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Julia McDougal Ronconi

she/her
DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC
Clinical Assistant Professor

Location

Skinner Hall

651 N Pleasant St
Amherst, MA 01003
United States

Room 309

Julia McDougal Ronconi teaches in undergraduate and DNP programs, specializing in psychiatric-mental health nursing. Her clinical interests are stress response/coping and PTSD. She is interested in problem-focused strategies for nursing stress reduction and the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Education

  • DNP, University of Massachusetts Boston, 2021
  • MS (Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing) University of Utah, 2004
  • BS (Nursing) University of Utah, 1996

Research and Publications

  • McDougal Ronconi, J., Kim, S. , Hackel, J., Kelly, L., & Zhang, L. (2022). Implementing telemental health to improve access to mental healthcare in rural Vermont. Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 18 (2), 226-231.
  • Mabey, L. J., Wheeler, K., Ronconi, J.M., & Smith, J, A. (2017). What Do Psychiatric Advanced Practice Nurses Know About Trauma Treatment? Retrieved from https://collections.lib.utah.edu/details?id=1209240.
  • Ronconi, J.M., Shiner, B., & Watts, B.V., (2015). A Meta-analysis of Depression Outcomes in Randomized, Controlled Trials for PTSD. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 203(7), 522-529.
  • Ronconi, J.M., Shiner, B., & Watts, B.V., (2014). Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria in Randomized Controlled Trials of Psychotherapy for PTSD. Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 21(1), 25-37.