Susan Bonnell, PhD(c), APRN
Clinical Associate Professor
Email: sbonnell@sandiego.edu

Susan Bonnell, is a Clinical Associate Professor, teaching in the Advanced Practice Nursing Program. She completed her MSN degree in 2002, and plans to complete her PhD in the fall 2009 at the University of San Diego. She is a certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner by the Pediatric National Certification Board and practices part-time in pediatric primary care and at the newborn nursery service at UCSD. In addition to her teaching role at USD, she is the Simulation Coordinator for the APN program. Her research interests include empowerment of families with special needs and childhood obesity, focusing on providing services for those families with low-incomes. In addition, she is researching the use of standardized patients to improve clinical competencies among advance practice nurses. She works in the Dominican Republic with displaced Dominican and Haitians, along with MEPN and APN students, to provide pediatric services and education.