Mirella Vasquez Brooks
Mirella Vasquez Brooks, PhD, FNP-BC, APRN
Assistant Professor
Director of the Family Nurse Practitioner Program
Clinical Placement Coordinator
Contact Information:
School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene
University of Hawaii, Manoa
2528 McCarthy Mall, Webster Hall 224
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
phone: (808) 956-3269
fax: (808) 956-3257
Email: vasquez@hawaii.edu
AAS, Manhattan Community College, 1983; BS, University of Hawaii,1996; MSN University of Hawaii,1998; PhD, University of Hawaii, 2005.Clinical Area of Focus: family nurse practitioner
Currently, I am working as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse at Kapiolani Medical Center as a Research Nurse Coordinator/Family Nurse Practitioner specializing in hematology. My research interests are chronic illness, women’s health and genetics. My previous nursing experience consists of 22 years as a registered nurse in the areas of Intensive Care Nursing, Cardiac Care, Emergency and Trauma Nursing, Hospice Care, Organ and Tissue Donation and Nursing Research. I was born and raised in New York City. I am married; enjoy traveling, scuba diving and tennis.
Teaching topics: Chronic Illness Management, Methods & Measurement in Nursing Research, Adult Health Nursing I and II and Nursing Fundamentals.
Selected Awards and Publications:
Should a Doctorate be Required to Teach Nurse Practitioner Students? The Journal for Nurse Practitioners (2008) in press.
Health Related Hardiness in Individuals with Chronic Illnesses. Clinical Nursing Research (2008) in press.
NAPNAP: Core Review for Primary Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioners. Chapter 47 Hemoglobinopathies Core Review Questions. Elsevier Inc., July 2007.
Our First International Nursing Conference: Chiang Mai, Thailand (2006). International Council of Nurses, International Nursing Review, 53, 92-93.
Von Willebrand Disease An Important Differential for Menorrhagia, Advance Nurse Practitioners, Volume 14, No. 3, August, 2006, 67-68.
Health Related Hardiness & Chronic Illness: A Synthesis of Current Research, Nursing Forum, Volume 38, No. 3, 11-19. July-September 2003.