Dr. Joyce Tow has been a licensed registered nurse since 1993 with experiences that include inpatient obstetric, labor/delivery/postpartum/nursery, medical-surgical, disaster/trauma response, military deployments, women's health clinic, mental health inpatient and clinic, and academic teaching for BSN, MSN, and Doctorate students. Dr. Tow spent over 20 years as a military nurse, starting in the U.S. Army and continuing in the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard. She is a dual-certified nurse practitioner in women's health and psychiatric mental health. Her research expertise includes a deep dive into studying the lived experience of trauma and the warrior nurse. Her current nursing practice includes a faculty position at the University of Oklahoma Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing with clinical practice with the OU Health Psychiatry Department.
Education:
Herzing University
Post Graduate Certificate, August 2024
Emphasis: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Ph D, December 2014
Emphasis: Nursing
University of Nebraska Medical Center
MSN, December 2005
Emphasis: Women's Health NP
US Air Force Squadron Officer School
December 2002
US Air Force
March 1999
Emphasis: Nursing Service Management
US Air Force
February 1998
Emphasis: Nursing Service Fundamentals
US Army
May 1995
Emphasis: Obstetrics/Gynecology Nursing
US Army
December 1993
Emphasis: AMEDD Officer Basic
University of Central Oklahoma
BS, May 1993
Emphasis: Nursing
Board Certification(s):
- Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, ANCC
- Women's Health Nurse Practitioner, NCC
- Inpatient Obstetric Nurse, NCC
Clinical/Research Interests:
- Transition to parenting, reproductive mood disorders, trauma and stress responses, teaching and learning in the simulation environment, and military nursing
Select Honors and Accomplishments:
- Fellowship, Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses 2023.
- Nurse of the Year Nominee, March of Dimes. (August 2015).
- Teaching Excellence, Classroom Instruction, Creighton University College of Nursing. (2014).
- Teaching Excellence, Clinical Instruction, Creighton University College of Nursing. (2014).