Biography
Carolyn Jaramillo Montoya, PhD, RN, CPNP, FAAN, FAANP, clinician educator - professor, is the Interim Dean at The University of New Mexico (UNM) College of Nursing. Dr. Montoya served as president of the New Mexico Nurse Practitioner Council, where she worked to achieve successful passage of legislation resulting in full prescriptive authority and independent practice for nurse practitioners in New Mexico. She has also served as president of the American College of Nurse Practitioners, advocating for full-scope practice for all states, and president of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, where she advocated for improving the health of children and families.
Dr. Montoya is currently serving as a member of the US Health and Human Services Rural Health Advisory Committee. She received a 2-year Health and Human Services, Advanced Nursing Education Workforce grant in July 2017 to develop academic-practice partnerships to prepare primary care advanced practice registered nurses to practice in rural and underserved settings. In 2014, Dr. Montoya was selected as a fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and received the Western Institute of Nursing Carol A. Lindeman Award for a New Researcher for her study, 'Children's Self-Perceptions of Weight in a Rural Hispanic Community.' She was inducted as a fellow of the American Academy of Nurses in October 2016 and continues to be involved in child health care policy and policy issues related to scope of practice for advanced practice nursing.
Dr. Montoya received her Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing degree from UNM as a fellow of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nursing and Health Policy Collaborative, her Master of Science in Nursing degree from Yale University and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from UNM.
Personal Statement
Dr. Carolyn Montoya, Professor and Interim Executive Vice Dean at the UNM College of Nursing, received her bachelor's degree from the College of Nursing, University of New Mexico; master's degree from Yale University; and PhD from the University of New Mexico as a Fellow of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nursing and Health Policy Collaborative. She has had a progressive career of teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels and served as Chair of the Practice Team and Coordinator of the Family and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner concentrations. Prior to her administrative appointments, Dr. Montoya maintained a clinical practice as a Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. Dr. Montoya is a past president of New Mexico (NM) Nurse Practitioner Council, the American College of Nurse Practitioners (now a part of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners) and a past president of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. The NM Center for Nursing Excellence selected her as the 2020 Distinguished Nurse of the Year. Dr. Montoya remains active in regards to influencing policy issues concerning scope of practice as well as children's health. She completed a four-year appointment on the U.S. Health and Human Services Rural Health Committee and currently serves on the NM Medicaid Advisory Board as well as the NM Board of Nursing Advanced Practice Advisory Committee.
Areas of Specialty
Health Care Policy | Leadership/Leadership Development | Pediatrics | Rural Health | Underserved Populations
Education
PhD, The University of New Mexico, 2013 (Nursing)
MSN, Yale University, 1981 (Pediatric Nurse Practitioner)
BSN, The University of New Mexico, 1976 (Nursing)
Certifications
RN: Registered Nurse
CPNP®: Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Achievements & Awards
FAAN: Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing
FAANP: Fellow of the American Academic of Nurse Practitioners
LANP: Leadership for Academic Nursing Program (LANP)
Fellow Robert Wood Johnson Nursing and Health Policy Fellow
Gender
Female
Languages
- Spanish
Courses Taught
Undergraduate:
N311 Skills Lab
404L Pediatrics
N410 RN to BSN: Psychosocial-Physical Assessment Skills
N429 Health Assessment Validation
N434 Physical Assessment of the School Aged Child
Graduate:
N504 Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Health Care
N539 Advanced Pediatric Health
N540 Advanced Physical Assessment
N542 Ambulatory Pediatrics I
N546 Ambulatory Pediatrics II
N547 Pediatric Chronic Illness Special Needs
N593 Clinical Seminar in Advanced Child Health Pharmacology
N593 Diagnostic Reasoning
N595 Advanced Fieldwork
N594 Advanced Practice Seminar
Research and Scholarship
Montoya, C., (2020). Vaccine Hesitancy: Partnering with parents and the community. (Invited Speaker). New Mexico Nurse Practitioner Council Virtual Conference, August 3, 2020.
Jaramillo De Montoya, C. (2007). President's message: Poverty. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 21(6), 21A, 22A.
National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services. (2015, December). Child poverty in rural America. Retrieved from https://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/rural/publications/
childpoverty1215.pdf