Joyce Tow, PhD, APRN-CNP, PMHNP-BC, WHNP-BC, RNC-OB, Assistant Professor at The Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing at The University of Oklahoma Health Campus in Oklahoma City. She is a dual-certified Nurse Practitioner focusing on psychiatric-mental health and women's health, with over 25 years of expertise. While women’s mental health is her passion, other areas of interest include lactation, family planning and promotion of wellness and preventative care. She is an Oklahoma native who grew up in Garfield County. She completed her undergraduate education at the University of Central Oklahoma. She received her Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in nursing degrees from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Her Post-Master’s Certificate was earned from Herzing University in Madison, Wisconsin. For more information on Women's Health at OU Health, go to www.ouhealth.com/health-services/womens-health/.
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).