The Doctor of Nursing Practice: A Guidebook for Role Development and Professional Issues

Lisa Astalos Chism, DNP, GNP, BC, NCMP, FAANP-Nurse Practitioner, Alexander J. Walt Comprehensive Breast Center, Breast Wellness Clinic - Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan, Certified Menopause Practitioner, North American Menopause Society, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Madonna University, Livonia, Michigan

Dr. Lisa Chism is a certified nurse practitioner currently practicing at Karmanos Cancer Institute, Alexander J. Walt Comprehensive Breast Center. She has been a registered nurse for over 20 years and a certified nurse practitioner for 17 years. Dr. Chism is also a Certified Menopause Practitioner through the North American Menopause Society (NAMS). Dr. Chism completed a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree in December, 2007 at Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan. She is also serves as adjunct assistant professor at Madonna University, Her interests include spiritual care and nursing practice, development and promotion of the DNP degree, and caring for women experiencing menopause and related health concerns. Dr. Chism’s  middle-range nursing theory entitled “Chism’s Middle-Range Spiritual Empathy Theory” is referenced nationally and internationally. She has presented many poster and podium presentations regarding the DNP degree locally and nationally, as well as guest lectured at various universities. Dr. Chism also publishes a bi-monthly column in Advance for NPs and PAs entitled “DNP Perspectives”. In June, 2011, Dr. Chism was inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She was also selected as Menopause Practitioner of the Year by the North American Menopause Society, September, 2011. Dr. Chism and her daughter, Isabel (National Top Ten Hunter Pleasure, 2011), are active equestrians and enjoy showing their Arabian Grey Gelding, GSF Lord of the Ring.  She resides in Woodhaven, Michigan with her husband Bruce, daughter Isabel and their poodle, Lucy