Karen French, DNP, FNP-C, RN

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Department Chair, MSN Family Nurse Practitioner Program at Azusa and Associate Professor

Phone: (626) 815-5075

Fax: (909) 383-6892

Email: kfrench@apu.edu

Office Location: Building One, Room #317

Karen French, DNP, FNP-C, RN, enjoys teaching in the Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program. She engages in both the didactic and clinical courses. She is the APRN Chair for the MSN and loves being an active family nurse practitioner. Recently, she has practiced in a private practice setting, focusing on promoting health and addressing primary healthcare needs in a family practice office.
Her current area of practice is in GI and Hepatology. Her area of scholarship and publications are focused on osteoporosis and increasing screening in high-risk populations and the impact of liver disease with osteoporosis. Her acute clinical background was in critical care, open-heart ICU, school nursing, and home health care for high risk infants.

Education

  • DNP - Western University of Health Sciences, 2019
  • MSN - Azusa Pacific University with FNP certification, 2008
  • BSN - Azusa Pacific University, 1984

Credentials/Certifications

  • Registered Nurse: Board of Registered Nursing State of California
  • Family Nurse Practitioner: Board of Registered Nursing State of California
  • Furnishing License for Nurse Practitioner: Board of Registered Nursing
  • American Academy of Nurse Practitioner National Certification
  • Drug Enforcement Agency number: US Drug Enforcement Administration

Academic Area

  • School of Nursing

Expertise

  • Health Promotion
  • Osteoporosis
  • Chronic Care Management
  • Diabetes

Courses Taught

  • GNRS 513 – Advanced Nursing Practice
  • GNRS 589 – Adolescent Health Care Didactic and Practicum
  • GNRS 592A - Primary Health Care of the Adult & Aging Population
  • GNRS 592B - Primary Health Care Clinical Practicum