Associate Professor, Nursing
I began my career in nursing in 2002 with a Associate Degree in Applied Science from Mountain Empire Community College after completing the Virginia Appalachian Tri-college Nursing Program. I completed my Bachelor's in Science of Nursing Degree at King College in 2006 and in 2014, I earned a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree and attained American Academy of Nurse Practitioners certification as a family nurse practitioner. I am licensed to practice in the states of Tennessee and Virginia. I began my career at ETSU in 2014 serving as a Training Director and Clinical Coordinator for a $1.2 million HRSA Grant focused on interprofessional education/practice. In 2016, I served as a Clinical Education Liaison for a $1.8 million grant focused on precepting graduate nurse practitioners. In 2016, I applied for a faculty position and became an Assistant Professor. In 2022, I was tenured and promoted to Associate Professor. In the College of Nursing, I have served FNP/AGPCNP Coordinator and MSN Director leadership roles. In 2022, I earned a certified nurse educator credential from the National League for Nursing. Throughout my career as a nurse, nurse practitioner, and nurse educator, I have demonstrated excellence in teaching, research, service, leadership, and practice, as described throughout this gallery.
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About Christine Mullins, DNP, FNP-C, CNE
I began my career in nursing in 2002 with a Associate Degree in Applied Science from Mountain Empire Community College after completing the Virginia Appalachian Tri-college Nursing Program. I completed my Bachelor's in Science of Nursing Degree at King College in 2006 and in 2014, I earned a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree and attained American Academy of Nurse Practitioners certification as a family nurse practitioner. I am licensed to practice in the states of Tennessee and Virginia. I began my career at ETSU in 2014 serving as a Training Director and Clinical Coordinator for a $1.2 million HRSA Grant focused on interprofessional education/practice. In 2016, I served as a Clinical Education Liaison for a $1.8 million grant focused on precepting graduate nurse practitioners. In 2016, I applied for a faculty position and became an Assistant Professor. In 2022, I was tenured and promoted to Associate Professor. In the College of Nursing, I have served FNP/AGPCNP Coordinator and MSN Director leadership roles. In 2022, I earned a certified nurse educator credential from the National League for Nursing. Throughout my career as a nurse, nurse practitioner, and nurse educator, I have demonstrated excellence in teaching, research, service, leadership, and practice, as described throughout this gallery.
| Present | Associate Professor, East Tennessee State University ‐ College of Nursing | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
| 2020 - 2022 | Implementation of an Evidence-based Suicide Prevention Program for a Primary Care Network of Clinics in Rural Appalachia |
| Sigma & ANCC - 258200 | |
| Role: PI | |
| Colleague(s): T. Carnevale, V. Hooper, S. Domby | |
| $20,000 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2022 - Present | Member, Rural Nurses Association | 2020 - Present | Member, American Association of Nurse Practitioners | 2017 - Present | Member, Tennessee Interprofessional Practice and Education Committee | 2016 - Present | The Health Wagon, Family Nurse Practitioner | 2014 - Present | Member, East Tennessee Nurse Practitioner Association |
Honors and Awards
- Received multiple Spirit cards/Recognition Awards from Wellmont management and employees
- Wellmont employee recognition awards for volunteering extra shifts, volunteering to work on other units, and for being a calm, confident, team player
- 2001 - Certificate of appreciation and an educational scholarship award for outstanding community service as a member of AmeriCorps’s Ambassador Scholar Program
- Awarded the advance nursing education expansion grant at East Tennessee State University
- 2015 - Award for Distinguished Alumni from Mountain Empire Community College
- 2018 - Proposal selected for the American Association of Colleges of Nursing and Apple’s Digital Innovation Boot Camp: From Concept to Action
- 2020 - American Association of Colleges of Nursing Novice Clinical Faculty Award
Courses
- NRSE 5009-Advanced Health Assessment Didactic
- NRSE 6801 - DNP Project Identification
- NRSE 5014 - Health Promotion, Dx & Clinical Mgmt of Older Adults: Practicum
- NRSE 5013 - Health Promotion, Dx, & Clinical Mgmt of Older Adults
- NRSE 5012 - Health Promotion, Dx, & Clinical Mgmt of Young & Middle-Aged Adults: Practicum
- NRSE 5010 - Advanced Health Assessment: Clinical Practicum
| 2011 - 2014 | DNP, Family Nurse Practitioner, East Tennessee State University | |
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| 2005 - 2006 | BS, Nursing, King College | |
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| 1999 - 2002 | AAS, Nursing, Mountain Empire Community College | |
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Links
Contact Information
PO Box 70629
Johnson City, TN 37614
Office: Nicks Hall 2-275
Phone: 423-439-4664
Cell: 276-393-5793
Email: mullinscm@etsu.edu
