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Amy E. Dark, DNP, MSN-PH, BA, RN

School Nurse
    


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Amy E. Dark DNP, MSN-PH, BA, RN, currently serves as a Nursing Education and Practice Specialist at NASN and practiced school nursing in Rhode Island for 16 years. She served on NASN's Board of Directors (2019-2024), Executive Committee (2021-2023), and chaired the NASN Ethics Committee. She currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Maine Association of School Nurses as the Amanda Rowe Scholarship chair. Amy is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, the International Honor Society of Nursing, a certified K-12 health educator, and completed the year long School Health Leadership Program through Northeastern University School Health Academy in 2022.  Amy channeled her passion for school nursing, public health promotion, and vaccine advocacy by completing the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)-Quality Improvement and Leadership program at the University of New Hampshire in December, 2024. Her DNP scholarly project focused on the role of the school nurse in Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine hesitancy. Amy is excited to work with NASN to provide education programs and resources for school nurse colleagues.

Education

University of New Hampshire
Durham, New Hampshire, United States
Doctor of Nursing Practice-Leadership and QI, 2024
Nursing
2023 To 2024
Dissertation: Assessing Barriers and Facilitators to School Nurse Recommendations of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination
Advisor: Patricia Endsley, PhD, RN and Emily Messerli, DNP, RN

Rhode Island College
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Master of Science in Nursing, 2023
Population and Public Health Nursing
2021 To 2023
Dissertation: The Role of the School Nurse in Reducing Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine Hesitancy
Advisor: Linda Mendonca, DNP, MEd, RN, NCSN, PHNA-BC, FNASN

University of Rhode Island
Kingston, Rhode Island, United States
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, 2021
Nursing
2020 To 2021

Community College of Rhode Island
Lincoln, Rhode Island, United States
ADN, 2004
Nursing
2002 To 2004

University of Rhode Island
Kingston, Rhode Island, United States
BA, 1991
Political Science
1987 To 1991

Job History

Nursing Education and Practice Specialist
Silver Spring, MD, United States
June 2024 - present

School Nurse Teacher
Glocester, RI, United States
February 2013 - January 2023