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School of Nursing Team

 

Dr. E. Rice

Mary Eve Rice, DNP, APRN, CPNP
Director of Nursing
E-mail: ricem@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7483
Office: MC 218

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Bettina Shank, DNP, RN, CNE
Assistant Director, Associate Professor
Email: shankb@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-6344
Office: MC 218

Shirley Tabb
Administrative Assistant to the Director of Nursing
E-mail: tabbs@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7737
Office: MC 218

We have fantastic student workers who help run our nursing office each semester and are an integral part of our team!

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Tasha Ruffin , DNP, RN
Associate Professor,
Prelicensure BSN Program Facilitator
Email: ruffint@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-6479
Office: MC 303

 


Meg Bryant
BSN Clinical Coordinator
E-Mail: bryantm@apsu.edu 
Phone: 931-221-7462
Office: MC 353D

 


Ruth Trotter
BSN Clinical and AMEDD Coordinator
E-Mail: trotterr@apsu.edu 
Phone: 931-221-1612
Office: MC 353D
 

Butler

Kristen Butler, DNP, MSN, RN
Associate Professor
E-mail:  butlerk@apsu.edu
Phone:  931-221-6339
Office:  McCord 312

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Deborah Ellison, PhD, MSN, RN
Professor
E-mail: ellisond@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7491
Office: MC 311

Tina Grimsley
 
Tina Grimsley, EdS.
Nursing Advisor Coordinator
E-Mail: grimsleyt@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7708
Office: MC 322

Hershey
Kristen Hershey, PhD, RN, APRN, CNE, PMHNP-BC
Professor
Email: hersheyk@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7823
Office: MC 325

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Shala R Horton, MSN, RN, EMTP
Clinical Assistant Professor
E-mail: hortons@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7710
Office: MC 316B

 
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Heather Moran, MSN, RN, CRRN, CMSRN, CNE
Assistant Professor
E-mail: moranh@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7467
Office: MC 341A

Soares
Wendell Soares, (USA Ret), MSN, EMTP, RN
Clinical Assistant Professor
E-mail: soaresw@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-6245
Office: MC 309

Professor Stone
Devona Stone, MSN, APRN, NP-C
Clinical Assistant Professor
E-mail: stoneda@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7705
Office: MC 306

Professor Sutton
Lori Sutton, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor
E-mail: suttonl@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-6291
Office: MC 314

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Rachel Taylor, MSN, RN
Clinical Assistant Professor
E-mail: taylorra@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-6229
Office: MC 316A
 

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Adrienne Wilk, Ph.D., RN, CHSE, CNE, CHSOS-A
Assistant Professor
E-mail: wilka@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7528
Office: MC 341B
 
 

 

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Terri Clark, Ed.D., MSN, RN
Associate Professor
RN to BSN Program Facilitator
Email: clarkt@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7469
Office: MC 307

 


Dr. Pappas

Jenny Pappas, DNP, APRN, FNP-C
Assistant Professor
Email: pappasj@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-6359
Office: MC 306

 


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Meghan Oliver
RN to BSN Advisor
Email: oliverm@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7709
Office: MC 336A
 
 

Robertson

Michele Robertson, DNP, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC
Professor
Graduate Program Coordinator
Email: robertsonm@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7489
Office: MC 328

 


 

Dr. Leslie Binford

Leslie Binford  DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC
Assistant Professor
E-mail:binfordl@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7739
Office: MC 305

Black

Amy C. Black, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, ME
Associate Professor
E-mail: blackac@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7486
Office: MC 330

Eversole
 
Elizabeth Eversole, MS, MBA
Graduate Clinical Coordinator
E-mail:graduatenursing@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-6281
Office: MC 332

Hamlin
 
Amy Hamlin, PhD, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC
Professor
E-mail: hamlina@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7497
Office: MC 326

Hickson
 
Shondell Hickson, DNP, MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC, FNP-BC
Professor
Email: hicksons@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7172
Office: MC 313
 
 
 
 
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 Dr. Debra Wilson

Debra Rose Wilson, PhD, MSN, RN, IBCLC, AHN-BC, CHT, GAHN
Professor
Lenora C. Reuther Chair of Excellence
E-mail: wilsondr@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-6472
Office: MC 324
 

Dr. Wilson came to Austin Peay in 2017 and was the 2020 winner of the APSU Richard M Hawkins Award for noteworthy contributions to scholarship. She has an MSN in Holistic Nursing and a PhD in Health Psychology with a focus in Psychoneuroimmunology. She practices and teaches hypnotherapy. Dr. Wilson has more than 200 publications and is an internationally known speaker on stress and its management, and she was the 2017-2018 American Holistic Nurse of the year.

Davenport
 
Doris Davenport DSN, MSN, APRN, PNP
Professor Emeritus