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Robin Arends

Robin Arends

Title

APRN Program Director (Sioux Falls)

Office Building

Off-Campus

Mailing Address

SDSU Nursing - Sioux Falls
2300 Career Ave Ste 260, Room 273
Sioux Falls, SD 57107

Biography

Dr. Arends graduated from Briar Cliff University in 2001 with a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing degree. She worked as a registered nurse in the critical care unit at Sanford Medical Center. She graduated from South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University with her Masters of Science in the family nurse specialization in 2008 and with her Doctor of Nursing Practice in 2014. In 2021, she graduated from South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University with her post-graduate certificate as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. She has worked as a family nurse practitioner at Falls Community Health, and more recently, at Avera eCare in the eCare Senior Care Program. She taught at the University of South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã in the Associate of Nursing program from 2005- 2008. She began teaching at South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University in the family nurse practitioner program in 2011.

Education

  • B.S.N. | Briar Cliff University | 2001
  • M.S. in the family nurse practitioner track | South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University | 2008
  • D.N.P. | South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University | 2014
  • Post-graduate certificate in the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner specialization | 2021

Academic Interests

  • Curriculum development
  • Telehealth
  • Family practice
  • Mental health

Academic Responsibilities

  • APRN program director
  • Graduate APRN practicum courses
  • DNP project courses
  • Graduate pharmacology

Committees and Professional Memberships

Committees

  • APRN Sub-Committee
  • Academic Assessment and Evaluation Sub-Committee

Professional Memberships

  • Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association 
  • Avera McKennan Advanced Practice Provider Council 
  • American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program
    • Family Nurse Practitioner Item Test Writer
  • National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties 
  • American Nurses Association 
  • South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Nurses Association 
  • Nurse Practitioner Association of South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã 
  • American Association of Nurse Practitioners 
  • Golden Key Honor Society 
  • Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
  • Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society

à£à£Ö±²¥Ðãs and Honors

  • 2022, Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing
  • 2017, Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners
  • 2014, Leadership Program through the American Association of Nurse Practitioners
  • 2014, Faculty Policy Intensive through the American Association of Colleges of Nursing

Grants

  • Arends R. Diabetic Nutrition Education Intervention for Low-Income Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. Sigma Theta Tau-Phi Chapter, 2013, $500.
  • Arends, R. Rural Telehealth: Enhancing the Academic-Practice Partnership for APRN Education. Health Resources and Services Administration. 2015-2018, $1,236,870.
  • Mylant, M., Arends, R. Implementation of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Education for Health Professionals in South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. 2015-2018, $546,971.

Patents

  • Arends, R. Gibson, N., Marckstadt, S., Britson, V. Nissen M. Chang, J. and Harming S. (2018). On-line Telehealth Provider Modules.

Work Experience

  • 2015-present, certified nurse practitioner, Avel eCare
  • 2011-present, clinical associate professor, South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University
  • 2015-2022, executive director, Nurse Practitioner Association of South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã
  • 2008-2014, Falls Community Health/Center for Family Medicine
  • 2005-2008, assistant professor, Certified Nurse Practitioner, University of South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã
  • 2001-2008, registered nurse, Critical Care Unit, Sanford Medical Center

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