Leah CoffmanMSN, APRN, FNP-BC

Assistant Professor, Clinical Coordinator
School of Nursing - Graduate Department
HSB 319
(907) 786-6412
lmcoffman@alaska.edu

Education

  • Master's of Science in Nursing, UAA
  • Bachelor's of Science in Nursing, University of Oklahoma

Biography

Most of my career has been spent in women's health and pediatrics. I spent the first half of my nursing career at the bedside and then moved on to provide care as an APRN. I have now incorporated teaching and clinical work into one career and love what teaching has brought into my life. 

Teaching Responsibilities

  • FNP I & II
  • Advanced Nursing Theory

Professional & Department Service

  • Clinical Coordinator
  • Project PAK Coordinator

Career History/Work Experience

  • Labor and Delivery- nurse
  • Antepartum/Postpartum-nurse
  • Neonatal- nurse
  • Medical/Surgical-nurse
  • Geriatric Psych-nurse
  • Outpatient Surgery-nurse
  • ICU-nurse
  • Women's health/Obstetrics-APRN
  • Complex Pediatrics-hospitalist APRN
  • Family Medicine-APRN
  • General Pediatrics- APRN
  • Academic Teaching-UAA

Duties & Responsibilities

  • Teaching FNP graduate students
  • Remain clinically active as an APRN
  • Manage Project PAK
  • Coordinate clinicals for graduate students