USARC grant (2004) to explore
“Predictive Indicators of Blood Pressure Control among Impoverished Adults”
Alzheimer’s Disease-National Speaker
Courses Taught:
Gerontological Nurse Practitioner (GNP)/Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Program Coordinator. Coordinate and teach in all clinical GNP/CNS practicum course including:
AHN549 Advance Assessment of Older Adults Practicum
AHN553 Advance Gerontological Diabetes Clinical Manager Nursing Practicum I
AHN555 Advance Gerontological Diabetes Clinical Manager Nursing Practicum II
AHN557 Advance Gerontological Diabetes Clinical Manager Nursing Practicum III
AHN556 Advance Gerontological Diabetes Clinical Manager Nursing Internship
Faculty in Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Clinical Course:
CMN569 Advance Nursing Assessment Child-Adult Family Practicum
Faculty in core curriculum courses for MSN students including:
NU545 Physiopathological Bases of Advance Nursing
HSC568 Applied Economics and Health Care Policy
NU506 Advance Nursing Theory
NU508 Advance Nursing Roles and Concepts
NU513 Advance Nursing Research
NU514 Research Project Preceptor
Affiliations:
Bay Area Nurse Practitioner Association (BANPA) –President and charter member. Helped organize this professional organization for nurse practitioners in the Mobile Bay Area.
National Conference of Gerontological Nurse Practitioners (NCGNP)-Secretary. Past Chair of Council on Health Affairs.
American College of Nurse Practitioners (ACNP). National Affiliate Representative on the Board of Directors (BOD). Past Co-chair of Health Policy Committee.
American Nurse Credentialing Center (ANCC) Immediate past Chair of the Content Expert Panel that is in charge of the national certification exam for Gerontological Nurse Practitioners (GNPs).
Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI). Past President and Treasurer of Zeta Rho Chapter
Alabama Nurse Practitioner Task Force- Appointed member to Education Subcommittee, Convener and Chair of Subcommittee for Recommendation #3.
Mississippi Nurses Association (MNA) -Past Director of Council on Health Affairs, on the Board of Directors.
American Nurses Association (ANA)-Delegate to the ANA convention four times.
National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculty (NONPF)-Member of the Gerontological Special Interest Group.
Other Activities:
Reviewer on the editorial board for Advance for Nurse Practitioners.
Consultant Reviewer for Geriatric content in book chapters in Advanced Health Assessment, a textbook for Nurse Practitioners.
Consultant Reviewer for Four Chapters in Gerontological Nursing]. Stanley, S. & Beare, G. (Eds.).Philadelphia: F.A. Davis.
University of South Alabama Project Director for the Live Oak Geriatric Education Center, a consortium with Florida State University .
Author of numerous articles in various professional and peer reviewed publications including:
Geriatric Nursing, Medscape, Advance for Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Practitioner World News, The Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science,
Mississippi Medical News, Mississippi RN, ACNP Forum |
