faculty profile
Michele Martens DNP, RN, APN, PMHCNS-BC
Assistant Professor
Bio
Michele Martens is a clinical instructor in the pre-specialty level and also serves at the clinical liaison for the Psychiatric- Mental Health rotations at VUSN. She is also a lab instructor and supervisor in the specialty year in the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program.
In addition to her teaching, Michele has a private counseling practice in which she specializes in fertility counseling, third party reproductive counseling, implications counseling for donors and recipients and options counseling for family building.
Meet Michele Martens [Video]
Education
- DNP, The University of Colorado-Colorado Springs
- MSN, Vanderbilt University
- BSN, Tennessee Technological University
Current Research/Scholarly Interests
- Reproductive endocrinology
- Third party reproduction
- Embryo donation
- Embryo disposition options
- Education and counseling and its influence on embryo disposition options
- Infertility counseling
- Infertility implications counseling and options
- Reflective Practice
- Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
Representative Publications
Journals
Martens, M., Schroer, M., Williams, T., & Kennedy, B. (2023). Identifying Mental Health Issues Associated With Infertility. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 19(2), doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2022.09.024
Martens, M., Williams, T., Weitzman, G., & Silva-Smith, A. (2023). Disposition Options for Cryopreserved Embryos: Results of an Educational Program. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 19(6), doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2023.104646
Clinical Practice
- Integration of Theoretical and Clinical Aspects of Nursing I and II - Clinical Instructor
- Theoretical Foundations and Practicum for Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Across the Lifespan
- Practicum in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing with Individuals, Groups and Families
- Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Preceptorship
Professional Organizations
- American Society for Reproductive Medicine
- American Society for Reproductive Medicine Mental Health Professional Group
- RESOLVE Professional
- American Nurses Association
- American Psychiatric Nurses Association