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Patricia Jackson Allen, MS, RN, PNP, FAAN

  • Professor
  • Director - Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Specialty

Yale School of Nursing - Rm 243
100 Church Street South
P. O. Box 9740
New Haven, CT 06536
USA

pat.jacksonallen@yale.edu

203.737.2345
203.785.6455 fax



About

Pat Jackson Allen joined the faculty of Yale School of Nursing in the Spring of 2003 to teach in the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Specialty. She taught for the last 20 years at the University of California, San Francisco and was director of the Advanced Practice Pediatric Nursing Program there for over 10 years. She obtained her Bachelor's Degree from the University of Connecticut, training at Yale New Haven Hospital, where she worked on the adolescent unit upon graduation. She then obtained her Master's Degree in Maternal-Child Nursing from the University of California, San Francisco and 15 years later, her certificate as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner.

Her area of professional scholarship focuses on the primary care needs of children with chronic health conditions. She co-edits a major textbook, Primary Care of the Child with a Chronic Condition, and the fifth edition was released in July of 2009. Her current research interest is in the role development and advanced practice functions of recent pediatric nurse practitioner graduates, tracking their expanding practice into specialty care, both inpatient and outpatient.

In addition, Pat Jackson Allen has taught extensively on the PNP role in Britain, China, Japan, and the Philippines and worked with Yale faculty and students in Managua, on the Nicaragua Health Care Project.

Clinical Practice

Pat Jackson Allen currently practices one day a week at the Yale University Pediatric Primary Care Center as an APRN.

Selected awards and honors

Elected to the American Academy of Nursing, 1995

National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties, Outstanding Nurse Practitioner Educator Award, 2003

National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, President's Award, For Outstanding Leadership for PNP's in Nontraditional Roles, 2003

University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing Hall of Fame, Top 100 Graduates, 2007


“ Teaching future pediatric nursing leaders, both in the classroom and in the clinical setting, is an honor and privilege. Compassionate, empathetic, quality nursing care for infants, children, adolescents and their families can help ameliorate the affects of acute and chronic health conditions allowing children to achieve their full potential.

Nursing leadership is more than providing competent care. Pediatric nursing leaders advocate for their children and families both in the clinical setting and in the political arena, they question the system of care and make changes to ensure consistent quality, they generate nursing knowledge to improve practice, and they have a commitment to the profession. Yale School of Nursing has a long and proud history of educating nursing leaders and I am honored to now be a part of this history. ”



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