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Donna L. Cullinan

Associate Professor of the Practice

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Donna L. Cullinan, D.N.P., FNP, RN, is an associate professor of the practice at the Connell School of Nursing. She has practiced in community health for thirty years. She received a B.S.N. degree from St. Anselm College and both an M.S. and D.N.P. from Boston College. She became a full-time faculty member at Boston College in the fall of 2003 after teaching part time since 1999. She is a certified family nurse practitioner and teaches Synthesis and Community Health to undergraduates as well as assisting in the Family Nurse Practitioner program.

Cullinan has worked in the community as a public health nurse, visiting nurse, administrator, school nurse, and with the homeless. She presently is a home care nurse practitioner in Milton. She is part of a medical team that goes to Haiti every year. As a part of her committment to Haiti, Donna brings a group of students to the country each year to to provide nursing care to traditionally hard to reach patients.

SELECTED APPOINTMENTSĀ & AWARDS

  • 2015: Outstanding Service Award, Connell School of Nursing
  • 2014: Top Overall Performer in the Re-admission Prevention Award Program, Tufts Health PlanĀ 
  • 2014: Teaching in New Media Award, Eteaching
  • 2011ā€“2012: Faculty Community Service Award, Connell School of Nursing
  • 2011: Community Service Award, Boston College

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Read, C., Vessey, J. A., Amar, A., Cullinan, D. M. (2013). The challenges of inclusivity in baccalaureate nursing programs. Journal of Nursing Education, 52(4), 185-190.
  • Wolfe, B. E., Smith, A. T., & Cullinan, D. L. (2009). Eating disorders. In Allen, P.J. & Vessey, J.A. (Eds.), Primary Care of the Child with a Chronic Condition (5th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby.
  • Cullinan, D.L. (2006). A medical mission to Haiti. Alpha Chi News, 28(2), 2-5.

Clinical Practice

Family Nurse Practitioner at Milton Primary Care