B. Suzy Diggle-Fox

Instructor
Email: bdigglef@nyit.edu

Ph.D., Nursing Education, Capella University, Anticipated: June 2013
NP-BC, Gerontological Nurse Practitioner, Hunter College-Bellevue School of Nursing, 1988
S, Nursing, SUNY Downstate Medical Center College of Nursing, 1982
Diploma, Practical Nursing Program, Wilson Tech at Western Suffolk BOCES, 1978

2012-Present: Instructor, Department of Nursing, New York Institute of Technology, School of Health Professions, Old Westbury, NY
2012-Present: Adjunct Clinical Instructor, Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY
2011-Present: Adjunct Clinical Instructor, St. Paul's School of Nursing, Flushing, NY
2005-2005: Adjunct Clinical Instructor, SUNY at Farmingdale, Farmingdale, NY

2011-Present: Nurse Practitioner, Medical House Calls, PLLC, New York, NY
2005-Present: Nurse Practitioner-Occupational Health, Gurwin Jewish Geriatric Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Commack, NY
2001-2009: Nature Explore Instructor, Nassau BOCES Environmental Educational Center, Brookville, NY
2001-2009: Substitute School Nurse, Babylon Village Schools, Babylon, NY
200-2004: Nurse Practitioner, Private Practice, West Gilgo Beach, NY
2003-2004: Nurse Practitioner Consultant, Mental Health Service Professionals, Brooklyn, NY
1996-1997: Nurse Practitioner-Outpatient Clinic, Veterans Administration (VA) Extended Care Center, St. Albans, NY
1990-1997: Nurse Practitioner-Domiciliary Care Program, Veterans Administration (VA) Extended Care Center, St. Albans, NY
1986-1988: Community Health Nurse, Flushing Hospital Home Care, Flushing, NY
1983-1986: Community Health Nurse, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, New York, NY
1982-1983: Staff Nurse - Oncology, Memorial Sloane-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

PhD Thesis Research: "A Comparison of Two Teaching Strategies on Nursing Students' Knowledge and Self-Efficacy" (To be completed by June 2012)
HIV Clinical Scholar Research Project: "Is the HIV+ Methadone-Treatment Population Receiving the Antiretroviral Standard of Care as often as the HIV+ Non-Methadone Population?" (July 1999)
Master's Thesis: "An Investigation of the Influence of Patient Education on Anxiety" (December 1987)

Sunday School Teacher, Unitarian Universalist Church, Freeport, NY (1999-Present)
Educator/ Group Leader, Merrick-Bellmore Mother's Center (1994-Present)
Volunteer, Annual AIDS Walk NYC (1993-Present)
Organizer, Breast Cancer Walk-A-Thon, Coalition of Nurse Practitioners (2003-2007)
Nurse Practitioner, RotaCare Free Clinic, Uniondale, NY (2004-2006)

Board Certified Gerontological Nurse Practitioner, American Nurses Credentialing Center # 121614
New York State Nurse Practitioner in Adult Health # F000525
New York State Gerontological Nurse Practitioner # F000513
New York State Registered Professional Nurse # 349443-1
Drug Enforcement Administration Certification # MD2323842
Medicare UPIN # 94N971
National Provider Identifier # 1477761641
Medicaid Provider # 02414955
Certified HIV Clinical Scholar, NYS Department of Health AIDS Institute (1999)
AIDS Certified Registered Nurse, Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (1999)
Certification Training for Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counseling, PACE Center (1997)
HIV Counselor Training, New York City Department of Health (1991)
Basic Life Support Provider, American Heart Association

National League for Nursing
New York State Coalition of Nurse Practitioners
Long Island Nurse Practitioner Association
Long Island Nurse Practitioner Association Community Services Committee
Lobbyist, Long Island Coalition of Nurse Practitioner Association - Legislative Services Committee
Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
American Association of Occupational Health Nurses
Alumni Association, SUNY Downstate Medical Center College of Nursing

Diggle-Fox, B. S. (1999). Is the HIV+ Methadone-Treatment Population Receiving the Antiretroviral Standard of Care as often as the HIV+ Non-Methadone Population; presented to: the NYS Department of Health AIDS Institute, the HIV Clinic staff at Stony Brook University Hospital and the HIV Clinic and Methadone Maintenance Program staff at Nassau County Medical Center.
Diggle-Fox, B. S. (1988). An Investigation of the Influence of Patient Education on Anxiety, presented to undergraduate and graduate degree nursing students at Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing.