Bobbie Bratton, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, CPPS, CHWI
Assistant Professor College of Nursing, CoN IPE Course Director
University of North Texas
Bobbie Bratton is a family nurse practitioner with 27+ years of nursing and 20+ years of advanced practice. She has a diverse clinical background including family practice, occupational health, perioperative care and management. Bratton is an assistant professor with College of Nursing at the UNT Health Science Center and serves as IPE course director. She has a appointment in the Department of Lifestyle Health Sciences. Bobbie is a clinical executive with Safercare Texas, home of HSC’s Patient Safety Organization. Bobbie’s current practice is with HSC Center for Older Adults, partnering with patients to provide person-centered care, within a whole-health model.

Presenting at the Nexus Summit:

Description: Often the focus of innovation and improvement in the field of IPE targets the student and patient/community experience, overlooking the enabling or inhibiting factors of the faculty and preceptors charged with building said cultures for interprofessional education and/or interprofessional collaborative practice. We are often reminded that professional development in IPE is necessary, but time is limited and there is no bureaucracy forcing the need. It doesn't have to be done, but this session implores that leaders make the time and space for interprofessional teams at their…