EDUCATION AND TRAINING

University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA, Master of Science in Nursing, Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program, August 2006

Johns Hopkins University, School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, July 2004

University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Bachelor of Science in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Minor in Chemistry, December 1999

Monica Knapp MSN
Teaching Associate

BOARD CERTIFICATION

Certified for basic dysrhythmia monitoring and peritoneal dialysis management as of November 2004 at HUP

ACLS and BLS certified last in October 2006 and August 2006, respectively

AREAS OF CLINICAL EXPERTISE

SPECIAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Edna Schoen Award for Excellence in Clinical Practice Class, 2004

Dean's Honor List, University of Washington, 1999

Member of Sigma Theta Tau (International Nursing Honor Society), and Vice-President of SGA, 2004

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Bea, F., Blessing, E., Shelley (Knapp), M. I., Shultz, J. M., & Rosenfeld, M. E. (2003). Simvastatin inhibits expression of tissue factor in advanced atherosclerotic lesions of apolipoprotein E deficient mice independently of lipid lowering: potential role of simvastatin-mediated inhibition of Egr-1 expression and activation. Atherosclerosis, 167(2), 187-94.