Patty Wilson

RN, PhD, MSN, BSN

PMHNP-BC

Patty Wilson’s clinical practice and research focus on improving the lives of those who have experienced trauma and working to create community-based interventions that address social determinants of health and promote health equity in BIPOC communities. She teaches pre-licensure MEN students and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) students. For her faculty practice, Dr. Wilson is the site coordinator for doctoral nursing students working as community health nurses at the House of Ruth Maryland, a shelter for families escaping intimate partner violence. Dr. Wilson has an extensive network of collaborations through her role at the House of Ruth Maryland and as principal investigator of the Passport to Freedom program, which provides psycho-educational sessions for women to promote self-awareness of the link between trauma and health and offers strategies to cope with symptoms of trauma/stress. Dr. Wilson practices as a PMHNP in a community-based behavioral health office in Baltimore City. She is an alumna of the ANA/SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Program and completed her doctoral and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner studies at the University of Virginia School of Nursing.

JHU Center Affiliation:
Center for Community Programs, Innovation, and Scholarship (COMPASS)

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@DrPattyRN

Specialties and Expertise

Community
Disparities
Mental Health
PTSD
Public Health
Resilience/Stress Coping
Self-Care
Social Determinants of Health
Trauma
Violence

Publications

Wilson, P. R., Jagasia, E., Lee, J., Hill, K., Peay, A., Murray-Browne, S.Q., Alexander, K. A., Campbell, J. & Sharps, P. (2023) Passport to Freedom: A Trauma-Informed Mindfulness Program for Previously Incarcerated Women. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services.

Josiah, N., Shoola, H., Rodney, T., Arscott, J., Ndzi, M., Bush, A. D., Wilson, P.R., Jacques, K., Baptiste, D., & Starks, S. (2023). Addressing systemic racism and intergenerational transmission of anxiety using Bowenian family therapy with African American populations: A Discursive paper. Journal of Advanced Nursing.

Lee, J., Jagasia, E., & Wilson, P.R. (2023). Addressing Health Disparities of Individuals Experiencing Homelessness in the U.S. with Community Institutional Partnerships: An Integrative Review. Journal of Advanced Nursing.

Gillet-Pierce, K., Mc Donald, L., Josiah, N., Arscott, J., Jacques, K., Wilson, P.,& Baptiste, D. (2023). Factors influencing Intrapartum Health Outcomes among Black Birthing Persons: A Discursive Paper. Journal of Advanced Nursing.

Jagasia, E., Lee, J. J., & Wilson, P. R. (2023). Promoting community institutional partnerships to improve the health of intimate partner violence survivors experiencing homelessness. Journal of advanced nursing.

Woods-Giscombe, C. L., Yearwood, E. L., Wilson, P. R., Ngugi, D., Bravo, L., Minarik, P., Brooks, J., Rodney, T., Starks, Shaquita, Pasini, M., Tatum, M., & Martin, V. H. (2022). Honoring the past and charting the future: The International Society of Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses’ commitment to advance diversity and equity in mental health care. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing.

Baptiste, D., Caviness-Ashe, N., Josiah, N., Commodore-Mensah, Y., Arscott, J., Wilson., P., Starks, S. (2022). Henrietta Lacks and America’s Dark History of Research Involving African Americans. Nursing Open.

Francis L., DePriest, K., Wilson, P.,Ling, C., Bowie, J., Thorpe, R, Sharps, P. (2021) A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review Identifying, Describing, and Examining the Effects of School-Based Care Coordination Programs in the US on All Reported Outcomes, Preventive Medicine

Zemlak, J., Wilson, P., VanGraafeiland, B., Rodney, T. (2021). Telehealth and the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner: Beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association. JAPNA-2021-DP-076.R1

Han HR, Miller H, Nkimbeng M, Budhathoki C, Mikael T, Rivers E, Gray J, Trimble K, Chow S, Wilson P. (2021). Trauma-informed interventions: A systematic review. PLOS One, 16(6), e0252747.

Wilson, P.R., Thorpe Jr, R.J., Sharps, P., & Laughon, K. (2020). The relationship between housing instability and intimate partner violence: A retrospective study. Public health nursing. https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.12819

Han, H.-R., McKenna, S., Nkimbeng, M., Wilson, P., Rives, S., Ajomagberin, O., Alkawaldeh, M., Grunstra, K., Maruthur, N., Sharps, P. (2019). A systematic review of community health center-based interventions for people with diabetes. Journal of Community Health. 44(6):1253-1280. DOI: 10.1007/s10900-019-00693-y

Wilson, P.R., Laughon, K. (2015). House to house, shelter to shelter: Experiences of black women seeking housing after leaving abusive relationships. Journal of Forensic Nursing. 11(2):77-83. doi: 10.1097/JFN.0000000000000067

Wilson, P.R., Pugh, L.C. (2005). Promoting nutrition in breastfeeding women. JOGNN – Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing. 34(1):120-4 https://doi.org/10.1177/0884217504272806

2018 STTI Research Award

2017-2018 ANA/SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Program Post Doctorate

2011-2016 ANA/ SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Program Pre Doctorate

2011-2013 AACN Johnson and Johnson Minority Nurse Faculty Scholar Award

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