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Latarsha S. Cheatham

DNP, RN, FNP-BC

Assistant Dean, Graduate Studies

Assistant Professor

Department of Graduate Studies

Latarsha Cheatham, DNP, RN-BC, APRN, FNP-BC is an assistant professor in the Department of Graduate Studies. Dr. Cheatham received her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) from Cizik School of Nursing at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, where she received the Joanne V. Hickey DNP Scholars Award in 2017. She continued her education by completing the post-master’s program in Nursing Education in 2020 at Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston. She has most recently practiced at Pearland Family Wellness Clinic and worked for several years at CHI Baylor St. Luke’s Hospital in the Texas Medical Center. Previously, she served as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) in various settings after earning her Master of Science in Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner in 2005.

Education

Cizik School of Nursing at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas
Doctor of Nursing Practice
May 2017

Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston, Houston Texas                 
Post-Master’s Certificate, Nursing Education
May 2020
-Joanne V. Hickey DNP Scholars Award

Prairie View A& M University, Houston, Texas              
Master of Science in Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner     
December 2005         
-Dean’s Award

Dillard University, New Orleans, Louisiana
Bachelor of Science in Nursing         
May 1998

Clinical/Research Focus

Dr. Cheatham has been a nurse practitioner for over seventeen years.  She worked for several years at CHI Baylor St. Luke’s Hospital in the Texas Medical Center as a nurse practitioner and maintains a clinical practice in Pearland, Texas. Dr. Cheatham has led several large-scale inpatient quality improvement projects and quality initiatives, including:

Quality Improvement:

Cheatham LS. An interprofessional team approach to decrease falls and fall-related injuries in hospitalized elderly. 2017.

Cheatham LS, Kapoor S, Loflin P, Mankidy B. Using targeted interventions to improve cardiopulmonary resuscitation metrics. 2017

Quality Improvement Initiatives:

Nursing Peer Review
Improving Global Immunization compliance in hospitalized patients
Improving Community Acquired Pneumonia Outcomes in hospitalized patients