Associate Dean, Clinical and Community Partnerships
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee
Dr. April Kapu is an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and most recently appointed as Associate Dean for Clinical and Community Partnerships, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. prior to her role as dean, she served as associate chief nursing officer for advanced practice nursing, Vanderbilt University Medical Center. There she led as a nursing executive for the health system, establishing innovative, high quality, and value driven healthcare services and providing professional practice support for over 1400 advanced practice nurses. Dr. Kapu represents Vanderbilt advanced practice nursing nationally through consultation, publications, presentations and hosted events. She is a Professor of Nursing, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing and Associate Professor of Critical Care, Department of Anesthesiology. Dr. Kapu has presented in numerous national conferences and has authored chapters in advanced practice nursing textbooks and published manuscripts in journals such as JONA, Nurse Leader, Critical Care Nurse, Critical Care Medicine, The Journal of Trauma, Nursing Management, American Nurse Today, JNP, JAANP, Nursing Outlook, and others. She holds several professional roles including: Fellow for the Society of Critical Care Medicine, Fellow for the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and Fellow for the American Academy of Nursing. Prior to being elected as president for AANP, Dr. Kapu served as Region 4 Director for 5 years. She is an active member of the Tennessee Nurses Association, served as past chair for the TN Government Affairs Committee and TN APRN Committee, and she represented TN NPs on the TN Governor’s special commission focused on pain and addiction treatment education. Dr. Kapu has been awarded VUMC “Transformational Nurse Leader of the Year” and Tennessee Hospital Association’s “Nurse of Clinical Distinction”. Dr. Kapu holds both a master’s and doctoral degree in nursing from Vanderbilt University School of Nursing.
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Monday, April 18, 2022
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM US CST
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM US CST