Prasuna Thomas, DNP, APRN, ACNPc-AG, RN-BC
Assistant Professor of Nursing
I find three approaches as my teaching principle: good preparation, adequate instructional technique, and interaction with my students. Ultimately my goal of teaching is to pass on the knowledge I have acquired to my students and to facilitate them to adapt a learning style that is unique to them and to be a great resource to my students in their process of becoming great citizens with caring hearts.
Biography
Prasuna Thomas is a doctorly prepared advanced practice registered nurse, with 2 years and 6 months of experience working as a nurse practitioner and 17 years of experience working as a registered nurse. Dr. Thomas received her Doctor of Nursing Practice Advanced Practice Degree from the Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Thomas is a nationally certified acute care nurse practitioner. She earned her BSN from College of Nursing Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. Dr. Thomas has a great passion for educating the future generation of nurses. In the clinical setting, the focus of care she has provided has been in the areas of Pediatrics, Medical-Surgical nursing/Telemetry, Cardiology and Same Day Surgery. Dr. Thomas has served as a clinical nurse, preceptor, and Ward In- charge, and a Hospitalist. Dr. Thomas was a part-time faculty at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and University of Maryland School of Nursing before she moved to Lakeland, Florida in 2024. Dr. Thomas’s DNP project was on sepsis survivorship.
Education
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing, 2007, College of Nursing, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
- Doctor of Nursing Practice in Adult- Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, 2021, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Interests
She enjoys listening to Christian devotional messages, reading bible, going out for a walk.
Awards
- 2019 - Inducted into Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
- 2012 - Certified Nurse Preceptor by the Methodist Health System
- 2010 - Certified Internal Quality Assessor by the National Accreditation Board of Hospitals- India
Publications
- Thomas, P. (2022). A quality improvement project to improve sepsis survivorship through nurse education in a Medical Surgical Unit. Austin Journal of Nursing & Health Care, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.26420/austinjnurshealthcare.2022.1066
- Thomas, P. (2023). Discharge education and sepsis re-admission: An integrative review. Journal of Clinical & Medical Images Case Report, 3(4) :1517
Projects
DNP Project:Decreasing the 30-day sepsis readmission through nurse education in a medical surgical unit.