Maria Allen

Prof. Allen has practiced in the field of psychiatric nursing for most of her nursing career which spans over 50 years. She graduated from a Family Nurse Practitioner program in 1978 and a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner program with a master’s degree in 2000. She was board certified in Adult Health in 1983 and in PMHNP in 2003.
She has worked in both hospital and community health as a nurse practitioner in psychiatry, addictions, women’s health, home care and primary care.
She has held a number of leadership positions in local, state, and national nursing and nurse practitioner organizations and has done a number of educational presentations at those levels. For the past 11 years, she has been working part time in academia.