The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program at the University at Buffalo educates students for an expanded comprehensive nurse practitioner role that includes critical thinking and independent decision making in clinical practice, leadership, education, policy and consultation. The CCNE accredited program prepares nurse practitioners to apply the latest evidence-based science to improve clinical practice outcomes.
ADDRESS:
School of Nursing
University at Buffalo
310 Wende Hall
Buffalo, NY 14214-3079
PHONE: 716-829-2303
EMAIL: mmo3@buffalo.edu
Molli Oldenburg, DNP, RN, MSN, FNP-BC, AOCNP, is a nurse practitioner with more than 20 years of clinical experience. Since 2018, she has served as the Global Initiatives Coordinator at the UB School of Nursing, creating opportunities for students to gain hands-on experience beyond traditional clinical settings. She practices on the Leukemia Service at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and previously spent seven years in rural western New York working in primary care.
As program director of the Family Nurse Practitioner Program and a clinical associate professor since 2022, Oldenburg develops curricular standards; advises students; and conducts research in oncology, survivorship and global health. She has taught more than a dozen graduate and undergraduate courses, including Social Determinants and Justice in Local and Global Settings. Oldenburg leads UB’s Global Health Initiatives, spearheading mission trips to Peru, Haiti, Ghana, Belize, Greece and underserved areas in Tennessee. She has collaborated with UB’s Dental and Pharmacy schools on interprofessional projects and recently secured a grant from the Elsie P. and Lucius B. McCowan Private Charitable Foundation to support a Global Health Initiative that immerses nursing students in culturally inclusive clinical experiences.
Oldenburg, M., Sands, J., Paine Hughes, L., Sessanna, L., & Chang, Y. P. (2024). The experience of participating in a rural two-day interprofessional remote area medical clinic among senior undergraduate nursing students. Journal of the American Nurses Association - New York. (In press).
Chang, Y.-P., Cassalia, J., Warunek, M., & Scherer, Y. (2019). Motivational interviewing training with standardized patient simulation for prescription opioid abuse among older adults. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 55(4), 681-689. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppc.12402
Nierenberg, S., Hughes, L. P., Warunek, M., Gambacorta, J. E., Dickerson, S. S., & Campbell-Heider, N. (2018). Nursing and dental students' reflections on interprofessional practice after a service-learning experience in Appalachia. Journal of Dental Education, 82(5), 454-461. doi:10.21815/JDE.018.050
Gate-Bouchard, E. A., LaValley, S., Warunek, M., Beaupin, L. K., & Mollica, M. (2017). Is cancer information exchanged on social media scientifically accurate? Journal of Cancer Education. Advance online publication. doi:10.1007/s13187-017-1254-z
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