Erica Hooper, DNP, RN, PHN, CNS, CNL

Erica Hooper has nursing experience working in the areas of geriatrics, pediatrics, primary care, public health, leadership, program development, and education. She has a BSN and DNP in Health Care Systems Leadership from the University of San Francisco. She also has an MSN in Advanced Community Health and International Nursing with a minor in Education from the University of California San Francisco. She has been teaching nursing at the University of San Francisco since 2005. At USF she serves as faculty lead for the Joint Venture Health Initiative, which is a clinical option designed to prepare nursing masters’ students for nursing roles in primary care. She is a Caritas Coach® and has a passion for alternative healing practices as well as promoting the health and wellness of vulnerable populations. She has an expertise working with juvenile justice system-involved youth.

• Faculty Lead, Puebla Healthcare Immersion
• Faculty Lead, SONHP Joint Venture Health Initiative
• Chair, FASONHP Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
• Faculty Advisor, Black Nursing Students Association
• Vice-Chair, Alameda County Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention Commission

• DNP-University of San Francisco
• MSN-University of California, San Francisco
• BSN-University of San Francisco

• University of San Francisco School of Nursing Dean’s Medal, 2002

• University of San Francisco School of Nursing Mother Mary Baptist Russell Award, 2002

• University of San Francisco Spirit of Saint Francis Award, 2002

• University of San Francisco SKILL Team Award for Nursing Students’ Association, 2002

• University of San Francisco Archbishop Oscar Romero Society Award, 2002

• Clinical Training Innovation for Prelicensure Graduate Nursing Students to Expand Roles in Primary Care, 2019

• Lessons Learned from a Multidisciplinary Collaborative Supporting Juvenile Reentry, 2019

• The Role and Impact of Public Health Nurses in Meeting the Health Needs of Youth in the Juvenile Justice System — Chapter in book titled Social Equity in a Time of Change: A Critical 21st Century Social Movement by Dr. Richard Greggory Johnson III, 2017

Certifications

Public Health Nurse

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Clinical Nurse Leader

Health Coach Trainer

Certified HeartMath Trainer

Certified Massage Practitioner

Appointments

Faculty Lead, Puebla Healthcare Immersion

Faculty Lead, SONHP Joint Venture Health Initiative

Chair, FASONHP Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee

Faculty Advisor, Black Nursing Students Association

Vice-Chair, Alameda County Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention Commission

Research Interests

Juvenile Justice System-Involved Youth

Public Health Nursing

Primary Care Training for Interdisciplinary Health Professions' Students

Alternative Medicine

Publications

Clinical Training Innovation for Prelicensure Graduate Nursing Students to Expand Roles in Primary Care, 2019

Lessons Learned from a Multidisciplinary Collaborative Supporting Juvenile Reentry, 2019

The Role and Impact of Public Health Nurses in Meeting the Health Needs of Youth in the Juvenile Justice System--Chapter in book titled Social Equity in a Time of Change: A Critical 21st Century Social Movement by Dr. Richard Greggory Johnson III, 2017

Presentations

Cura Personalis for the Juvenile Justice Population: Transforming Hopelessness through Caring; presented at USF Alumni Dons Talks, 2019

The Role and Impact of Public Health Nurses in Meeting the Health Needs of Youth in the Juvenile Justice System; presented at Contra Costa County Public Health Nurse All-Staff Meeting, 2017

Addressing the Health Needs of Incarcerated Youth; presented at USF Social Equity Conference, 2016

Juvenile Incarceration: Hope versus Despair; presented at Bay Area Black Nurses Association Flo Stroud Conference, 2016

Juvenile Incarceration; presented at USF Committee on Children and Youth Symposium, 2015

USF Awards

University of San Francisco School of Nursing Dean’s Medal, 2002

University of San Francisco School of Nursing Mother Mary Baptist Russell Award, 2002

University of San Francisco Spirit of Saint Francis Award, 2002

University of San Francisco SKILL Team Award for Nursing Students’ Association, 2002

University of San Francisco Archbishop Oscar Romero Society Award, 2002

Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges Award, 2001

University of San Francisco SKILL Team Award for ASUSF Senate, 2000

University of San Francisco SKILL Team Award for Nursing Student Council, 2000

Grants Awarded

Juvenile-Justice Youth Performing Arts Events-Kenneth Rainin Foundation ($10k), 2018

Juvenile-Justice Youth Leadership Camp-East Bay Community Foundation ($1k), 2018

Professional Memberships

Sigma Theta Taut International Nursing Honor Society, Beta Gamma Chapter

National Black Nurses Association

Bay Area Black Nurses Association

Previous USF Student Memberships

Tri Gamma Nursing Sorority

Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity

National Student Nurses' Association

Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit Honor Society