Susanne Phillips – UCI Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing

Biography

Dr. Susanne Phillips has been a registered nurse for over 30 years and spent the first part of her nursing career in the acute setting, caring for patients across the lifespan in the emergency care unit in Southern California. That experience led her back to California State University Long Beach to complete a Master of Science degree in Nursing with a Family Nurse Practitioner concentration. From there she served Orange County’s most vulnerable populations at two community clinics before starting a nurse-managed health care center, Pacific Family Wellness Center in Irvine, California. In 1998, she joined the faculty at the UCI Post-Master’s Family Nurse Practitioner Program, educating nurse practitioner students within the Department of Family Medicine. Throughout her career as an educator and a family nurse practitioner, she has been directly involved in the development and implementation of the UCI Program in Nursing Science, now the Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing. She teaches across the nursing programs at UCI, with a specialization in Health Policy and Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice. She has taught applied and advanced pharmacology over her 25-year service at UCI as well as most courses in the Family Nurse Practitioner concentration and DNP Program. From 2005 – 2009, Dr. Phillips served as a member of the California Board of Registered Nursing, serving as Vice President and President of the Board during that time. She graduated with a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree from Yale University School of Nursing in Leadership and Policy and has numerous academic awards and publications. She is passionate about educating compassionate, humanistic nursing care providers.

Research Interests

Health Policy, Scope of Practice, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, Nurse-Managed Health Centers, APRN Education, Women's Health, APRN Prescribing

Education

DNP, Yale University, 2015
MSN, California State University, Long Beach, 1996, Nursing
FNP, California State University, Long Beach, 1996
BS, California State University, Long Beach, 1992, Nursing

Honors and Awards

2024 National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculty, Policy Award
2023 Distinguished Educator Award, Greater Irvine Chamber
2022 Hero of the Pandemic Service to Humanity Award, Celebration of Heroes, Orange County
2020 UC Irvine Dean’s Honoree for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
2019 Fellow, American Academy of Nursing
2019 Readers’ Choice Top 6 Women in Healthcare, Orange County Coast Magazine
2018 American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors Bronze Award: Best Legislative/Government Article Category: 29th Annual Legislative Update, January 2017, The Nurse Practitioner.
2017 Fellow, American Association of Nurse Practitioners
2017 American Association of Nurse Practitioners State Award for Excellence, Policy
2016 UC Irvine Program in Nursing Science MS/NP Program Faculty of the Year
2014 Association of California Nurse Leaders Paul Wafer-Alpha Associates Scholarship Recipient
2014 American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors Silver Award for Best Legislative / Government Article for the 25th Annual Legislative Update, January 2013, The Nurse Practitioner
2013 Associates for the Advancement in Nursing Science & Research, Nursing Education Award
2011 California Association for Nurse Practitioners’ Nurse Practitioner of Distinction
2008 UCI FNP Program Faculty of the Year
2007 UCI FNP Program Faculty of the Year
2007 American College of Nurse Midwives Excellence in Teaching Award
2006 American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors Gold Award for Best Legislative Feature for the Legislative Update
2000 California Association for Nurse Practitioners’ Nurse Practitioner of Distinction
2002 American Academy of Nurse Practitioners State Award for Excellence

Publications

Phillips, S. (2022, January). 34th Annual APRN Legislative Update: Trends in APRN practice authority during the COVID-19 global pandemic. The Nurse Practitioner. Vol. 47(1).
Phillips, S. (2021, November). Transition to Practice for California’s Nurse Practitioners: Lessons from Other States. California Healthcare Foundation. https://www.chcf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/TransitionPracticeNPsLessonsOtherStates.pdf
Phillips, S. (2021, January). 33rd Annual APRN Legislative Update: Unprecedented changes to APRN practice authority in unprecedented times. The Nurse Practitioner. Vol. 46(1).
Phillips, S. (2020, January). 32nd Annual APRN Legislative Update: Improving access to high-quality, safe, and effective healthcare. The Nurse Practitioner. Vol. 45(1).
Lee, C. T., Phillips, S., Tiso, S., & Fitzpatrick, C. (2019, July). Exploring interpersonal relationships in a nurse-managed clinic and their impact on clinical outcomes. Sage Open, 9(3). Retrieved from https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2158244019858436
Phillips, S. (2019). The future of health promotion and disease prevention in clinical practice. In J. Coviello (Ed.), Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice, 3rd Ed. (pp. 610 – 617). City, State: Wolters Kluwer.
Phillips, S. (2019, January). 31st Annual APRN Legislative Update: Improving state practice authority and access to care. The Nurse Practitioner. Vol. 44(1).
Guo, Y., Rousseau, J., Renno, P., Kehoe, P., Daviss, M., Flores, S., Saunders, K., Phillips, S., Chin, M., & Evangelista, E. (2018). Feasibility of an emotional health curriculum for elementary school students in an underserved Hispanic community. Journal of Child Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing. Doi: 10.1111/jcap.12185.
Phillips, S. (2018). Marketing and negotiation. In M. F. Tracy & E. T. O’Grady (Eds.), Hamric and Hanson’s Advanced Practice Nursing: An integrative approach, 6th Ed. (pp. 523 – 546). St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier.
Phillips, S. (2018, January). 30th Annual APRN Legislative Update. The Nurse Practitioner. Vol. 43(1).
Guo, Y., Rousseau, J., Renno, P., Kehoe, P., Daviss, M., Flores, S., Saunders, K., Phillips, S., Chen, I., Ng, H., & Evangelista, E. (2017). Hispanic mothers’ experiences with school-based emotional health curriculum and perspectives of their own mental health needs. Issues in Mental Health Nursing. Doi: 10.1080/01612840.2017.1386745.
Phillips, S. (2013, January). 25th Annual Legislative Update: Evidence based practice reforms improve access to APRN care. The Nurse Practitioner. Vol. 38(1).
Guo, Y., Rousseau, J., *Hsu, A., Kehoe, P., Daviss, M., Flores, S., Renno, P., Saunders, K., Phillips, S., & Evangelista, L.S. (2017, September). Emotional and behavioral health needs in elementary school students in an underserved Hispanic Community. Journal of School Nursing. doi: 10.1177/1059840517726857.
Phillips, S. (2017, January). 29th Annual Legislative Update: Advancements continue for APRN practice. The Nurse Practitioner. Vol. 42(1).
Phillips, S. (2016, January). 28th Annual Legislative Update: Advancements continue for APRN practice. The Nurse Practitioner. Vol. 41(1).
Phillips, S. (2015, January). 27th Annual APRN Legislative Update: Advancements continue for APRN practice. Nurse Practitioner. Vol. 40(1).
Deck, K., Haney, B., Fitzpatrick, C., Phillips, S. and Tiso, S. (2014). Prescription for Obesity: Eat Less and Move More. Is It Really That Simple? Open Journal of Nursing, 4, 656-662. doi: 10.4236/ojn.2014.49069
Phillips, S. (2012, January). 24th Annual Legislative Update: APRN consensus model implementation and planning. The Nurse Practitioner. Vol. 37(1).
Phillips, S., Lie, D., Encinas, J., Ahearn, C., and Tiso, S. (2011). Effective Use of Interpreters by Family Nurse Practitioner Students: Is Didactic Curriculum Enough? Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Vol. 23(5).
Phillips, S. (2011, January). 23rd Annual Legislative Update: A comprehensive look at the legislative issues affecting advanced nursing practice. The Nurse Practitioner. Vol. 36(1).
Phillips, S. (2010, January). 22nd Annual Legislative Update: A comprehensive look at the legislative issues affecting advanced nursing practice. The Nurse Practitioner. Vol. 35(1).
Knudtson, M., Tiso, S., and Phillips, S. (2009, September). Human Papillomavirus and the HPV Vaccine: Are the benefits worth the risks? Nursing Clinics of North America. Vol. 44(3).
Phillips, S. (2014, January). 26th Annual Legislative Update: Progress for APRN authority to practice. The Nurse Practitioner. Vol. 39(1).
Phillips, S. (2009, January). 21st Annual Legislative Update: A comprehensive look at the legislative issues affecting advanced nursing practice. The Nurse Practitioner. Vol. 34(1).
Phillips, S. (2008, January). 20th Annual Legislative Update: A comprehensive look at the legislative issues affecting advanced nursing practice. The Nurse Practitioner. Vol. 33(1).
Bimbela, A., and Phillips, S. (2007). Physicians: What you need to know to work with a nurse practitioner (1st. Edition), Santa Barbara: Bimbela Publishing. http://www.npfreebies.com/Nurse_Practitioner_Download_Forms_and_Resources.htm
Bimbela, A., Phillips, S. J. & Hope, J. (2007). Nurse practitioners: What you need to know to practice in primary care/family practice (1st Edition). Santa Barbara: Bimbela Publishing. http://www.npfreebies.com/Nurse_Practitioner_Download_Forms_and_Resources.htm
Phillips, S. (2007, January). 19th Annual Legislative Update: A comprehensive look at the legislative issues affecting advanced nursing practice. The Nurse Practitioner. Vol. 32 (1), 14-47.
Phillips, S. (2006, January). 18th Annual Legislative Update: A comprehensive look at the legislative issues affecting advance nursing practice. The Nurse Practitioners. Vol. 31(1), 6-8, 11-17, 21-28.
Phillips, S. (2005, January). 17th Annual Legislative Update: A comprehensive look at the legislative issues for advanced practice nursing. The Nurse Practitioner. Vol. 30(1), 14-47.
Lithgow, D. and Phillips, S. (2003, May-June). Abnormal Pap Test Results. Oncology Nursing Forum. Vol. 30(3), 375-6.
Phillips, S. (2002, October). California NPs claim pharmaceutical victory. The Nurse Practitioner. Vol. 27(10), 25.
Phillips, S. J. (2001). Endocrine Disorders. In S. Nettina & M. Knudtson (Eds.), Family nurse practitioner: Review and resource manual (p.p. 457-490). District of Columbia: American Nurses Credentialing Center.