Lyndsey Gates
- Associate Director of Graduate Programs
- Assistant Professor of Nursing
About
Lyndsey E. Gates, DNP, MBA, MSN-Ed, APRN, PMHNP-BC, CNE, is the associate director of graduate programs and an assistant professor in the Norwich University School of Nursing. She joined Norwich University as a nursing faculty member in 2015 and has taught across undergraduate and graduate nursing programs. In her current role, she provides academic leadership for graduate nursing programs, supports faculty, and leads curriculum development initiatives.
Dr. Gates is a board-certified psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner and Certified Nurse Educator with experience in nursing education, clinical informatics, psychiatric-mental health care, and academic administration. Her professional interests include graduate nursing education, concept-based curriculum design, faculty development, program evaluation, accreditation, nursing informatics, evidence-based practice, and psychiatric-mental health nursing.
Her scholarship has addressed biomedical literature and drug repurposing during the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workforce diversification, and harm reduction. She has also served as a peer reviewer for the AACN Essentials Teaching Resource Database.
A three-time Norwich graduate (BSN, MSN, MBA), Dr. Gates practices as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner in private practice in New York. She lives in upstate New York with her husband, two children, and an assortment of animals.
Education
Master of Business Administration, Project Management Concentration, Norwich University
Post-Graduate Certificate, Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Wilkes University
Doctor of Nursing Practice, Executive Leadership, University of Vermont
Master of Science in Nursing, Nursing Education, Norwich University
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, summa cum laude, Norwich University
Bachelor of Science, Biology/Pre-Medicine, St. Lawrence University
Courses Taught
Undergraduate
NR 104 Focus on Professional Nursing
NR 204 Nursing Informatics
NR 206 Health Assessment Laboratory
NR 215 Care of the Client with Psychiatric/Mental Health Problems
NR 215L Care of the Client with Psychiatric/Mental Health Problems Clinical Practicum
NR 225 Research for Evidence-Based Practice
NR 232 Technology and Informatics in Healthcare
NR 314 Technical Innovations in Clinical Nursing
NR 321 Nursing Leadership
NR 365 Pathopharmacology for Nurses
NR 416L Care of the Adult II Clinical Practicum
NR 420 Care at End of Life
NR 421L Coordinator of Care Practicum
NR 441 Nursing Capstone
Graduate
NR 232 Technology and Informatics in Healthcare
NR 420 Care at End of Life
NR 524 Health Policy, Advocacy, and Economics in Healthcare
NR 534 Informatics and Healthcare Technologies
NR 557 Strategic Planning and Practice Applications in Nursing Informatics
NR 567 Informatics to Improve Nursing Practice
NR 581 Leadership in Healthcare Organizations
NR 592 Advanced Pharmacology, Population Focus PMHNP
NR 631 Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner I
Publications
Gates, L. E., & Hamed, A. A. (2020). The anatomy of the SARS-CoV-2 biomedical literature: Introducing the CovidX network algorithm for drug repurposing recommendation. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(8), e21169.
Kiernan, L., & Gates, L. (2024). Abstracts for the 2024 ENRS Annual Scientific Sessions. Nursing Research, 73(3), E31–E201.
Gates, L. (2020). Diversifying the healthcare workforce: Transition of the combat medic to baccalaureate-prepared nurse [Doctor of Nursing Practice project, University of Vermont]. ScholarWorks @ UVM.