Lavon Williams, DNP, MSN, RN-BC, PMHNP-BC, GNP-BC
Clinical Professor
Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Background
Lavon Williams is a clinical instructor at the Decker School of Nursing. She is an ANCC board certified medical-surgical nurse, family psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner and geriatric nurse practitioner.
At the Decker School, her focus is geriatric, palliative care, mental health and nurse education. She has been teaching nursing at the master's and doctoral levels for two years and currently teaches courses in adult-gerontological nursing practice, project planning and development, and nursing internship. She previously taught courses on psychiatric mental health nursing practice at Midwestern State University.
Williams works or has worked in acute care, med-surg, ambulatory care, long-term care, home health, hospice and mental health settings. She has made a number of presentations on mental health-related topics.
Education
- AASN, Moorhead Community College
- BSN, University of Southern Mississippi
- MSN, University of South Alabama
- DNP, University of South Alabama
Research Interests
- Mental health issues
- Palliative care/end-of-life care
- Home care for the elderly population
Clinical Interests
- Psychiatry
- Long-term care
- Telepsychiatry
- Palliative care
