Amanda Barton

DNP, FNP, RN
Family Nurse Practitioner
Assistant Professor
barton@hope.edu

Room 1152 of Science Center
616-395-7537 (office)
616-395-7163 (fax)

Education:

• Doctorate of Nursing Practice - Rush University, College of Nursing
• Family Nurse Practitioner – Columbia University, School of Nursing
• Master of Science in Nursing – University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing – University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing

Professional Experience:

• 2003-Present - Assitant Professor of Nursing - Hope College
• 1998-Present - Family Nurse Practitioner, Lakewood Family Medicine
• 1996-1998 - Nurse Practitioner, Columbia University Health Services
• 1997 - Instructor in Pediatrics, AmeriCares
• 1996 - Nurse Practitioner, Central Asian Development Agency

Profession Interests:

• International Healthcare, orphans and refugees, disater relief
• Nursing Workforce Diversity, recruiting and retaining minority nursing students
• Human Rights
• Interdisciplinary teaching, learning and research
• Faculty Service and the Scholarship of Engagement

Publications:

• Best AA, Dejongh, M, Barton AJ, Brown JR and Barney CC (2007, Fall). Models of Interdisciplinary Research and Service Learning at Hope College. Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly, Volume 28, pages 18 - 23.
• Barton, A. (August/September, 2005). On Meeting Birth Mom: A beginning of reconciliation whose end is unknown and the way unclear. Perspectives.
• Meyer, J. Editor. (1997). The Princeton Review: Cracking the NCLEX-RN. Chapter 12, Oncology; Chapter 13, Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. New York, NY: Random House, Inc.

Honors/Grants/Fellowships:

• February 7, 2008 - Finalist for the Carter Foundation Community Campus Partnership Award. Presented by the Michigan Campus Compact to the Cameroon Project.
• May, 2007 - Sigma Theta Tau, Kappa Epsilon Chapter-At-Large Research Grant. Measuring the Impact of a Clean Water Project in Rural Cameroon.
• February 2007 - National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance Sustainable Vision Grant. Co-Principle Investigators Amanda Barton, nursing; Jeff Brown, Engineering; Susan Cherup, Education.
• 2006 - Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Interdisciplinary Research, Equipment and Supplies for Cameroon, West Africa, Engineering and Nursing
• 2006 - Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Interdisiciplinary Case Study Development for Microbiology and Nursing
• 2006 - CrossRoads Grant, Hope College, Community Health Assessment, Clean Water Project for Cameroon, West Africa
• 2005 - CrossRoads Grant for Alternative Internship for Nursing and Social Work Students, Christ's House, Washington DC
• 2004 - CrossRoads Grant for Alternative Internship for Nursing Students, Rainbows of Hope, Kenya and Guatemala
• 2004 - CrossRoads Grant for Senior Seminar Course Development, Hope College
• 1998-Present - Child Health and Survival Fellow, United States Agency for International Development
• 1995 - Mater's Nurse Traineeship Grant, Federal Health and Human Services Grant

Presentations & Invited Addresses

• Hope College, Vienna Boys Choir dinner for major regional donors. A Model for Interdisciplinary Service Learning in Cameroon: Combining passion, research and calling. October, 25, 2007.
• Hope College, Winter Happenings: Interdisciplinary Research Presentation about baseline and six month health outcomes status post biosand filter construction in Cameroon, Africa. January 27, 2007.
• Hope College, Chapel Service: Vocation and Calling Series. Finding your Passion. November 2006
• Hope College, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Program Fall Celebration: Interdisciplinary Research. September 1, 2006.
• Pre-College Faculty Conference, Hope College: Caring Across Boundaries, August 24, 2006
• Nursing Pinning Celebration, Hope College: Continue to Dream. May 7, 2005.
• Mortar Board Honor Society Induction, Hope College: Live life with passion, purpose and disicipline. April 24, 2005.
• Provosts Lunch, Hope College, CrossRoads Panel Discussion, Pre-Health Professionals Pilot Program Overview, Nov. 2005
• Parent’s Weekend, Hope College, CrossRoads Panel Discussion, Pre-health Professionals Pilot Program Overview, Oct. 2005, Oct 2004.
• Columbia University Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Association, Symposium: Women in Medicine - Doing It All. February 25, 1997.
  

Professional Organizations/Certifications:

• Sigma Theta Tau, member
• Kappa Epsilon Chapter-at-Large, member
• Holland Community Hospital, Affiliate Medical Staff
• Certified by American Nurses Credentialing Center
• American Acedemy of Nurse Practitioners
• Beth Israel Medical Center, Affiliate Medical Staff (1995-1998)
• New York State Coalition of Nurse Practitioners (1995-1998)
• American College Health Association (1996-1998)
  

Personal Interest:

My husband, Adam, and I live in Borculo with our five children. We are members of the South Olive Christian Reformed Church where my husband is the pastor. As a family, we enjoy hiking, going to the beach, camping and reading.

My husband and I were licensed foster parents for many years. We cared for infants and children, especialy those with medical needs, until they can be adopted, cared for by family members or returned to their birth parents.

Former Board President of the Family LIFE Center of West Michigan, a Christian maternity home in Allendale, Michigan.