Title: Meet Your Faculty
Course: HEALTH ASSESSMENT 80FA20 > Section: Module 0 -- Getting Started (August 19-23)

Aprel Ventura
Contact Info

Email: aventura@nwmissouri.edu
Telephone: (910) 774-3760 (Cell)

Office Hours:  By appointment.  Please email me to set up a time to meet. We can chat via phone or video conference via Zoom.

You can expect a reply to emails within 24 hours except on weekends and campus holidays when it may be slightly longer.

Faculty Bio - Dr. Ventura

My name is Aprel Ventura and I am the course faculty for NURS 01-411, Health Assessment. I wanted to share a little about my background with you all. I have been a nurse for 20 years. I graduated from an Associate Degree Program and began my nursing practice in an Intermediate Care Unit. I quickly decided that I wanted to pursue a baccalaureate degree and entered into an RN-BSN program 6 months after graduation from my ADN program and graduated from UNC Pembroke in 2002. I completed a Master’s of Science in Nursing Education in from Duke University in 2008 (Go Blue Devils!) and began working in an associate degree nursing program. I worked in an ADN program for 5 years before moving to the university level. During that time, I became a Certified Nurse Educator (CNE).  I have worked at the university level with generic nursing students as well as RN-BSN students for the last 8 years in Nutrition, Community Health, Fundamentals, Capstone, Research and Health Assessment. In addition to teaching, I worked in Home Health for 14 years and really love the role of Home Health nurse. I officially "retired" from home health in October 2018, although I do miss the interactions with the patients. Most recently, I completed my PhD in Nursing from East Carolina University (Go Pirates!) in December 2017. My research interests include cardiovascular care and communication. On a personal note, I live in North Carolina with my husband Brandon of 11 years and my 9 month old son, Wyatt. We also have 2 dogs and 1 cat. I look forward to working with each of you this semester.

Regards,

Dr. Ventura