Looking Back to Advance Equity in Psychiatric Nursing: Strategies for the Classroom and for Practice

Katherine Pfeiffer1, Shaquita Starks, Aparna Kumar

  • 1About the Authors The authors are faculty at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. Katherine Pfeiffer, DNP, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, PMHNP-BC, is an assistant professor, clinical. Shaquita Starks, PhD, APRN, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC, is an assistant professor, clinical. Aparna Kumar, PhD, MPH, MSN, PMHNP-BC, is an associate professor, clinical, with a joint appointment, Mental Health Program (The Carter Center). Avi Wofsy, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC, is visiting scholar. Kalisha Bonds Johnson, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC, is a research assistant professor, tenure track. Kylie Smith, PhD, is associate professor and director, Center for Healthcare History and Policy, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, and associate faculty, Emory University Department of History. For more information, contact Dr. Pfeiffer at Kpfeiff@emory.edu .

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