Christine Joy Phongdara

Program Director, Entry Level Master's Program at Inland Empire Regional Campus and Associate Professor

Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, 208 H

Joy Phongdara graduated from the Traditional Undergraduate Nursing Program at Azusa Pacific University with a BSN. She completed her Women's Health Nurse Practitioner training from Harbor-UCLA and went on to obtain her MSN from California State University, Long Beach. She has been teaching for Azusa Pacific University since 2012 both in the undergraduate and graduate programs. She continues to practice as a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner in the community.
Phongdara enjoys working with students and mentoring them through their nursing school journey. Teaching gives her the opportunity to share her passion for obstetric and gynecologic nursing while raising awareness about ethical issues facing this population.

Education

MSN, California State University, Long Beach, 2004
BSN, Azusa Pacific University, 1994

Credentials/Certifications

Women's Health Nurse Practitioner

Academic Area

School of Nursing

Expertise

Obstetrics
Women's Health

Courses Taught

GNRS 500 — Conceptual Foundations of Professional Nursing
GNRS 575 — Nursing Care in Maternal, Newborn, and Women's Health
GNRS 573 — Clinical Residency
GNRS 571 — International Nursing