David Smith DNP, RN

School of Nursing

 Director of Coordination Graduate Online 

EDUCATION:

● Grand Canyon University (2020)

● Wilkes University (2017)

● Jacksonville State University (2012)

● Excelsior College (2010)

BIOGRAPHY: I have been a faculty member and clinical director for online graduate nursing at Hawaii Pacific University since 2020. Prior to becoming a faculty at Hawaii Pacific University, I was the simulation director at Fortis Institute in Pensacola, FL. I obtained my Doctor of Nursing Practice from Grand Canyon University in 2020.

TEACHING INTERESTS: My teaching interests include mental health nursing, nursing simulation, and emergency nursing. My doctoral project focused on reducing falls on a medical-surgical unit by utilizing hourly rounding.

RESEARCH / SCHOLARSHIP INTERESTS:

· Emergency Nursing

· Simulation

· Evidence-based practice

· Mental health nursing

· Violence in nursing

AREAS OF SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE:

· Mental Health Nursing

· Emergency Nursing

· Nursing Simulation

· Nursing Education