Elaine Ferreira

Adjunct Faculty

Shout-outs from Students and Alums

Hunter Lynch ’26FNP

Direct Entry Nursing Student on Impacting Patient Lives

Direct entry nursing student Hunter Lynch ’26FNP works in primary care and aspires to one day become a nursing educator. We spoke with him about hands-on learning at Simmons and the rewards of the nursing profession.


Joan Vera ’27MSN

Forging a Path in Community Health

Joan Vera ’27MSN shares her experience in the direct entry Master of Science in nursing and post-graduate certificate family nurse practitioner (MSN/PGC FNP), an accelerated program for students who completed a bachelor’s degree in a field outside of nursing.