THE APRN AND PA’S COMPLETE GUIDE TO
PRESCRIBING
DRUG
THERAPY
2022
MARI J. WIRFS
ALGRAWANY
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The APRN and PA’s Complete Guide to
Prescribing Drug Therapy
2022
,Mari J. Wirfs, PhD, MN, RN, APRN, ANP-BC, FNP-BC, CNE, began her career with an
ASN (1968, Dekalb College), and subsequently completed a BSN (1970, Georgia State
University), MS (1975, Emory University), Post-Masters Certificates in Primary Care of
the Adult (1997) and Family (1997, LSU Health Sciences Center), and PhD in Higher
Education Administration and Leadership (1991, University of New Orleans). She is
a nationally certified Adult Nurse Practitioner (1997, American Nurses Credentialing
Center), Family Nurse Practitioner (1998, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners), and
Certified Nurse Educator (2008, National League for Nursing). Her career spans 50+ years
inclusive of collegiate undergraduate and graduate nursing education and clinical practice
in critical care, pediatrics, psychiatric–mental health nursing, and advanced practice
primary care nursing. During her academic career, she has achieved the rank of professor
with tenure in two university systems.
Dr. Wirfs was a founding member of the medical staff in the establishment of Baptist
Community Health Services, a community-based nonprofit primary care clinic founded
post-hurricane Katrina in the New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward. Since 2002, Dr. Wirfs has
served as clinical director and primary care provider at the Family Health Care Clinic,
serving faculty, staff, students, and their families at New Orleans Baptist Theological
Seminary (NOBTS). She is also adjunct graduate faculty, teaching neuropsychology and
psychopharmacology, in the NOBTS Guidance and Counseling program. She is a long-
time member of the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF),
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, and several other academic
honor societies.
Dr. Wirfs has completed, published, and presented six quantitative research studies
focusing on academic leadership, nursing education, and clinical practice issues, including
one for the Army Medical Department conducted during her 8 year reserve service in
the US Army Nurse Corps. Her publications include co-authored family primary care
certification review books and study materials. Her first prescribing guide, Clinical Guide
to Pharmacotherapeutics for the Primary Care Provider, was published by Advanced
Practice Education Associates (APEA) from 1999 to 2014. The APRN’s Complete Guide to
Prescribing Drug Therapy (launched in 2016), The APRN’s Complete Guide to Prescribing
Pediatric Drug Therapy (launched in 2017), and The PA’s Complete Guide to Prescribing
Drug Therapy (launched in 2017) are published by Springer Publishing Company.
The APRN’s Complete Guide to Prescribing Pediatric Drug Therapy 2018 was awarded
second place, Book of the Year 2017 in the Child Health Category, by the American Journal
of Nursing (AJN), official publication of the American Nurses Association (ANA). The
panel of judges included the co-founder of the nurse practitioner role and first nurse
practitioner program, Dr. Loretta C. Ford, Professor Emerita. Dr. Wirfs was the recipient
of the 2018 AANP Nurse Practitioner State Award for Excellence from Louisiana by the
American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).
ALGRAWANY
, t
The APRN and PA’s Complete Guide to
Prescribing Drug Therapy
2022
Mari J. Wirfs, PhD, MN, RN,
APRN, ANP-BC, FNP-BC, CNE
PRESCRIBING
DRUG
THERAPY
2022
MARI J. WIRFS
ALGRAWANY
,t
The APRN and PA’s Complete Guide to
Prescribing Drug Therapy
2022
,Mari J. Wirfs, PhD, MN, RN, APRN, ANP-BC, FNP-BC, CNE, began her career with an
ASN (1968, Dekalb College), and subsequently completed a BSN (1970, Georgia State
University), MS (1975, Emory University), Post-Masters Certificates in Primary Care of
the Adult (1997) and Family (1997, LSU Health Sciences Center), and PhD in Higher
Education Administration and Leadership (1991, University of New Orleans). She is
a nationally certified Adult Nurse Practitioner (1997, American Nurses Credentialing
Center), Family Nurse Practitioner (1998, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners), and
Certified Nurse Educator (2008, National League for Nursing). Her career spans 50+ years
inclusive of collegiate undergraduate and graduate nursing education and clinical practice
in critical care, pediatrics, psychiatric–mental health nursing, and advanced practice
primary care nursing. During her academic career, she has achieved the rank of professor
with tenure in two university systems.
Dr. Wirfs was a founding member of the medical staff in the establishment of Baptist
Community Health Services, a community-based nonprofit primary care clinic founded
post-hurricane Katrina in the New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward. Since 2002, Dr. Wirfs has
served as clinical director and primary care provider at the Family Health Care Clinic,
serving faculty, staff, students, and their families at New Orleans Baptist Theological
Seminary (NOBTS). She is also adjunct graduate faculty, teaching neuropsychology and
psychopharmacology, in the NOBTS Guidance and Counseling program. She is a long-
time member of the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF),
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, and several other academic
honor societies.
Dr. Wirfs has completed, published, and presented six quantitative research studies
focusing on academic leadership, nursing education, and clinical practice issues, including
one for the Army Medical Department conducted during her 8 year reserve service in
the US Army Nurse Corps. Her publications include co-authored family primary care
certification review books and study materials. Her first prescribing guide, Clinical Guide
to Pharmacotherapeutics for the Primary Care Provider, was published by Advanced
Practice Education Associates (APEA) from 1999 to 2014. The APRN’s Complete Guide to
Prescribing Drug Therapy (launched in 2016), The APRN’s Complete Guide to Prescribing
Pediatric Drug Therapy (launched in 2017), and The PA’s Complete Guide to Prescribing
Drug Therapy (launched in 2017) are published by Springer Publishing Company.
The APRN’s Complete Guide to Prescribing Pediatric Drug Therapy 2018 was awarded
second place, Book of the Year 2017 in the Child Health Category, by the American Journal
of Nursing (AJN), official publication of the American Nurses Association (ANA). The
panel of judges included the co-founder of the nurse practitioner role and first nurse
practitioner program, Dr. Loretta C. Ford, Professor Emerita. Dr. Wirfs was the recipient
of the 2018 AANP Nurse Practitioner State Award for Excellence from Louisiana by the
American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).
ALGRAWANY
, t
The APRN and PA’s Complete Guide to
Prescribing Drug Therapy
2022
Mari J. Wirfs, PhD, MN, RN,
APRN, ANP-BC, FNP-BC, CNE
