Lydia Garcia-Usry, RN, MSN, PHN, DNP

Instructor School of Nursing

Office Location: High Desert Regional Campus, Victorville Room #200A

Lydia Garcia-Usry is an instructor at the High Desert Regional Center for Azusa Pacific University since August 2014. She is a life long resident of Victor Valley. She is committed to public health needs and resources of the Victor Valley area that has grown from a small town community to a community of diverse populations. Some specific community needs include homelessness, childhood obesity, and other chronic diseases. Garcia-Usry believes population health is important for nursing students to understand how to keep their clients healthy in an environment that they live in. She believes keeping family health is important to sustain a healthy community.

Education

MSN, University of Phoenix, 2008
BSN, California State University-Dominguez Hills, 1989
ADN, Victor Valley Community College, 1978

Credentials/Certifications

California-PHN

Academic Area

School of Nursing

Expertise

Health Education
Population Health
Community Health

Courses Taught

UNRS 382 – Community Health Nursing
UNRS 384 – Urban/Rural Health Nursing
RNRS 449 – Theory and Practice in Community Health Settings
RNRS 479 – Population Health
RNRS 272 – Professional Concepts in Nursing
UNRS 270 – Professional Concepts in Nursing
GNRS 503 – Cultural Competency in Health Care