Professional Vita

Mary Dugan, MS, CS, FNP-BC
Assistant Professor of Nursing

Office Phone: 816-833-0524 ext. 4222
Email: dugan@graceland.edu
Education
  • Family Nurse Practitioner Program University of Missouri - Columbia - 1998
  • Master of Science in Nursing Wayne State University - Detroit, MI - 1982
  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing Eastern Michigan University - Ypsilanti, MI - 1975
Current Certifications
  • PRN - BC (Family Nurse Practitioner) ANCC 1998 - present
  • ACLS Provider (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) AHA 1983 - present
Previous Certifications
  • CCNS (Critical Care Nurse Specialist) ANCC 2000 - 2004
  • CCRN (Certified Critical Care RN) ANCC 1979, 1983 - present (inactive)
Professional Organizations
  • American Nurses Association
  • American Association of Critical Care Nurses
  • American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
  • Holistic Nurses Association
  • Sigma Theta Tau, International Honor Society of Nursing
Employment History
  • 2003 - Present
    Assistant Professor, Graceland University, Independence, MO
      Clinical Instructor BSN students - ICU rotation
      Lead instructor for on-line classes:
      Advanced Health Assessment and Family Theory
      Co-instructor for on-line classes:
      Adult and Pediatric Practicum and Research Project
  • 2003 - Present
    Kansas City Kansas Community College, Kansas City, KS
    Lecture upon request on a variety of Continuing Nursing Education subjects
  • 2002 Preceptor
    University of Missouri, St. Joseph, MO
    Preceptor of Master's student in a Family Nurse Practitioner
    Program for a total of 200 hours
  • 2001 - Present
    Nurse Practitioner
    Aesthetics by Prescription
    Personal business - skin care maintenance and treatment
    Liberty, Missouri
  • 1984 -Present
    Liberty Hospital, Liberty, Missouri
    Bedside care Critical Care/Intensive Care Unit

  • 2005 - Nurse Practitioner Decatur Medical Services
    Primary care provider - families of all ages, Leon, IA
  • 2001 - 2002
    Nurse Practitioner Medical Arts Research Collaborative, LLC
    Physical examination and primary care for research
    participants in pharmaceutical clinical trials
    Excelsior Springs, MO
  • 2001 - 2002 - 2004
    Nurse Practitioner Medical Arts Centers
    Primary care provider - families of all ages,
    Excelsior Springs, MO and Kearney, MO
  • 2003 - Nurse Practitioner - Dr. Jennifer Ashby - Dermatology and Day Spa
    Primary care provider for dermatology patients
    of all ages and skin care spa services, North Kansas City, MO
  • 1998 - 2000
    Nurse Practitioner Saxon Lifetime, Inc
    Primary care provider - in a busy cosmetic surgery practice,
    Liberty,MO
  • 1989 - 2000
    Instructor - William Jewel College, Liberty, MO
    Taught: Medical Surgical Nursing and Pharmacology
    Clinical instruction: Introduction to Nursing Practice,
    Medical Surgical Nursing, Mother-Baby, and Intensive Care Nursing
  • 1983 - Patient and Family Educator, Liberty Hospital, Liberty, MO
    Diabetes and Heart Disease
  • 1982 - 1983- Clinical Nurse Specialist, Chelsea Community Hospital,Chelsea, MI
    Clinical Manager of Intensive Care/Coronary Care

  • 1978 - 1983- Surgical Intensive Care Unit, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI
    Bedside care for trauma, neurosurgery, and cardiothoracic paitents.
  • 1975 - 1976- General Medical Unit, Riverside Osteopathic Hospital, Trenton, MI
    General medical team nursing.

Publications, Papers, and Media
  • 1997- Medivision, Houston, TX
    Collaborated with colleagues in development of the continuing education video for Heath Care professionals:  Initial Assessment, Diagnosis, and Management of the Acute Myocardial Infarction Patient .

Mary Dugan, MS, CS, FNP-BC
Graceland University - 
Independence Campus
| 1401 W. Truman Road |
Independence, MO 64050-3434 |
816.833.0524
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