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Dr. Kerry Garrett - DHA MSN APRN AGACNP-BC
Assistant Professor
Department of Nursing
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| Biography: | Dr. Kerry Garrett serves as the MSN Graduate Program Coordinator for the Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program at Middle Georgia State University. Dr. Garrett has been practicing in the acute care practice setting for over 30 years and has served in varying roles and capacities in the clinical practice setting. Dr. Garrett began as a staff nurse working with Neurosurgical patients and progressed in his career to become an Administrative Clinical Coordinator at a Level 1 Trauma Center. Dr Garrett completed his Doctor of Health Administration and pursued a career in hospital consulting, but acute care was his calling and he returned to university to complete his Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner degree at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2014. Post-graduation, Dr. Garrett has specialized in hospital medicine and as a Structural Cardiology Nurse Practitioner. Dr Garrett joined the Middle Georgia State University community as the MSN Graduate Program Coordinator for the Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program in 2022. Dr. Garrett remains active in clinical practice in the hospital setting and serves on the Graduate Studies Council. Dr Garrett believes that everyone should do what they love and love what they do, everyone has a purpose in life, and treating patients and educating students is a passion that Dr Garrett feels is his purpose. |
| Education: | - Master of Science: Nursing Adult Gerontology/Acute Care Nurse Practitioner University of Alabama at Birmingham-Birmingham, Alabama - Doctor of Health Administration: University of Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona - Master of Science: Nursing Administration Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, Georgia - Bachelor of Science: Health Service Administration Macon College, Macon, Georgia - Associate of Science: Nursing Macon College, Macon, Georgia - Associate of Science: PT Macon College, Macon, Georgia |
| Professional Experience: | - Emory University Locum Tenens- Staffcare 2021-Present Oncology Nurse Practitioner - Central Georgia Heart and Vein Center, Macon, Georgia Cardiology Nurse Practitioner/AGACNP-BC Structural Cardiology Program Nurse Practitioner - CogentHMG/Sound Physicians, Brentwood, Tennessee - Clinical Care Coordinator/AGACNP-BC - Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, Georgia 2003 - Administrative Clinical Care Coordinator - Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, Georgia - Charge Nurse- Neuro - center - Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, Georgia 1995 - 1998Staff Nurse - Neuro-center |
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