Beth Ammerman, DNP, FNP-BC


Clinical Assistant Professor
Primary Care Adult Gerontology and Family Nurse Practitioner Program Lead
Department of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences
Room 3179 NURS1

University of Michigan School of Nursing
400 North Ingalls Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5482

Telephone: 734-764-4651
Fax: 734-763-0681

Interests

  • Primary care clinical practice and patient outcomes
  • Advancing nursing education
  • Nursing and policy

Beth Ammerman is a Family Nurse Practitioner who has engrained her clinical career in family practice. Because of her experiences with all age groups, Beth has provided health promotion, illness prevention, injury care and treatment of acute and chronic illnesses to a wide variety of patients over many years. As such, Beth’s scholarship focuses on translating clinical research and addressing policy issues that pertain to the health and well-being of primary care patients. 

Current Research Grants and Programs

  • Whitaker Grant recipient, 2022. "Advancing Health Equity by Assessing Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) in Advanced Health Assessment" with Heather Jones and Beth Kuzma
  • Whitaker Grant recipient, 2019. Healthcare Theatre: Taking Human Simulation to the Next Level, with Kuzma, B and Lee, D.

Teaching

Dr. Ammerman’s teaching role at the University of Michigan includes teaching graduate nursing students both in the classroom and in the clinical setting. As a classroom instructor, Beth leads the role transition course, guiding RNs to APRN roles. In addition, Beth also has the opportunity to evaluate graduate students in their precepted clinical sites, as well as, directly precepting students in her family practice office.

Education

  • DNP, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 2016
  • MSN, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 1996
  • BSN, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 1990

Publication Highlights

  • Jones, H. & Ammerman, B. (in press). When the headache isn’t a migraine. Clinical Advisor

  • Ammerman, B. A. (2018, March). Transient Global Amnesia Presenting in Primary Care: A Case Report. The Nurse Practitioner

  • Ammerman B.A. Review of Masters, K. (2016) Role Development in Professional Nursing – fourth Edition.  Jones & Bartlett, Burlington, MA> Doody’s Review Service (on-line) Available: http://www.doody.com.

  • Ammerman B.A. Review of Caputi, L. (2015). Innovation in Nursing Education: Building the Future of Nursing – Volume 2. Wolters Kluwer health, National league for Nursing, Doody’s Review Service (on-line). Available: http://www.doody.com.

  • Additional publications and presentations itemized in CV 

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