Debra Gayer

PhD, RN, CPNP

Associate Teaching Professor and
Coordinator of the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program
S429 MU Sinclair School of Nursing
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, MO 65211
E-Mail: GayerD@missouri.edu
Phone: (573) 882-0295
Fax: (573) 884-4544

Research: Health outcomes of children with special needs; post-divorce family dynamics

Nursing Specialty: Family-child Nursing, Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

Interest Area: Health care of children and adolescents. Chronic conditions (asthma and cystic fibrosis; ADHD) management in children, family interventions, post-divorce family dynamics, school health and distance on-line education.

Debra Gayer PhD, RN, CPNP, is an Associate Teaching Professor of Clinical Nursing at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She coordinates the pediatric nurse practitioner program. This PNP program allows students to take all of their classes on line via the internet with a several on-campus seminar sessions.

Dr. Gayer maintains her skills as a pediatric nurse practitioner by working one day a week in a primary pediatric care practice. She has a special focus of care in management of children with asthma and ADHD. Gayer received her master's in family-child nursing in 1981 and obtained her doctorate in family studies from MU in 1997.

• Leadership Development Program
• SHARE School Health Fellow
• Wakonse Fellow
• Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Fellow
• Distance Education
• SCRIPT (Systems Change and Reform in Interprofessional Preservice Training) Institute Faculty Fellow
• Faculty Fellow of the Institute for Faculty Development in Adolescent Health

Current Memberships

• Association of Faculties of pediatric Nurse Practitioners (AFPNP)
• National Organization of Nurse Practitioners (NONPF)
• National Association of Pediatric nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP)
• Missouri Nurses Association

Grants

• HRSA Cooperative Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program - $875,888 in funding
• Department of Health PRIMO (Primary Care Resource Initiative of Missouri) Pre-Admission program for Advanced Practice Nursing Programs ($30,000 funding/yr: Oct. 1997-June 1999; Oct. 1999-June 2000; Oct. 2000-June 2001; July 2001-June 2002)
• Department of Health PRIMO program: Community Primary Care Training Site Development. ($50,000 funding/yr: Oct. 1998-Aug. 1999; Oct. 1999-Aug. 2000; Oct. 2000-Aug. 2001; Sept. 2001-Aug. 2002)
• Cystic Fibrosis Association of Missouri. Efficacy of Selected Strategies for Protecting Children from Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke, Development Project Award ($5,000)

Publications

Grants and Contract

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