Heidi J. Worabo, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
Associate Professor/Clinical
Heidi J. Worabo, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, is a board-certified family nurse practitioner and associate professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) School of Nursing. Dr. Worabo serves as the Co-Director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program and the Family Nurse Practitioner track coordinator. Her mission is to expand access to quality primary and preventive healthcare for communities both locally and globally through holistic, compassionate, and cost-effective care. She enjoys sharing her passion for patient-centered, culturally sensitive care with the next generation of healthcare professionals through didactic and clinical education. For more than a decade, she has provided primary care for patients at the Employee and Student Health Center, Wellness 360, and served as Co-Director of the San Antonio Refugee Health Clinic (SARHC). The SARHC is a free clinic for newly resettled refugees that is managed by a dynamic interprofessional team of students and faculty dedicated to the wellbeing of refugees, while providing students with service-learning experiences that shape their career trajectory.
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Professional Background
Education
- 2012 - Doctor in Nursing Practice - Nursing - University of Missouri
- 2007 - Master of Science in Nursing - Family Nurse Practitioner - Southern Illinois University
- 2002 - Bachelor of Science in Nursing - Nursing - Goshen College
Highlights
Licensures and Certifications
- 06/2007 ANCC Family Nurse Practitioner Certification - (experation date) 06/2027
- 03/2013 APRN License/Texas Board of Nursing- (experation date) 08/2026
- 02/2013 RN License/Texas Board of Nursing- (experation date) 08/2026
Honors and Award
- 2022 Outstanding Nurse Practitioner Educator Award, NONPF
- 2021 Presidential Award for Teaching Excellence, UT Health SA
- 2020 Fellow, American Association of Nurse Practitioners
- 2020 Fellow, Elevating Leaders in Academic Nursing, American Association of Colleges of Nursing
- 2018 Patty L. Hawken Faculty Excellent Award, UT Health SA School of Nursing
- 2016 Unsung Hero Award, UT Health SA School of Nursing
- 2012 Nancy Sue Claypool Research Award, University of Missouri-St. Louis
- 2007 Certificate of Excellence in Graduate Honor’s Program, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Appointments
- 2022 - Present - Co-Director, Doctor of Nursing Practice Program - UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
- 2020 - present - Associate Professor - UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
- 2019 - present - Family Nurse Practitioner Track Coordinator and Coordinator - UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
- 2013 – 2020 - Assistant Professor - UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
- 2009 – 2012 - Clinical Instructor - Saint Louis University, School of Nursing
- 2014 – present - Co-Director - San Antonio Refugee Health Clinic
- 2014 – present - Family Nurse Practitioner - Wellness 360 Employee and Student Health Center
- 2010 - 2012 - Family Nurse Practitioner - The Institute for Family Medicine, St. Louis, MO
- 2009 – 2010 - Family Nurse Practitioner - Take Care Health Systems, St. Louis, MO
- 2007 – 2009 - Family Nurse Practitioner - Children’s Gastroenterology of St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
- 2006 - 2007 - Registered Nurse - St. John’s Mercy Medical Center, JFK Clinic, St. Louis, MO
- 2003 – 2006 - Registered Nurse - St. Joseph Hospital of Kirkwood, St. Louis, MO
- 2002 - 2003 - Registered Nurse - Goshen General Hospital, Goshen, IN
- 1999 - 2001 - Certified Nurses Assistant - Greencroft Senior Center, Goshen, IN
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- Instruction & Training
- Research & Grants
- Clinical
- Service
- Publications