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Terry Buttaro, M.S., A.P.R.N., B.C.

Assistant Professor of Nursing
M.S.in Nursing Simmons College

Ms. Buttaro is an adult gerentologic nurse practitioner with certification in emergency room and critical care nursing. In addition to teaching at Simmons College, she is a BCLS and ACLS instructor for the Merrimack Valley Critical Care Consortium. She currently practices as a nurse practitioner caring for adult and elderly clients at home and in sub-acute and long-term care facilities at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Lahey Amesbury, and Seacoast Medical Associates. A member of the Massachusetts Coalition of Nurse Practitioners and Sigma Theta Tau, she is an author/editor of Primary Care: A Collaborative Practice published in 1999 ,2001 and 2008 A Guidebook for Pracititioners in Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care, which was published in September 2005.

Publications

  • Primary Care: A Collaborative Practice (Third Edition) Elsevier, June, 2007
  • 2007 American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award 5 Star rating: Doody's Book Review Service
  • A Guidebook for Practitioners in Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care Elsevier, September, 2005
  • Teaching patients with Cardiovascular Disease. In Lowenstein A, Foord-May, L, and Romano, J. ( Pending Publication August 2008). Teaching Strategies for Health Education and Health Promotion. Boston: Jones and Bartlett.

Presentations

  • The Utility of an Early Predictor of NCLEX Success
  • Poster Presentation, 15th Annual Conference for Nurse Educators in Practice Settings and Schools of Nursing, Wentworth-by-the-Sea, New Castle, NH, 2007
  • Water and Sodium Disorders in Sub Acute and Long Term Care Settings Evercare, 2006
  • Health Screening for Health Aging, Building a Healthy Journey: Aging with Energy Simmons College School for Health Studies Alumni and Professional Education Day Simmons College, Boston MA, 2004


Awards

  • Fellow American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, June 2007
  • Nurse practitioner (the only) reviewer for Clinical Preventive Medicine, 2nd ed, American Medical Association, 2004