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Robin Arends

Robin Arends

Title

APRN Program Director (Sioux Falls)

Office Building

Off-Campus

Mailing Address

SDSU Nursing - Sioux Falls
2300 Career Ave Ste 260, Room 273
Sioux Falls, SD 57107

Biography

Dr. Arends graduated from Briar Cliff University in 2001 with a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing degree. She worked as a registered nurse in the critical care unit at Sanford Medical Center. She graduated from South Dakota State University with her Masters of Science in the family nurse specialization in 2008 and with her Doctor of Nursing Practice in 2014. In 2021, she graduated from South Dakota State University with her post-graduate certificate as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. She has worked as a family nurse practitioner at Falls Community Health, and more recently, at Avera eCare in the eCare Senior Care Program. She taught at the University of South Dakota in the Associate of Nursing program from 2005- 2008. She began teaching at South Dakota State University in 2011.

Education

  • B.S.N. | Briar Cliff University | 2001
  • M.S. in the family nurse practitioner track | South Dakota State University | 2008
  • D.N.P. | South Dakota State University | 2014
  • Post-graduate certificate in the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner specialization | 2021

Academic Interests

  • Curriculum development
  • Telehealth
  • Family practice
  • Mental health

Academic Responsibilities

  • APRN program director
  • Graduate Nursing courses
  • DNP Project courses

Committees and Professional Memberships

Committees

  • APRN Sub-Committee
  • Academic Assessment and Evaluation Sub-Committee

Professional Memberships

  • Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association 
  • American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board
  • National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties 
  • American Nurses Association 
  • South Dakota Nurses Association 
  • Nurse Practitioner Association of South Dakota 
  • American Association of Nurse Practitioners 
  • Golden Key Honor Society 
  • Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
  • Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society

Awards and Honors

  • 2022, Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing
  • 2017, Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners
  • 2014, Leadership Program through the American Association of Nurse Practitioners
  • 2014, Faculty Policy Intensive through the American Association of Colleges of Nursing

Grants

  • Arends R. Diabetic Nutrition Education Intervention for Low-Income Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. Sigma Theta Tau-Phi Chapter, 2013, $500.
  • Arends, R. Rural Telehealth: Enhancing the Academic-Practice Partnership for APRN Education. Health Resources and Services Administration. 2015-2018, $1,236,870.
  • Mylant, M., Arends, R. Implementation of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Education for Health Professionals in South Dakota. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. 2015-2018, $546,971.

Patents

  • Arends, R. Gibson, N., Marckstadt, S., Britson, V. Nissen M. Chang, J. and Harming S. (2018). On-line Telehealth Provider Modules.

Work Experience

  • 2015-present, certified nurse practitioner, Avel eCare
  • 2011-present, clinical associate professor, South Dakota State University
  • 2015-2022, executive director, Nurse Practitioner Association of South Dakota
  • 2008-2014, Falls Community Health/Center for Family Medicine
  • 2005-2008, assistant professor, Certified Nurse Practitioner, University of South Dakota
  • 2001-2008, registered nurse, Critical Care Unit, Sanford Medical Center

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