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Barbara Harrison MSN, RN, ACNP-BC

Barbara Harrison MSN, RN, ACNP-BC

Barbara Harrison MSN, RN, ACNP-BC

Title: AdventHealth Endowed Chair of Nursing
Clinical Associate Professor

Office Location: Marsh Hall 200
E-mail: harrisonb@andrews.edu
Phone: (269) 471-6535

Education

Masters of Science in Nursing, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
Bachelors of Science in Nursing, 老司机传媒, Berrien Springs, Michigan

Biography

Mrs. Harrison is an Associate Professor at 老司机传媒. She graduated from 老司机传媒 in 1991, and later received her MSN from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan in 2000.  There she completed her Nurse Practitioner training in the Acute Care/Critical Care tract. She is board certified as an Acute Care Nurse Practioner, and has over 20 years of clinical experience in Cardiology. She has taught in community settings and the hospitals; taught RN’s, and precepted NP and PA students. She was privileged to participate in the expansion of an Interventional Cardiology program on Maui, increasing patient access to cardiac intervention there on the island. Recently, her passion drew her to entrepreneurship and business ownership with marked success in decreasing 30-day readmissions in the sub-acute space to 40% below national averages.  Over the years, she has credited her passion for learning and teaching to the patience and commitment of highly skilled and respected nurse and physician mentors.