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Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing
Assistant Professor – Nursing/Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Master's Programs
Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing
Palm Beach
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), Florida Atlantic University 2016
Master’s of Science in Nursing (MSN), Barry University 1995
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), Barry University 1993
Dr. Bittner has been teaching and mentoring nursing, medical, and allied health students for many years. Before NSU, she taught online classes for nurse practitioners.
Dr. Bittner’s clinical specialization is emergency medicine. She is also interested in functional medicine and how people can take an active part in staying well. She has been a nurse practitioner in multiple emergency departments in Dade and Palm Beach county since 1995 and feels there is an opportunity to learn and grow in this specialty.
Her research interest is diversified and related to nurse practitioners in the emergency department as well as the lack of dental care in the ED.