Pat Blissitt
Neuroscience Clinical Nurse Specialist
PhD, ARNP-CNS, CCRN, CNRN, SCRN, CCNS, CCM, ACNS-BC
Biobehavioral Nursing & Health Informatics
Profile
Dr. Pat Blissitt has been a neuroscience nurse for the past 40 years in a variety of positions and settings. She has worked as a staff nurse on an acute care neuroscience unit, and in neuroscience critical care units on both coasts. Dr. Blissitt has worked as a nurse manager, a neurosurgical first assistant in the operating room, and ambulatory care and inpatient nurse for a neurosurgeon in private practice, and a Neuroscience Clinical Nurse Specialist. She has also worked as a neuroscience case manager and coordinator and trauma nurse coordinator. Pat has served as a lecturer and clinical faculty for BSN and graduate nursing students for the University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences in Memphis, the University of Memphis, Arkansas State University in Jonesboro Arkansas, and currently for the University of Washington School of Nursing in Seattle. Dr. Blissitt has lectured locally, regionally, and nationally on numerous neuroscience nursing topics. She has published numerous abstracts, articles, and book chapters. She has maintained active involvement with AACN and AANN both locally and nationally.
Areas of Interest
- Research Interests: Neurocritical Care Nursing, Intracranial Dynamics
- Teaching Interests: Neuroscience Nursing, Critical Care Nursing, Medical Surgical Nursing
- Clinical Interests: Neurocritical Care Nursing, Critical Care Nursing, Medical-Surgical Nursing
Research Interests
- Symptom Science
Professional Licensures & Certifications
- Clinical Nurse Specialist, 2016, Washington
- Clinical Nurse Specialist, 2015, North Carolina
- Registered Nurse, 2005, North Carolina
- Registered Nurse, 1994, Washington
- Registerd Nurse, 1976, Tennessee
Classes
- NCLIN 306: Practicum: Foundational Skills for Professional Nurses