2008 Doctorate in Nursing (expected), Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
2006 Masters in Psychology (expected), Missouri State Univ, Springfield, MO
2004 Masters in Nursing, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
2001 Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Psychology Minor), Southwest Missouri State
University, Springfield, MO
1998 Associate of Science in Nursing - Southwest Missouri State University, West
Plains, MO
1996 Emergency Medical Technician - Ozarks Medical Center, West Plains, MO.
1973 Biology/Pre-Medical Major, attending University of Southern California, Los
Angeles; Pepperdine University, Malibu; and Los Angeles City College.
1970 Graduate, Benjamin Franklin High School, Los Angeles, CA. Major in
Mathematics.
Professional Experience (Highlights)
2004-date Family Nurse Practitioner, Cox Health, Aurora & Crane, Missouri
Primary care for patients of all ages, including chronic and long-term; diabetes; congestive heart failure; COPD; lipid and coumadin monitoring; EKGs; referral decisions for stress tests, echos, Holters; and nursing home visits. Acute and urgent care, including asthma, sore throats, back pain, urinary tract infections, sprains, strains, fractures, upper respiratory infections, cellulitis, joint pain, lesion removal; and wound suturing. Child care, including well visits, physical exams, and sports physicals. Women's health care including PAPs, pelvic exams, annual physicals, acute care, IBS, abdominal pain, and minor injuries.
2004-2004 Pediatric Nurse, Cox CAREMobile mobile clinic to underserved and rural Missouri children
Primary and acute care for children, including well checks; asthma; strep pharyngitis; flu; abdominal disorders; general orthopedic care.
2000-2004 Research Coordinator, Mayo Clinic/NIH Alzheimer's Study
Organized and created assignments for up to 11 volunteer and stipend laboratory assistants; planned and executed research studies with elderly Alzheimer's and Parkinson's sufferers; contact and presentation to IRB; worked closely with lead investigator to manage data and coordinate studies; data analysis; preparation of raw data for computer input; full management all records and files..
1997-1999 Medical/Surgical Nurse, Ozarks Medical Center
Registered nurse working various shifts, med/surg patient care, including acute, chronic and post-surgical patients. Started IV lines, placement of catheters and nasogastric tubes, medication provision. Multiple floats to Emergency Room where assisted emergent care for cardiac, traumatic injuries, bleeding, abdominal pains. Multiple floats to Acute Psychiatric (Lock-down) Unit, patient monitoring, controlling violent or drug abusing patients, schizophrenic, bi-polar, suicidal, psychotic.
1987-1992 Administrator, West Plains Council on the Arts, West Plains
Complete administrative responsibility for community-wide non-profit arts organization, including budget development, advertising, artist selection and program preparation, and presentations to board and community organizations.
Research
2005-date (1) Netnography of Men in Nursing (with M. Thurkettle, PhD; Duquesne
University, Pittsburgh, PA): Qualitative “ethnography on the internet” of men nurse message boards
(2) Survey of Men in Nursing (M. Thurkettle, PhD; Duquesne): Demographics, experiences, and characteristics of men in nursing.
2003-date Disciplinary Actions Against Male Nurses; Examined license discipline against male nurses in light of nursing culture and gender role strain. With Susan Sims- Giddens, EdD, Southwest Missouri State University.
2002-2003 Parkinson’s Disease and Visual Scanning; Determined if individuals with Parkinson’s Disease experience deficits in visual scanning behavior. With D. Wayne Mitchell, PhD, Mary Newman, PhD, Southwest Missouri State University.
2002-2003 Single-question screening tool to determine alcohol abuse; Testing the use of a screening question on primary care patients to find recent alcohol abuse. With Susan Sims-Giddens, EdD, Southwest Missouri State University.
2001-2004 Hypnotizability; Exploring whether the ability to enter the hypnotic state can be improved or is static over time. With Mary Newman, PhD, Psychology Department, Southwest Missouri State University.
2000-date Research Assistant, Mayo Clinic: Longitudinal study of language use among cognitively normal individuals genetically at risk for Alzheimer’s disease; Mary Newman, PhD, Psychology Department, SMSU.
Honors and Awards
2000-date Listed, Marquis’ Who’s Who in the World
1999-date Listed, Marquis’ Who’s Who in America
1999-date Listed, Marquis’ Who’s Who in American Women
1998-date Listed, Marquis’ Who’s Who in the Midwest
1989 TZ-First Award, Twilight Zone Magazine award for fiction
1987-1991 First Place, Fine Arts Oil Painting, Heart of the Ozarks Fair
2003 Publication: Incidence of Divorce in Persons at Genetic Risk for Alzheimer's Disease: ApoE e4. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 9(2):185.
2003 Poster: Reduced Prefrontal Cortex Activity is Related to Increased Talkativeness in ApoE e4 Homozygotes. (INS Conference, Stockholm, Sweden).
2003 Presentation: Can Hypnotizability Be Improved? Ozark Area Psychological Association.
2001 Presentation: Hypnosis and Relaxation Therapies in Martha Roger’s Nursing Theoretical Structure. Graduate Nursing Students in Nursing Science, SMSU.
1983 Presentation: Midwest Hypnotism Convention, Chicago. Topic: “Past -life regressions: Five opposing explanations for the effect” with group demonstration.
1980 Publication: Hypnosis: A Journey into the Mind. (Non-fiction work).
Arco/Prentice-Hall/Simon & Schuster, New York
1978 Presentation: Consultant to Director Robert Wise on film Audrey Rose, presenting a demonstration of hypnosis regression techniques
PEER REVIEWED Newman, M., Caselli, R., Holland, A., Alexander, G., Evangelista, A., McClure, S., Harrison, C., & Reiman, E. (2003). Incidence of divorce in persons at genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease: ApoE e4. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 9(2), 185.
Newman, M., Holland, A., Caselli, R., Alexander, G., Chen, K., Bandy, D., Reiman, E., Evangelista, A., Adkins, P., McClure, S., Hudson-Crain, R., Miller, J., Davis, T. (2002). Reduced prefrontal cortex activity is related to increased talkativeness in ApoE e4 homozygotes. Neurobiology of Aging, 23, S360.
BOOKS Evangelista, A. (1980). Hypnosis: A journey into the mind. New York, NY: Arco.
Evangelista, A. (1991). Dictionary of hypnotism. Westport, CT: Greenwood.
Evangelista, A. (1995). How to develop a low-cost family food-storage system. Port Townsend, WA: Loompanics.
Evangelista, A. (1997). Backyard meat production: How to grow all the meat you need in your own backyard. Port Townsend, WA: Loompanics.
Evangelista, A. (1997). How to live without electricity -- and like it! Port Townsend, WA: Breakout Publications
Evangelista, A., & Evangelista, N. (2001). The woman fencer. Terre Haute, IN: Wish Publishing.
Evangelista, N., & Evangelista, A. (1999). Blood-lust chickens and renegade sheep. Port Townsend, WA: Loompanics.
Evangelista, N., & Evangelista, A. (2000). Country living is risky business. Port Townsend, WA: Loompanics.
CD, BOOK CHAPTER, INTRODUCTION Evangelista, A. (2003). How do you live without electricity? In D. Duffy (Ed.), Emergency preparedness and survival guide (pp. 170-180). Gold Beach, Oregon: Backwoods Home Magazine.
Evangelista, A.(contributor) (1999). The Y2K personal survival kit on CD-ROM: How to quickly prepare for any man-made or natural disaster (Version one): Nelson Electronics.
Evangelista, A. (1996). Introduction. In R. Kaysing, & Kaysing, B. (Ed.), The 99 cents a meal cookbook (pp. iii-iv). Port Townsend, WA: Loompanics.
ARTICLES Evangelista, A. (1988). Crawfish symposium: Could Missouri be a producer state for crawfish? Missouri Farm, 43-45.
Evangelista, A. (1988). The Laze way with sheep. Southern Sheep Producer, 6(7), 30-31.
Evangelista, A. (1989). American minor breeds notebook. Maine Organic Farmer & Gardener, 72.
Evangelista, A. (1989). Bourbon stockyards for 155 years. The Sheep Producer, 7(7), 18.
Evangelista, A. (1989). Natural selection and the needle. The Shepherd, 34(7), 22-24.
Evangelista, A. (1989). Spider. The Sheep Producer, 7(12), 60.
Evangelista, A. (1990). Hood Hollow Suffolks. The Sheep Producer, 8(1), 8.
Evangelista, A. (1990). Jerry & Lenna Radde: Enthusiastic about sheep. Sheep Producer, 8(5), 26- 27.
Evangelista, A. (1990). Jerry and Charlie and Alabama's sheep. The Sheep Producer, 8(1), 5.
Evangelista, A. (1990). Jim and Wand Dicks, and Horned Dorsets. The Sheep Producer, 8(2), 12- 13.
Evangelista, A. (1990). Sheep: Why rare and exotic? Maine organic farmer & gardener, 16-17.
Evangelista, A. (1990). World's most expensive wool came from White House. Fiberarts, 16(5), 29.
Evangelista, A. (1991). Shearing tales and tips. The Sheep Producer, 9(3), 17.
Evangelista, A. (1992). Felicity Farm carries on. The Sheep Producer, 10(1), 10-11.
Evangelista, A. (1992). Review: Shattered. ”How to preserve plant diversity”. The Pragmatist, 9, 13- 14.
Evangelista, A. (1992). "Laziest shepherds in the world". The Sheep Producer, 10(6), 12-13.
Evangelista, A. (1992). Natural selection, the needle, and rare breeds. The Practical Farmer, 7(1), 14-16.
Evangelista, A. (1992). Raising and selling the impossible. The Sheep Producer, 10(6), 12-14.
Evangelista, A. (1992). The weaver and her flock. The Sheep Producer, 10(8), 12-14.
Evangelista, A. (1993). Hidden lessons of home schooling. The Rutherford Institute Home School Brief, 2(1), 1-2.
Evangelista, A. (1993). How to buy your first dairy goat. Backwoods Home, 21, 57-59.
Evangelista, A. (1993). The ideal and the real: Selection of Jacob Sheep. AMBC News, 10(2), 2-4.
Evangelista, A. (1993). Letter to the editor - Defense of Jacobs. The Shepherd, 38(4), 6-7.
Evangelista, A. (1993). Reader's guide to writing book reviews. Byline, 152, 12-13.
Evangelista, A. (1995). How to buy your first sheep (without getting shorn). Backwoods Home, 32, 66-68.
Evangelista, A. (1996). Review: 50 greatest conspiracies of all time, in FATE. St Paul, MN; Llewellyn.
Evangelista, A. (1999). Silvey's Yarnspin Suffolks, Part II. Southern Sheep Producer, 7, 14-15.
Evangelista, A. (2000). Finding the best dog for country life. Backwoods Home, 63, 28-31.
Approximately 160 additional publications in other disciplines available by request.
I am most definitely a "generalist" and entrepreneur, with a wide and varied background in conventional medical care (including caring for children, adults, and elderly), as well as in bio-psycho-social modalities including complementary and alternative therapies. I've lived and worked on a farm, in cities, with rich and poor people -- and my goal is accessible, timely, patient-centered care.
I understand physician need to maximize practice returns, without compromising patient care and credibility. My role as a contract and on-call nurse practitioner can complement your own practice. I can help give you the opportunity to see higher patient volume while I attend to time consuming in-office procedures as well as outside patients (including nursing home visits and even house-calls, if you desire) -- thereby maximizing YOUR medical presence as well as increasing your practice returns. Run the numbers HERE.
Anita Evangelista, MSN, APRN-BC, FNP Family Nurse Practitioner Contract Provider of Person-Centered Care
