Karen French, DNP, FNP-C, RN

Department Chair Advanced Practice Registered Nursing, MSN and Associate Professor

Fax: (909) 383-6892

Office Location: Building One, Room #318

Karen French, DNP, FNP-C, RN, enjoys leading and teaching in the Advanced Practice in Nursing Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program. She engages in both the didactic and clinical courses. She is the APRN chair and loves being an active family nurse practitioner. Recently, she has practiced in a private practice setting, focusing on promoting health and addressing primary healthcare needs in a family practice office.

Her current area of practice is in GI and hepatology. Her area of scholarship and publications are focused on osteoporosis and increasing screening in high-risk populations and the impact of liver disease with osteoporosis. Her acute clinical background was in critical care, open-heart ICU, school nursing, and home healthcare for high risk infants.

Education

DNP, Western University of Health Sciences, 2019
MSN, Azusa Pacific University with FNP certification, 2008
BSN, Azusa Pacific University, 1984

Credentials/Certifications

Registered Nurse: Board of Registered Nursing State of California
Family Nurse Practitioner: Board of Registered Nursing State of California
Furnishing License for Nurse Practitioner: Board of Registered Nursing
American Academy of Nurse Practitioner National Certification
Drug Enforcement Agency number: US Drug Enforcement Administration

Academic Area

School of Nursing

Expertise

Health Promotion
Osteoporosis
Faith Integration
Chronic Care Management
Diabetes

Courses Taught

GNRS 513 – Advanced Nursing Practice Role
GNRS 513 – Advanced Practice Role of the Nurse (theory)
GNRS 589 – Adolescent Health Care (Practicum and Theory)
GNRS 592A – Primary Health Care of the Adult and Aging Family (Practicum and Theory)
GNRS 601 – Primary Healthcare I: Adult and Aging (Practicum and Theory)
GNRS 615 – APRN Intensive I
GNRS 616 – APRN Intensive II