Women’s Health Nurse
Practitioner (WHNP)
Program Information
Meet the Program Director
Janie Daddario, MSN, APRN, BC
Women's Health Nurse Practitioner
Certified as a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner and the recipient of the Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award and the Instructor of the Year Award, Professor Daddario brings to Vanderbilt a high level of experience and expertise in both nursing practice and education. Her research interests include high-risk obstetrics, adolescent gynecology and menopause.
The Vanderbilt Difference
The Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner program at Vanderbilt School of Nursing is one of the largest in the country, yet ours is a close-knit group of students, faculty and alumni. Our faculty are practitioners who maintain involvement in women’s health national organizations to assure up-to-date knowledge and a voice in the standards development. We bring into our classroom experts in obstetrics, gynecology, fertility and other areas of women’s health – practicing experts from Vanderbilt Medical Center and other local women’s health entities. Our faculty get to know our students personally, and we make every effort to customize your clinical experiences to your particular women’s health interests.
Areas of Focus
To prepare you as a specialist in the field of women’s health, our WHNP program covers these and other areas of focus:
- Abortion counseling
- Gynecological bleeding/pain
- Breast health
- Common primary care of women
- Contraception
- Domestic violence
- Hormone replacement therapy
- Infertility
- Nutrition
- Preconception care
- Sexually transmitted infections
- Well-woman exams
WHNP Program Faculty
Vanderbilt School of Nursing faculty in the WHNP program are active in practice and active on the state and national level in women’s health specialty organizations. They are well published and nationally known, yet they remain involved in the local community and committed to building strong relationships
with our students:
Janie Daddario, MSN, RNC – Program Director
Suzanne Baird, MSN, RNC
Annie Moore, MSN, RNC
Ginny Moore, MSN, RNC
Michelle Salisbury, PhD, RNC
Dual-Focus Program Expands Scope of Practice
Vanderbilt School of Nursing also offers a dual-focus Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner/Adult Nurse Practitioner program that expands the Scope of Practice for Women’s Health Nurse Practitioners. WHNPs who also want to meet the primary health care needs of all adults across the lifespan often choose this dual certification.
MSN Program for BSN Certificate-Prepared
WHNPs Who Live at a Distance
Are you a BSN Certificate-Prepared Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner who wants to complete the Master of Science in Nursing degree without relocating or giving up your employment? We offer a one calendar year program in a flexible format that may be right for you. Learn more.
