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Patricia Rissmiller, D.N.Sc., PNP-BC

Associate Professor of Nursing
Director of Research
B.S.N. Catholic University
M.S.N. and D.N.Sc. Boston University
patricia.rissmiller@simmons.edu

Dr. Rissmiller is the coordinator of the Parent-Child concentration. Her focus during the past year has been in the area of interdisciplinary collaboration within the health care community. She is currently a director for the U-Mass Simmons School Health Institute which is a project implementing regional continuing education for school nurses. She is also actively involved in a collaborative project with the Brazelton Group at Children's Hospital to develop an assessment tool based on the Brazelton Scale. She also has a joint appointment at Children's Hospital's Institute for Community Inclusion as a director for training for nurses working with developmentally disabled children and families. Research interests include high risk children and families and school health. Dr. Rissmiller practices in the Maternal-Child Health Department at Cambridge Visiting Nurse.

Peer reviewed article

  • Karl, D., Beal, J., O'Hare, C., Rissmiller, P.(2006). Re-conceptualizing the Nurse Role in the Newborn Period as an Attacher. The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 31 (4), 257-262.