Maureen R. Courtney, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, is Associate Professor, University of Texas at Arlington College of Nursing and Health Innovation, where she is responsible for teaching clinical research to doctoral students and supervising DNP projects and PhD dissertations, and advanced role and clinical courses in the FNP curriculum. Dr. Courtney has served as Principal Investigator (PI)/ Project Director for a major Community Partnership Primary Care Project and Partnership Action for Healthy Communities. Since 1983, Dr. Courtney has practiced as an FNP and most currently, practices in a family pr