CURRICULUM VITAE
Sheila Linz, PMHNP-BC, MSN, RN
P.O. Box 493
Roosevelt, NJ 08555
sheila.linz@student.shu.edu
(609) 462-7311
EDUCATION:
Year
2009
2001
Degrees
MSN
Institution
Seton Hall University
Columbia University School of Nursing
Field of Study
PhD Program
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
1996
BSN
Columbia University School of Nursing
Nursing
1995
BS
Borough of Manhattan Community College
Science
1977
BFA
Philadelphia College of Art
Painting
Boston University
Fine Arts
1971
Robert Wood Johnson NJNI Recipient, 2009
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE: (Seton Hall University-College of Nursing)
Date of Initial Faculty Appointment at Seton Hall University: 9/1/07-6/1/09
Rank: Instructor
Position: Instructor
Teaching Responsibilities:
Course #
NUTC3015AB
NUTC3015BC
NUTH1004CC
NUTH1004DD
NUTH1001VU
NUTC3015AA
NUTC3015BB
NUTH1004GC
CORE1101BT
CORE1101CF
NUTC3015AB
NUTC3015BC
NULD6203AA
NUTC3915AA
NUTH1004GC
Course Name
Dimensions of Psychosocial Nursing
Fall, 2007
Dimensions of Psychosocial Nursing
Fall, 2007
Dying with Dignity
Fall, 2007
Dying with Dignity
Fall, 2007
Group Dynamics (online teaching)
Spring, 2008
Dimensions of Psychosocial Nursing
Spring, 2008
Dimensions of Psychosocial Nursing
Spring, 2008
Dying with Dignity
Spring, 2008
Journey of Transformation
Fall, 2008
Journey of Transformation
Fall, 2008
Dimensions of Psychosocial Nursing
Fall, 2008
Dimensions of Psychosocial Nursing
Fall, 2008
Clinical Role Development II
Spring, 2009
Dimensions of Psychosocial Nursing
Spring, 2009
Dying with Dignity
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Content Focus
Mental Health Nursing
Theory/Clinical
Clinical
Mental Health Nursing
Clinical
Caring for the Dying Patient
Theory
Caring for the Dying Patient
Theory
Group Dynamics
Theory
Mental Health Nursing
Clinical
Mental Health Nursing
Clinical
Caring for the Dying Patient
Theory
Catholic Intellectual Tradition
Theory
Catholic Intellectual Tradition
Theory
Mental Health Nursing
Clinical
Mental Health Nursing
Clinical
Mental Health Nursing,
Graduate CNS Cohort
Mental Health Nursing
Clinical
Caring for the Dying Patient
Theory
Clinical
Spring, 2009
OTHER ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:
Dates
Position/Title
Institution
Responsibilities/Courses Taught
May, 2011
Instructor as part of
Education Practicum
Rutgers University
College of Nursing
Graduate Level Research Class
(online)
Designed and implemented a
module on the use of photo
elicitation in qualitative research.
Designed and incorporated an
exercise in photo elicitation for
the students to participate in.
2003-2007
Preceptor
Columbia
University School
of Nursing
Psychiatric Nurse
Practitioner
Program
Graduate Student Practice:
Advanced psychopharmacology,
psychiatric evaluation,
medication management, crisis
intervention and psychotherapy.
2005-2006
Preceptor
Columbia
University School
of Nursing
DNP Program
Doctoral Student Practice:
Advanced psychopharmacology,
psychiatric evaluation, and case
management.
2003-2004
Clinical Instructor
Columbia
University School
of Nursing
Undergraduate Student Practice:
Clinical skills on a psychiatric
inpatient unit.
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:
Dates
9-2006 to 6-2007
Position/Title
Psychiatric
Nurse
Practitioner
Institution
The Bowery Resident’s
Committee, NYC
Area
Homeless population at two shelters. A psychiatric
MICA shelter and a work shelter. Psychiatric
Evaluation, crises intervention, assessment and
psychopharmacological prescription and
management.
9-2005 to 7- 2007
Psychiatric
Nurse
Practitioner
Project Renewal Inc.,
NYC
200 bed MICA Men’s Shelter, Mobil Outreach at
Create Young, Youth Shelter, and Street Smart
Outreach to gay and transgendered youth.
Psychiatric evaluation, psychopharmacological
prescription and follow-up, crisis intervention.
3-2005 to 6-2005
Psychiatric
Nurse
Practitioner
The St. Paul Center,
NYC
Mental Health Clinic staffed solely by nurse
practitioners providing weekly psycho-therapy
sessions and medication prescriptive management to
a variety of patients referred by Covenant House,
Fountain House, and NYC agencies serving the
needs of the homeless and under served.
8-2004 to 8-2005
Advanced
Practice Nurse
Association for the
Advancement of Mental
Health (AAMH),
Princeton, NJ
Partial Care Day Treatment Program for the severely
mentally ill and as psychiatric provider for outpatient
treatment serving the community. Psychiatric
Assessment and diagnoses. Prescriptive medication
management.
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2003 – 2004
Psychiatric
Nurse
Practitioner
Project Renewal Inc.,
NYC
Fort Washington Men’s Shelter for the homeless
mentally ill. Initial assessment, psychiatric
evaluation, prescriptive management and crisis
intervention. Large MICA population at 200 bed
shelter. Severe mental illness, substance abuse and
personality disorders.
2002 – 2003
Psychiatric
Nurse
Practitioner
Bensonhurst Family
Guidance Center,
Brooklyn, NY
Psychiatric Evaluation and pharmacological
management of patients with a vast array of
psychiatric disorders. Depression, Bipolar Disorder,
Schizophrenia, Anxiety Disorders, PTSD, and
Substance Abuse, in a community clinic setting.
2001 – 2003
Psychiatric
Nurse
Practitioner
Institute for
Community Living,
Brooklyn, NY
Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) providing
psychiatric services for patients triply diagnosed with
AIDS, substance abuse and psychiatric illness.
Responsible for prescriptive psychiatric management
and liaison to medical care. Participated in
formation of team and responsible for outreach to
referral sources.
2000 – 2001
Registered
Nurse
Lutheran Medical
Center, Brooklyn, NY
Acute 28 bed psychiatric inpatient unit. Charge
nurse, psychiatric E.R., forensics and detox unit.
1997 – 2000
Registered
Nurse
Institute for
Community Living ,
Brooklyn, NY
Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Community
outreach. Caseload of 55 pt’s with chronic mental
illness. Provided monthly deconoate injections in
their homes, medication management, psychiatric
emergency and follow up. Served an urban and
disenfranchised and underserved population.
1987 – 1995
Group Leader,
Recreational
Specialist
Institute for
Community Living
Brooklyn, NY
Residential and day treatment program for the
chronic and persistently mentally ill. Developed
recreational program for the facility. Designed,
outfitted and led art, video making, photography
darkroom, and weekly field trips. Directed a staff of
four art therapists on Sunday for the weekend
program.
PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE:
Registered Nurse, New Jersey, License Number 26N011570600
Advanced Practice Nurse, New Jersey, License Number 26NJ00026100
Registered Nurse, New York, License Number 488960-1
Nurse Practitioner in Psychiatry, New York, License Number 400654-1.
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS:
ANCC
Current Certification as a Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.
ACADEMIC HONORS:
2009
Chosen as a Robert Wood Johnson New Jersey Nursing Initiative Scholar
2009
Chosen as one of two faculty members at Seton Hall University to represent Seton Hall University
at the Collegium of Catholic Universities at St. Johns University in Minnesota.
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ACADEMIC SERVICE
2011
Assisted in the founding of and prepared all visual graphic material for the Doctoral Students
Organization at Seton Hall University, College of Nursing.
2009
Co-produced the First Annual Seton Hall University, College of Nursing Art Exhibit which was
filmed by and shown on a local New Jersey News Program.
2009
Represented Seton Hall University at the Collegium of Catholic Universities at St. Johns
University in Minnesota.
2008
Taught two sections of The Journey of Transformation, core college classes on Catholic intellectual
tradition that included a service learning component.
2007-2009
Co-Chairperson of the Faculty Development Committee, Seton Hall University, College of Nursing.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2012
Peer Reviewer for Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, a journal for advanced practice psychiatric
nurses.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
2008-Present
Volunteer Director of The Assifa Space Gallery presenting works by Roosevelt artists, poets and
musicians.
2004-Present
Appointed to the Roosevelt Arts Project Committee (RAP) Roosevelt, New Jersey.
2010
Co-organized story telling night celebrating the history of the historic town of Roosevelt, New
Jersey. Interviewed and photographed the now elderly original inhabitants for PowerPoint
presentations to be used at the celebratory and well attended community event.
2011
Co- organized and co-curated an art show representing and bringing together the artists and poets of
two neighboring New Jersey towns at Assifa Space.
2012
Organized and curated a “Talking Heads” portrait show at Assifa Space
2012
Hosted a showing of the works of the renowned artist Jacob Landau at Assifa Space
PUBLICATIONS
2011
Pearson, G.S., & Linz, S. (2011). Linking homelessness with mental illness. Perspectives in
Psychiatric Care, 47(4) 165-166.
2011
Linz, S. (2011). Photo elicitation: Enhancing learning in the affective domain. The Journal of
Continuing Education in Nursing, 42(9) 393-394.
PRESENTATIONS
2012
Poster presentation at RWJ/NJNI meeting at Fairleigh Dickenson College of Nursing. Poster content
related to research on social isolation and severe mental illness.
2011
Poster presentation at RWJ-NJNI third annual meeting. Poster content on the use of photo elicitation
to enhance the affective domain in nursing students.
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RESEARCH
2012
I am currently conducting a qualitative research study investigating the experience of mental
healthcare workers on eight interdisciplinary mental healthcare teams in two states as they attempt
to facilitate social integration for their clients who are the most severely mentally ill members of
their communities. I am interested in the methods they use, the ways that they have found to engage
their clients, and the barriers they face. As mental healthcare workers on the frontlines, I am
seeking their ideas for novel ways to increase social integration in people with severe mental illness
who live in the community.
CONTINUING EDUCATION: (Past 5 years)
9/13-15/12
The 2012 National State of the Science Congress on Nursing Research: Discovery Through
Innovation. The Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science, Washington, DC.
6/3-6/12
5th International Stigma Conference, Mental Health Commission of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada.
4/10/12
Distinguished Lecture Series: Dr. Deborah Koniak-Griffen, Nurse Researcher of UCLA School of
Nursing, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey.
4/ 3/2012
25th Annual Reinkeymeyer Research Day at Seton Hall University, College of Nursing, South
Orange, New Jersey.
3/ 28-30/12
Eastern Nursing Research Society, 24th Annual Scientific Sessions: From Cell to Society: The
Intersection of Nursing Research, Practice and Policy, New Haven Ct.
2/16/12
Distinguished Lecture Series: Dr. Elizabeth Barrett, Nurse Theorist at Seton Hall University, College
of Nursing, South Orange, New Jersey.
10/ 2/ 11
New York State Mandated Infection Control Training. New York State Nurses Association.
7/ 25-28/11
Qualitative Analyses 2: Phenomenological & Narrative/ Discourse Methods, Center for Lifelong
Learning, the University of North Carolina, School of Nursing
6/23/11
TCAB-NJNI Leadership for the New Age: Healthcare Realities-The Future of Nursing. Health
Research and Educational Trust of New Jersey.
3/ 23-25/11
Eastern Nursing Research Society, 23rd Annual Scientific Sessions: Informing Health Policy
Through Nursing Science.
2/ 10-13/11
AACN Faculty Development Conference. Success Strategies for New Faculty, Austin, Texas.
7/15/10
The Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
4/16/10
23rd Annual Reinkemeyer Research Day at Seton Hall University College of Nursing, South
Orange, New Jersey.
8/3/09
Managing the Spectrum of Psychiatric Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Evidence-Based
Use of Atypical Antipsychotics. SciMed.
7/01/09
Guide to Psychiatric Disorders, Part 4 Brain Morphology in Mental Illness and the Neuroprotective
Effects of Psychotropic Agents. Sponsored by The University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Continuing Education Course.
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6/24/09
Recognition and Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in the Primary Care Setting. Sponsored by The
John Hopkins School of Medicine.
6/24/07
Treating the Patient with Schizophrenia in the Correctional Setting. Sponsored by AKH INC.
6/23/07
Guide to Psychiatric Disorders, Part 3, The Early Recognition and Treatment of Schizophrenia.
Sponsored by The University of Kentucky College of Medicine Continuing Education Course.
6/23/07
Mood Disorders: Management and Treatment Strategies for the 21 st Century. Sponsored by The
University of Kentucky College of Medicine Continuing Education Office.
3/21/07
2007 Annual TB Conference: TB Anywhere is TB Everywhere. Sponsored by The New York
City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
2/1/07
Buprenorphine: An Introduction, Harm Reduction. Sponsored by The New York City Department
of Health and Mental Hygiene.
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