Finger Lake Health has named Susan Carlson DNP, NPP, RN, PMHNP-BC, PMHCNS-BC as the new Dean of the Finger Lakes Health College of Nursing & Health Sciences and the Marion S. Whelan School of Practical Nursing.
Carlson received her Doctor of Nursing Practice from St. John Fisher College, Wegmans School of Nursing in Rochester where she was the recipient of the DNP Academic Excellence Award and the Doctor of Nursing Practice DNP Clinical Practice Scholarship Award. She is Board-Certified by the American Nurse Credentialing Center as both a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Psychiatric Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist.
She completed her Post-Master Nurse Practitioner Certification at the University of Rochester School of Nursing, her Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Rochester School of Nursing and her Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing from the State University of New York at Brockport in Brockport.
Prior to joining Finger Lakes Health, she was a Nurse Practioner in Psychiatry at Rochester Regional Health and continues in a per diem role. Carlson was also an Assistant Professor of Nursing at St. John Fisher College, Wegmans School of Nursing and Associate Professor of Nursing at Monroe Community College. She also served as Interim Chair of the Monroe Community College Nursing department.
“We are very fortunate to have Susan join our team. Her vast level of dedication, experience and commitment to educational growth will allow the Finger Lakes Health College of Nursing & Health Sciences and the Marion S. Whelan School of Practical Nursing to become the premier centers for healthcare education in the region” states Ardelle Bigos, Vice President, Nursing.
Carlson has multiple published articles in Emergency Psychiatric Nursing, Nursing Education, and tool development.
She enjoys spending time with her husband and three sons at the lake.
Finger Lakes Health is committed to being a center of education and provides higher education programs including:
- Finger Lakes Health College of Nursing & Health Sciences
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (dual degree program with Keuka College)
- Associates Degree in Applied Science with a major in Nursing
- Certificate in Surgical Technology
- The Marion S. Whelan School of Practical Nursing
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- Certificate in Licensed Practical Nursing
To learn more about Finger Lakes Health College of Nursing & Health Sciences please visit http://flhcon.edu/ and to learn more about the Marion S. Whelan School of Practical Nursing, please visit http://mswspn.com/.