Biosketch

Debra A. Allan Danforth, MS, ARNP, FAANP, is the director of the Charlotte E. Maguire, M.D. and TMH Center for Clinical Skills and Simulation Center and associate professor at Florida State University College of Medicine. In addition, she is an adult nurse practitioner at Neighborhood Health, where her clinical practice focuses on the primary care of African-American and Hispanic adults. She also is an instructor at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU), College of Pharmacy. She is recipient of the Woman in Red 2006, AANP State Award of Excellence 2004, Delta Beta Excellence in Leadership award 2002 and was chosen for the Sigma Theta Tau International Omada Mentee for 2005-2007 (a leadership mentorship), was FAMU Teacher of the Year 2005, became a fellow of the AANP in 2005, and is an STTI Virginia Henderson and Billye Brown Fellow. Ms. Danforth is currently the secretary, and is a past president, of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Foundation Board of Directors. She is currently the Florida Nurse Practitioner Network legislative chair. In the past, she has been a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners nominating committee, president of the Tallahassee Council of Advanced Practice Nurses, and a reviewer for the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Foundation Scholarship & Grant Program. She has presented regionally, nationally and internationally on topics including OSCEs (objective structured clinical examinations), diabetes, hypertension, self-esteem in chemically impaired nurses, basic and advanced electrocardiography, adolescent in sex and how to use the panoptic ophthalmoscope and macroview otoscope. She has also published articles and book chapters. Currently, she is an editor of Smart Ideas and reviewer for HESI, Elsevier and FA Davis.

Education

Institution Year Degree Field Texas Woman’s University 2004- PhD Nursing Houston, Texas University of South Florida 1995 MS Nursing Tampa, Florida Adult Health Nurse Practitioner Nursing Education University of South Florida 1988 BS Nursing Tampa, Florida Indiana University 1983-1986 Pre-Nursing Bloomington, Indiana

Service

AANP Foundation Board secretary EMS Chair ASPE Education committee member

Honors/Awards

2006 Honored at AANP National Conference as Outstanding NP by Health Monitor 2006 Tallahassee Memorial Hospital Woman in Red for 2006 2005 Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (FAANP) 2005 Florida A&M University Teacher of the Year 2005 Council of Advanced Practice Nurses Past President Recognition 2005 Sigma Theta Tau, International Omada Board Mentoring Program Mentee 2004 American Academy of Nurse Practitioners State Award of Excellence for Nurse Practitioners 2004 American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Health Policy Leadership 2002 Delta Beta Chapter-at-Large Excellence in Leadership Award 2002 Delta Beta Chapter-at-Large Past President Recognition 2001 Delta Beta Chapter-at-Large for Outstanding Service 1999 Sigma Theta Tau International, Region 7 Recognition of Service 1996 USF Alumni Award for Outstanding Service to College and Community(Grad) 1996 Who’s Who in Nursing 1995 Sigma Theta Tau, Delta Beta Excellence in Nursing Education Award 1988 Scholastic All-American Achievement Award 1988 National Collegiate Nursing Award 1988 National Dean's List 1988 USF Dean's List 1986-88 USF Honor Student

Memberships

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Association of Standardized Patients Council of Advanced Practice Nurses Florida Nurse Practitioner Network National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health Sigma Theta Tau, Delta Beta Chapter at Large and Rho Kappa Golden Key Honour Society Phi Kappa Phi

Research Focus

Women's Health Obesity

Publications

Danforth, D. (2008). Red Eye: What to do when the “eyes” have it. Clinical Advisor 11(8), 33-40. Danforth, D. (2008). In HESI Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN Examination 2nd edition. St. Louis: Elsevier. Smith, G. B. & Danforth, D. A. (1998). Persons living with HIV disease and AIDS. In G. A. Glod (ed.) Psychiatric nursing: A psychological approach. (pp. 604-619)New York: F.A. Davis. Smith, G., Danforth, D. A., & Owens, P. (1994). Role restructuring: Nurse, case manager, and educator. Nursing Administration Quarterly, 19(1), 21-32.