Introduction

 

 

 

Dr. Kevin Emmons is a Clinical Associate Professor at the Rutgers, School of Nursing-Camden. He teaches at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, preparing students to care for people with complex healthcare problems with a focus on persons disadvantaged by systems and communities facing barriers to quality health outcomes. Over the past five years, he has successfully secured several million dollars in funding as both a project director and team member for a range of impactful programmatic grants. He was the Program Director for the federally funded Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) HRSA program- Veteran Nurses in Primary Care (VNPC) Training Program, preparing undergraduate veterans to provide primary community-based health care to other veterans. Dr. Emmons was awarded several grants as the project director to address health disparities and combat the effects of COVID-19 on vulnerable populations, receiving support from the NJ State Department of Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s NJ Health Initiatives program.

He is a clinical expert in wound care with a focus on quality of life and symptom management among persons with complex wounds. As a clinical scholar, he has numerous publications and presentations that predominantly focus on integrating concepts of symptom management, quality of life, and cultural humility into everyday practice. 

Prior to COVID-19, his faculty practice was at a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), providing wound and foot care to the homeless in the City of Camden. During a 2 leave from the RSNC, he helped to establish an academic-practice partnership enhancing the development of a street medicine program and providing wound and foot care to unhoused individuals on the island of Hawaiʻi in collaboration with a non-profit housing first organization. In addition to expertise in wound care, Dr. Emmons’ clinical practice is multi-faceted and includes community-based population health and military nursing. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Emmons was the Chief Nursing Officer for the New Jersey Department of Health’s Field Medical Station in Atlantic City, NJ. He is an Officer in the United States Army Reserves Nurse Corps and has served in Kuwait and Iraq.

Prior to a leave of absence from 2022-2024, Dr. Emmons served as Associate Dean for the Center of Excellence in Interprofessional Practice, Education, and Innovation (CEIPEI), Dr. Emmons was responsible for strategic oversight and development of clinical simulation, clinical labs, interprofessional education, faculty practice, and community engagement. The RSNC has the following recognitions and designations: accreditation in the area of teaching/education by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH), National League for Nursing (NLN) Center of Excellence Designation for Creating Environments that Enhance Student Learning and Professional Development, and a National League for Nursing (NLN) Change Agent for the Resuscitation Quality Improvement® (RQI®) Program. Additionally, the Rutgers-Camden campus has been designated a Minority Serving Institution by the U.S. Department of Education. 

Dr. Emmons earned his undergraduate degree in nursing from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, a masters degree in nursing education from Drexel University, a post masters certificate as an adult-gerontologic nurse practitioner from the University of Massachusetts-Boston, and a unique hybrid clinical research doctoral degree (DrNP) formerly offered by Drexel University. 

Title of Clinical Dissertation: Wounds at the End of Life: Wound Symptoms and Severity, Quality of Life, and Patient-Reported Symptoms and Preferences for Care

Media Links Quoting Dr. Kevin Emmons

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Current Licenses and Certifications

  • Advanced Practice Registered Nurse with Prescriptive Authority, State of Hawai‘i
  • Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
  • Advanced Practice Nurse, State of New Jersey
  • Registered Nurse, State of Hawai‘i
  • Registered Nurse, State of New Jersey
  • Registered Nurse, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
  • Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP-BC), American Nurses Credentialing Center
  • Certified Wound Care Nurse (CWCN), Wound, Ostomy and Continence Certification Board
  • Certified Foot Care Nurse (CFCN), Wound, Ostomy and Continence Certification Board
  • Prehospital Trauma Life Support, National Association of EMT/American College of Surgeons (exp 2019)
  • Basic Life Support, AHA
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support, AHA

 

Memberships in Organizations

  • Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN)
  • Delaware Valley Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society (DVWOCN)
  • American Professional Wound Care Association (APWCA)
  • American Nurses Association (ANA)
  • American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
  • Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI)