Biography
Dr. Sarah Campbell has been a registered nurse for over 22 years and spent the first decade of her nursing career in the acute setting, caring for complex patients with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and chronic kidney disease. Early in her career she developed a passion for patient education and led a team of nurses to develop and standardize patient education for patients with Heart Failure. Campbell attended UC Irvine and graduated from the master’s Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Program in 2011. She spent the first six years of her career as an FNP in a thriving Internal Medicine practice, caring for complex patients. She particularly enjoyed seeing multiple generations from one family which allowed her to identify familial patterns and understand their culture, lifestyle, relationships, and unique needs. Campbell joined UCI in 2018 and teaches in the DNP program. She is part of the Faculty Practice in the School and practices clinically on campus at the Student Health Center. She obtained her Doctor of Nursing practice from The Ohio State University. Her doctoral project was titled “MINDSTRONG, a CBT-based intervention for pre-licensure nursing students to reduce stress, anxiety and depression,” and was chaired by Bernadette Melnyk, the Dean of the College of Nursing and Chief Wellness office of OSU.
Research Interests
Geriatrics, health promotion and disease prevention, chronic disease management, integrative approaches to patient care, and the use of shared-decision making to engage patients in self-care.
Education
DNP, The Ohio State University, 2021
MS, University of California, Irvine, 2011, Nursing
BS, California State University, Fullerton, 2007, Nursing
AS, Modesto Junior College, 2000, Nursing
Honors and Awards
- 2021 Dean’s Honoree Teaching Excellence Award
- 2020 “Faculty of The Year,” awarded by the MEPN Graduating Class of 2020
- 2015 Excellent Preceptor Award, MSN Program at UC Irvine
- 2007 Excellence in performance Improvement for CHF, St. Joseph Hospital
- 2006 Nominee for Values in Action for Excellence, St. Joseph Hospital
