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Assistant Professor of Nursing


Education

  • BSN- Arkansas State University
  • MSN-FNP- Arkansas State University

Professional Credentials

  • MSN
  • APRN
  • FNP-BC

Teaching Specialties

  • Women's Health
  • Fundamentals

Research Interests

  • Women's Health
  • Pediatrics
  • Determinants of student retention/success

Affiliations

  • ANCC American Nurses Credentialing Center
  • AANP American Association of Nurse Practitioners
  • NONPF National Organization of Nurse Practitioners Faculties

Biography

Mrs. Bagwell’s nursing education began with the completion of an associate's degree in Nursing (ASN) in 2012 from North Arkansas College. She worked as a labor and delivery nurse and taught OB clinicals to nursing students while returning for her Bachelor’s degree in nursing at Arkansas State University in 2018 and her Master’s degree in nursing at Arkansas State University in 2020. She then worked in urgent care, urology, and women’s health as an APRN until she recently became full-time faculty at Arkansas State University as an Assistant professor of nursing in the graduate FNP program in the fall of 2023. She currently teaches professional role development, Women’s health, and Healthcare issues and policy.