# overview
My research and scholarship centers around three primary areas: 1) increased access to healthcare through nurse-practitioner-led innovative care models, 2) improved health outcomes for vulnerable populations, and 3) innovative simulation pedagogy in family nurse practitioner (FNP) programs.

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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

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Drug-Related Side Effects And Adverse Reactions

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Perinatal Period - Conditions Originating In Perinatal Period

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The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston - (Houston, Texas, United States)

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MSN: Master of Science in Nursing, Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist

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The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio - (San Antonio, Texas, United States)

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DNP: Doctor of Nursing Practice; Advance Practice Leadership

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The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston - (Galveston, Texas, United States)

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One in Diversity: Obtaining Nursing Excellence in Diversity and Opportunities for Improvement

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The impact of interprofessional education on family nurse practitioner students' and family medicine residents' knowledge and confidence in screening for breast and cervical cancer.

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Determinants of HPV vaccine awareness and healthcare providers discussion of HPV vaccine among females

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Message Heard: Insights for Doctoral Program Design From Community Partners.

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Improving Cancer Screening for Underserved Women Through an FNP Student-Led Clinic

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Individual- and county-level predictors of cervical cancer screening: a multi-level analysis.

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Applying the Beers and STOPP Criteria to Care of the Critically Ill Older Adult.

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Mammography Screening Beliefs and Knowledge among a Multi-ethnic Sample of Low-income, Uninsured Women.

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Determinants of HPV vaccine awareness and healthcare providers' discussion of HPV vaccine among females.

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Improving cardiac outcomes and patient satisfaction. NP practice in a community hospital.

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Patient-Centered Care Through Nurse Practitioner-Led Integrated Behavioral Health: A Case Study.

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Improving Outcomes for Infants with Single Ventricle Physiology through Standardized Feeding during the Interstage.

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Benefits of a Pediatric Clinic Simulation Using Standardized Patients in Family Nurse Practitioner Education.

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Enhanced Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention for Low-income and Underserved Using Transdisciplinary Collaboration in a Family Medicine Setting

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Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas - (Austin, Texas, United States)

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Texas A&M College of Nursing Mobile Care Access through  Rural Engagement and Education (TXAN Mobile CARE).

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Health Resources and Services Administration - (Rockville, Maryland, United States)

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Continuation/Expansion of Texas A&Ms Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention Program for Underserved Women through a family medicine residency.

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Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas - (Austin, Texas, United States)

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Health Resources and Services Administration - (Rockville, Maryland, United States)

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Texas Gulf Bend Region Rural Communities Opioid Response Planning Program for Prevention of Childhood Neglect, Trauma & Abuse

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Health Resources and Services Administration - (Rockville, Maryland, United States)

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Nurse-led Collaborative Integrated Behavioral Health Rural Network (N-CIBHR)

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Health Resources and Services Administration - (Rockville, Maryland, United States)

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Pediatric Clinic Simulation for Nurse Practitioner Students.

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Texas A&M Health Science Center - (Houston, Texas, United States)

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ONE in Diversity: Obtaining Nursing Excellence in Diversity.

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Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States)

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Texas A&M Health Science Center; School Of Nursing; 1359 TAMUS

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Southwest Rural Health Research Center, College Of Nursing, School Of Public Health Better Rural Health