Deanna Harless
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Dr. Deanna Fredericks Harless earned her BSN from McNeese State University; her MSN at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston as an emergency and acute care nurse practitioner; her DNP from Southeastern Louisiana University; and a post-master’s certificate as a family nurse practitioner from the University of South Alabama. She is currently a PhD student at William Carey University.
Dr. Harless is a Board-Certified Acute Care & Family Nurse Practitioner and has practiced for 18 years in neurosurgery. She has experience as a hospitalist, in occupational medicine, and in hospice. She currently works part-time in geriatrics.
Her research and practice interests include neurosurgical and geriatric care, as well as competency-based education in online advanced practice curricula.
She is currently the MSN Graduate Coordinator for McNeese.