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School of Nursing Team

 

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Mary Eve Rice, DNP, APRN, CPNP
Professor
Director of Nursing
E-mail: ricem@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7483
Office: Health Professions Building, 315C

Shank

Bettina Shank, DNP, RN, CNE
Professor
Assistant Director
Email: shankb@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-6344
Office: Health Professions Building, 315D

Shirley Tabb
Administrative Assistant to the Director of Nursing
E-mail: tabbs@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7737
Office: Health Professions Building, 315B

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, APRN, AGACNP-BC
Associate Professor,
Prelicensure BSN Program Facilitator
Email: ruffint@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-6479
Office: Health Professions Building, 316H

 


Meg Bryant
BSN Clinical Coordinator
E-Mail: bryantm@apsu.edu 
Phone: 931-221-7462
Office: Health Professions Building, 316D

 


Ruth Trotter
BSN Clinical and AMEDD Coordinator
E-Mail: trotterr@apsu.edu 
Phone: 931-221-1612
Office: Health Professions Building, 316E

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Kristen Butler, DNP, MSN, RN
Associate Professor
E-mail:  butlerk@apsu.edu
Phone:  931-221-6339
Office:  Health Professions Building, 316G
 

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Dr. Taylor Dodd, DNP, APRN, AGACNP-BC
Assistant Professor
E-mail: doddt@apsu.edu
Office: Health Professions Building, 316Q

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Deborah Ellison, PhD, MSN, RN
Professor
E-mail: ellisond@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7491
Office: Health Professions Building, 316P

Hershey
Kristen Hershey, PhD, RN, APRN, CNE, PMHNP-BC
Professor
Email: hersheyk@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7823
Office: Health Professions Building, 316B

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

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Courtney McLean, MSN, WHNP-BC
Assistant Professor
E-mail: mcleanc@apsu.edu 
Office: Health Professions Building, 316N

 
Soares
Wendell Soares, (USA Ret), MSN, EMTP, RN
Clinical Assistant Professor
E-mail: soaresw@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-6245
Office: Health Professions Building, 316I

Professor Stone
Devona Stone, MSN, APRN, NP-C
Clinical Assistant Professor
E-mail: stoneda@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7705
Office: Health Professions Building, 316S

Professor Sutton
Lori Sutton, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor
E-mail: suttonl@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-6291
Office: Health Professions Building, 316K

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Rachel Taylor, MSN, RN
Clinical Assistant Professor
E-mail: taylorra@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-6229
Office: Health Professions Building, 316R
 

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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: Health Professions Building, 307F
 
 

 

 

Dr. Pappas

Jenny Pappas, DNP, APRN, FNP-C
Assistant Professor
RN to BSN Program Facilitator
Email: pappasj@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-6359
Office: Health Professions Building, 316L

 


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Meghan Oliver
RN to BSN Advisor
Email: oliverm@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7709
Office: Health Profession Building, 316M
 
 

Robertson

Michelle Robertson, DNP, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC
Professor
Graduate Program Coordinator
Email: robertsonm@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7489
Office: Health Professions Building, 307AA

 


 

Dr. Leslie Binford

Leslie Binford  DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC
Assistant Professor
E-mail:binfordl@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7739
Office: Health Professions Building, 307D

Black

Amy C. Black, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, ME
Professor
E-mail: blackac@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7486
Office: Health Professions Building, 307C

Eversole
 
Elizabeth Eversole, MS, MBA
Graduate Clinical Coordinator
E-mail:graduatenursing@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-6281
Office: Health Professions Building 307A

Hamlin
 
Amy Hamlin, PhD, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC
Professor
E-mail: hamlina@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7497
Office: Health Professions Building, 307B

Hickson
 
Shondell Hickson, DNP, MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC, FNP-BC
Professor
Email: hicksons@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7172
Office: Health Professions Building, 307E
 
 
 
 
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Adrienne Wilk, Ph.D., RN, CHSE, CNE, CHSOS-A
Assistant Professor
Email: wilka@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7528
Office: Health Professions Building, 307F

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Jillian Mandarino
Simulation Technologist

Ashtyn Krokosky
Simulation Technologist
 
 

 Dr. Debra Wilson

Debra Rose Wilson, PhD, MSN, RN, AHN-BC, CHT, SGAHN
Professor
Lenora C. Reuther Chair of Excellence
E-mail: wilsondr@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-6472
Office: Health Professions Building, 316O
 

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.

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Doris Davenport DSN, MSN, APRN, PNP
Professor Emeritus