Mary Margaret Rowe, MSN, RN, FNP

Associate Professor
Health Promotion Center Director
PLNU School of Nursing 

Contact Information:

Telephone:        (619) 849-2422
Email:               mrowe@pointloma.edu

Teaching Focus:

• BSN Senior Trends/Issues in Professional Nursing
• MSN Ethics, Health Policy, & Legislative Issues
• Director, Health Promotion Center
• Grant Writing to Support the Health Promotion Center

Education:

• California State University, Los Angeles - Bachelor in Nursing Science
• California State University, Dominguez Hills - Master of Science of Nursing with an emphasis in Nursing Education
• California State University, Dominguez Hills - Post Master's Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate
• American Nurse Credentialing Center - Board Certification, Advanced Practice Family Nurse Practitioner

Clinical Background/Academic Focus:

Professor Rowe has experienced a varied career including inpatient obstetrical care, childbirth education, public health division manager for maternal and child health services in a local health department, and nursing education of undergraduates, RN to BSN nursing students, and graduate students.  She serves as clinical faculty at the Health Promotion Center.

Research/Publications/Presentations:

• Faculty, Maternal Child Health Conference, presentation 1999 - Capitalizing on Our Resources, Sacramento, CA
• Panel Presentation, California State University, Los Angeles, Nursing Alumni Association, New Nursing Career Directions for the Next Millennium, 1999
• Guest Lecturer, Health and Human Development, University of San Diego, Women's Health Issues, 2003
• Poster Presentation: If You Build It, They Will Come, Providing Health Care to the Uninsured in a Service/learner Environment, Nursing Odyssey 2004, Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society, San Diego, 2004
• Presentation: Experience in a Service/Learner Environment - nursing faculty & student serving the health needs of a low income vulnerable population, Fuller Seminary International Health Conference, August, 2006.
• An informal clincial study:  The effects of compliance to medication treatment and health education on the blood pressure levels of hypertensive patients and Hgb-A1C levels of diabetic patients at the Health Promotion Center.  Funded by the Alliance Health Care Foundation (SHCF), 2006.
• Survey of Cultural Competence in PLNU Nursing Students:  Measuring the cultural competence of PLNU nursing students through the Cultural Competence Self-Assessment Questionnaire.  A co-study with Dr. Dione Taylor, funded by the AHCF.

Personal Note:

Professor Rowe has enjoyed a rich career in nursing, both in the hospital and community health setting. After eleven years teaching in a state university nursing program, she joined the PLNU nursing faculty in 2000. She loves working in a small Christian University, where she can work and fellowship closely with nursing students and faculty. Professor Rowe is married and has a grown daughter and son with a lovely wife and two beautiful granddaughters. She and her husband, Michael, reside in Pacific Beach, where they enjoy long walks on the beach and beautiful sunsets.

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