The Valley Foundation School of Nursing
Michelle Hampton is teaching four courses this semester: N128 Evidence Based Practice (RN to BSN Program), N138 Professional Role Development VI (BSN Program), and N148A Senior Preceptorship (BSN Program). Michelle’s clinical specialty is psychiatric-mental health nursing. She is also the DNP Program Coordinator (CSU Northern California Consortium Doctor of Nursing Practice).
Michelle’s research interests include: trauma, racial/ethnic disparities in mental health care, and issues pertaining to doctoral education in nursing such as scholarly writing.
Dorothy Moore is teaching NURS 125 Adult Care Management II, NURS 251 FNP Theory II, NURS 200 Health Promotion and Systems Population Based Practice, and NURS 591 Curriculum Development, which is in the Fresno State/San Jose State DNP program.
Dorothy was a part time lecturer at California State University at East Bay for several years. “I also worked part time as an FNP at Work It, an opioid treatment clinic. That’s a lot of part time and I’m glad to be full time now at SJSU,” says Dorothy.
Dorothy’s research area is opioid addiction: nurse practitioners using suboxone to treat patients with opioid use disorder; stigma around addiction and MAT (medically assisted treatment).
April Wood is currently teaching in the undergraduate nursing program at SJSU. She teaches N23 Pathophysiology and N44 Care of the Adult I clinical at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center.
April has nearly 30 years of clinical experience in nursing in the areas of oncology, general medicine/surgery, emergency care, college health, neurosciences, and still works as an infusion/immunotherapy nurse one day per week. She also has 10 years of teaching and administrative experience in nursing academia in associate degree and baccalaureate degree programs.
April’s research area is clinical simulation, exploring levels of student engagement and transfer of knowledge before, during and after observing a clinical simulation scenario. April’s research also includes cross-cultural health beliefs and practices, especially as they relate to the lifelong care of children and adults with developmental disabilities such as autism.