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Tonya Carter

Tonya Carter

Adjunct Lecturer

Tonya is a true Tar Heel fan and native of Fayetteville, NC.  After graduating with her ADN she started working as a staff nurse in a local Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit.  Over a 9 year period she has gained much experience taking care of the critically ill and became certified as a Critical Care Registered Nurse through the American Association of Critical Care Nurses. She received her MSN and became certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner in 2015.  Currently she works as a NP with a Critical Care Intensivist Team at a tertiary teaching hospital.

Education

PhD, Duke University

MSN FNP-C, UNC Chapel Hill

BSN, UNC Chapel Hill

ADN, Fayetteville Technical Community College

BA, Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Research Interests

Ms. Carter's research interest include: use of advanced practice providers in critical care medicine, cardiovascular critical care outcomes, advanced heart failure and transplantation, and mechanical circulatory support.

Honors, Awards, and Grants

Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship (AENT) Recipient, 2013-2014 and 2014-2015

Great 100 Nurses of North Carolina Scholarship Recipient, 2014

DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses, 2014

Professional Experiences and Memberships

Professional Experience

Certified Family Nurse Practitioner, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN), American Association of Critical Care Nurses

Fundamental Critical Care Support Provider, Society of Critical Care Medicine

Completion of Nurse Educator Education Development (NEED) Program, East Carolina University  

Extensive clinical experience as critical care provider in postop care of critical ill to include: Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery patients, Pulmonary and Cardiac Transplantation, Structural Heart Disease (Transaortic Valve Replacement, MitraClip), and Mechanical Circulatory Support (temporary and durable LVAD and ECMO)

Professional Memberships

2020-Present   Fayetteville State University Omega Psi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International, member

                              Sigma Theta Tau International, member

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

American Association of Critical Care Nurses

Society of Critical Care Medicine

North Carolina Nurses Association