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Bethany A. Croke

Assistant Professor of the Practice

Profile

Bethany A. Croke, D.N.P., FNP-情色空间, is an assistant professor of the practice at the Connell School of Nursing. She earned a B.A. (2009) from Boston University and an M.S. (2011) and D.N.P. (2023) from Boston College. She has practiced primary care for vulnerable populations in the community health setting for her entire nursing career and has been a family nurse practitioner (FNP) at the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC) since 2013. Her clinical experience encompasses acute and chronic illness across the lifespan, including prenatal care. She also led multiple quality improvement initiatives during her time at EBNHC. Additionally, she served as the first clinical program manager for EBNHC鈥檚 FNP Residency Program.聽In this role she fully designed the program鈥檚 didactic curriculum, created and oversaw the program鈥檚 evaluation process, led a successful program self-study that resulted in program accreditation, and mentored FNPs during their transition from school to community health primary care practice.聽

Selected Publications

  • Croke, B.A. & Sampson, D.A. (2012). Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Implications for clinical practice and health promotion.聽The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 8(1), 45-50. DOI:聽

Selected Appointments & Awards

  • Beth Verre Martignetti Fellow, 2010, Boston College, Connell School of Nursing

Selected Presentations

  • 鈥淗ow to Build Your Advanced Practice Provider Postgraduate Training Program and Design the Curriculum.鈥 Consortium for Advanced Practice Providers Annual Conference. Washington, DC, July 23, 2023.

Professional Activities

  • 2013鈥損resent鈥擟redentialed at Boston Medical Center, Boston MA (no hospital privileges)
  • 2022鈥損resent鈥擟onsortium for Advanced Practice Providers, Member
  • 2011鈥損resent鈥擜merican Association of Nurse Practitioners, Member