Beth Heuer
Biography
Dr. Beth Heuer is a board-certified pediatric nurse practitioner and pediatric primary care mental health specialist. She has practiced in the areas of pediatric neurology, developmental/behavioral pediatrics, integrated mental health, and mitochondrial medicine.
Dr. Heuer obtained her bachelor's degree in science in nursing from the University of Pittsburgh in 1988, master’s degree in nursing from the University of Pittsburgh in 2002, and her doctoral degree (DNP) from Robert Morris University in 2014.
She has presented nationally on topics related to clinical care and academic and professional issues. Her work has been published in the Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, the Journal for Nurse Practitioners, and the Journal of Pediatric Health Care, among others. She is an author and co-editor of the upcoming Elsevier textbook “The Nurse Preceptor Toolkit: Preparing Nurses and Advanced Practice Nurses for Clinical Practice.” She is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and is the Corresponding Editor of the Behavioral Health/Mental Health Department for the Journal of Pediatric Health Care.
Dr. Heuer is the former Executive Board secretary of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) and has held multiple leadership positions within that organization. She is a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. In addition, she is a member of the Association of Faculties of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (AFPNP), the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF), the International Family Nursing Association, and several other nursing organizations.
Education
- DNP, Robert Morris University
- MSN, University of Pittsburgh
- BSN, University of Pittsburgh
Courses Taught
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Number |
Name |
Level |
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NURS 2089 |
Foundations of Nursing |
Undergraduate |
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NURS 4198 |
Health Policy and Economics |
Undergraduate |
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NURS 5401 |
Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology |
Graduate |
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NURS 5552 |
Health Assessment and Clinical Diagnosis |
Graduate |
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NURS 5552 |
Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Reasoning |
Graduate |
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NURS 5552 |
Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Diagnosis |
Graduate |
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NURS 8101 |
DNP Project Development I |
Graduate |
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NURS 8102 |
DNP Project Development II |
Graduate |
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NURS 8103 |
DNP Project III: Implementation, Evaluation and Dissemination |
Graduate |
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NURS 8103 |
DNP Project Implementation |
Graduate |
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NURS 9189 |
Collaborative Partnerships: Interdisciplinary |
Graduate |
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NURS 9489 |
DNP II Practicum |
Graduate |
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NURS 9777 |
Primary Care of Children and Youth Theory |
Graduate |
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NURS 9787 |
Primary Care of Children and Youth Practicum |
Graduate |
Selected Publications
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Heuer, B. (2024). Mood disorders: Behavioral and developmental influences. In Primary Care of Children with Chronic Conditions. Elsevier.
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Heuer, B. (2024). Endocrine and metabolic disorders. In Burns' Pediatric Primary Care. Elsevier.
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Wysocki, K. & Heuer, B. (2023). Genomics of aging: Reactive oxidation and inefficient mitochondria. J Am Assoc Nurse Pract, 35(6), pp. 334-336. United States. doi: 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000880
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Sinko, L., Heuer, B., Johnson, L., Brown, J., Heron, K., Lehigh, M., Gresko, S., Dickey, S., Teichman, B., & Schroeder, K. (2023). Building a culture of healing to support nurse faculty and staff well-being in the aftermath of COVID-19. Nurs Open, 10(5), pp. 2700-2702. United States. doi: 10.1002/nop2.1584
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Heuer, B. (2023). The effects of nuclear DNA mutations on mitochondrial function. J Am Assoc Nurse Pract, 35(1), pp. 2-4. United States. doi: 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000827
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Heuer, B. & Seibert, D.C. (2022). Mitochondrial disorders: Understanding mitochondrial DNA point mutations and deletion syndromes. J Am Assoc Nurse Pract, 34(8), pp. 954-956. United States. doi: 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000755
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Heuer, B. & Seibert, D.C. (2022). Understanding the nomenclature of mitochondrial DNA mutations through examples of two specific disease entities: Mitochondrial encephalopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes and Leber hereditary optic neuropathy. J Am Assoc Nurse Pract, 34(2), pp. 217-219. United States. doi: 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000693
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Heuer, B. (2021). Mitochondrial DNA: Unraveling the "other" genome. J Am Assoc Nurse Pract, 33(9), pp. 673-675. United States. doi: 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000646
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Brooks, L., Heuer, B., & Morris, M. (2021). Management of neurologic disorders. In Primary Care Pediatrics for the Nurse Practitioner: A Practical Approach (pp. 629-653).
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Heuer, B., Morris, M., & Brooks, L. (2021). Management of neurologic disorders. In Primary Care Pediatrics for the Nurse Practitioner A Practical Approach. Springer Publishing Company.
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Gonçalves, F.G., Alves, C.A.P.F., Heuer, B., Peterson, J., Viaene, A.N., Teixeira, S.R., Martín-Saavedra, J.S., Andronikou, S., Goldstein, A., & Vossough, A. (2020). Primary Mitochondrial Disorders of the Pediatric Central Nervous System: Neuroimaging Findings. Radiographics, 40(7), pp. 2042-2067. United States. doi: 10.1148/rg.2020200052
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Heuer, B., Rankin, A., Reyes, I., & Dihigo, S. (2019). A Primer on Understanding Pediatric Health Care Quality Measurement. J Pediatr Health Care, 33(5), pp. 589-594. United States. doi: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2019.02.001