School of Nursing Team
Director of Nursing
E-mail: ricem@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7483
Office: MC 218
Assistant Director, Associate Professor
Email: shankb@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-6344
Office: MC 218
Shirley Tabb
Administrative Assistant to the Director of Nursing
E-mail: tabbs@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7737
Office: MC 218
We have fantastic student workers who help run our nursing office each semester and are an integral part of our team!
Meg Bryant BSN Clinical Coordinator E-Mail: bryantm@apsu.edu Phone: 931-221-7462 Office: MC 353D
Ruth Trotter BSN Clinical and AMEDD Coordinator E-Mail: trotterr@apsu.edu Phone: 931-221-1612 Office: MC 353D
Deborah Ellison, PhD, MSN, RN Professor E-mail: ellisond@apsu.edu Phone: 931-221-7491 Office: MC 311
Tina Grimsley, EdS.
Nursing Advisor Coordinator
E-Mail: grimsleyt@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7708
Office: MC 322
Kristen Hershey, PhD, RN, APRN, CNE, PMHNP-BC Professor Email: hersheyk@apsu.edu Phone: 931-221-7823 Office: MC 325
Shala R Horton, MSN, RN, EMTP
Clinical Assistant Professor
E-mail: hortons@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7710
Office: MC 316B
Wendell Soares, (USA Ret), MSN, EMTP, RN Clinical Assistant Professor E-mail: soaresw@apsu.edu Phone: 931-221-6245 Office: MC 309
Devona Stone, MSN, APRN, NP-C Clinical Assistant Professor E-mail: stoneda@apsu.edu Phone: 931-221-7705 Office: MC 306
Lori Sutton, MSN, RN Assistant Professor E-mail: suttonl@apsu.edu Phone: 931-221-6291 Office: MC 314
Rachel Taylor, MSN, RN Clinical Assistant Professor E-mail: taylorra@apsu.edu Phone: 931-221-6229 Office: MC 316A
Adrienne Wilk, Ph.D., RN, CHSE, CNE, CHSOS-A
Assistant Professor
E-mail: wilka@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7528
Office: MC 341B
Meghan Oliver
RN to BSN Advisor
Email: oliverm@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7709
Office: MC 336A
Elizabeth Eversole, MS, MBA
Graduate Clinical Coordinator
E-mail:graduatenursing@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-6281
Office: MC 332
Amy Hamlin, PhD, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC
Professor
E-mail: hamlina@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7497
Office: MC 326
Shondell Hickson, DNP, MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC, FNP-BC
ProfessorEmail: hicksons@apsu.edu Phone: 931-221-7172 Office: MC 313
Adrienne Wilk, Ph.D., RN, CHSE, CNE, CHSOS-A
Assistant Professor
Email: wilka@apsu.edu
Phone: 931-221-7528
Office: MC 341B
Dr. Wilson came to Austin Peay in 2017 and was the 2020 winner of the APSU Richard M Hawkins Award for noteworthy contributions to scholarship. She has an MSN in Holistic Nursing and a PhD in Health Psychology with a focus in Psychoneuroimmunology. She practices and teaches hypnotherapy. Dr. Wilson has more than 200 publications and is an internationally known speaker on stress and its management, and she was the 2017-2018 American Holistic Nurse of the year.
Doris Davenport DSN, MSN, APRN, PNP
Professor Emeritus