University of Southern Maine

Susan Yetter

Office: 333 Masterton Hall, Portland Campus
e-mail: lyetter@usm.maine.edu
phone/fax: 780-4798, 780-4997
address: College of Nursing and Health Professions
University of Southern Maine
96 Falmouth Street
PO Box 9300
Portland , ME 04104 -9300

Credentials, degrees and Schools attended:

BSN:  University of Pennsylvania

MSN:  University of Pennsylvania

Post-Master's Certificate, Adult Psych-Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist: University of Southern Maine

Maine Post-Master's Certificate, Adult Psych-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner: University of Southern Maine

Post-Master's Certificate, Gerontological Nurse Practitioner: St. Louis University

PhD: Duquesne University  

Certifications 

Adult Psych-Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist

Adult Psych-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Gerontological Nurse Practitioner  

Research Areas

Adult and Geriatric Mental Health

Scholarship, service and teaching: (Jan 2005-Jan 2010)

Scholarly Presentations

The Experience of Older Men Living Alone, Dissertation Research Presentation, Eastern Nursing Research Society Annual Conference, Boston, MA, March, 2009

Mental Health Parity in the U.S.: Less than Meets the Eye, Poster presentation, Duquesne University School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA, May, 2005

The Experience of Older Depressed Women, Research Proposal Presentation, Duquesne University School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2004

Publication

Yetter, L. S. (2009). Communication across the lifespan. In V. Hart (Ed.), Patient-provider communications:Caring to Listen. New York:: Jones & Bartlett.

Service

Graduate Curriculum & Advancement Committee

University Scholarship & Awards Committee

USM Institutional Review Board

Maine Nurse Practitioner Association, President-Elect

Volunteer, Oasis Health Clinic, free health care clinic, Brunswick, ME
providing medication management and psychotherapy

Teaching

NUR 671

NUR 672

NUR 673

NUR 674

NUR 675

NUR 676

NUR 680

NUR 330

NUR 211

Updated 12/09