Biography
Tamara Shannon, DNP, RN, CPNP-PC, is the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program Director, interim Primary Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program Director, and an assistant professor at The University of New Mexico (UNM) College of Nursing. She has been a faculty member at UNM since 2015, teaching both evidence-informed practice and pediatric courses in the advanced practice registered nurse programs. Before joining the faculty, she taught in the registered nurse program at Pima Medical Institute and worked in primary care as a pediatric nurse practitioner.
Shannon retired from the Air Force in 2011, after 20 years of service caring for families in many aspects of maternal-child health, including inpatient labor, delivery, postpartum, nursery and neonatal intensive care.
Shannon received a Doctor of Nursing Practice with a sub-specialty in nursing education from University of South Alabama, a Master of Science with a concentration in pediatric health from Wright State University and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Oregon Institute of Technology.
Areas of Specialty
Pediatrics | Primary Care
Education
DNP, University of South Alabama, 2019 (Primary Care Pediatric Nursing)
MSN, Wright State University, 2002 (Pediatric Health)
BSN, Oregon Institute of Technology, 1991 (Nursing)
Certifications
RN: Registered Nurse
CPNP®: Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Achievements & Awards
Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty 2024
Outstanding Graduate Faculty 2023
UNM Faculty Pack Member Louie Award 2023
Outstanding Graduate Faculty 2020
Outstanding Graduate Faculty 2017
Gender
Female
Languages
- English
Courses Taught
Primary Care Pediatrics, Adolescent Health, Pediatric Chronic Illness, Advanced Pediatric Health and Developmental Assessment, Introduction to Translational Evidence Informed Practice, Evidence-Informed Practice and Scholarship