Meet Your Host, Educator, and Learning Facilitator

DNP, RN-PMH-BC, CNE

Dr. Gina Panozzo, a passionate nurse educator, researcher, psychiatric nurse, and consultant, created GP ACADEMY LLC to assist nursing students, practicing nurses, academic institutions, and healthcare organizations, meet their various and specific needs. She highly values education and the importance of academic preparation in being successful. Gina has been a nurse since 2004 and nursing professor since 2014. She has the following higher degrees-DNP (executive leadership, Rush University) and MSN (nursing administration, Aurora University). She is board certified in psychiatric-mental health nursing (PMH-BC), a Certified Nurse Educator (CNE), and licensed as a Registered Nurse in IL, NY, and WI. Gina specializes in psychiatric nursing and has worked and taught in residential, inpatient, home health, and hospice settings. She served as a quality and performance improvement director of a home health agency and assisted in the development of a hospice organization. Her experience in academic settings is expansive and includes teaching psychiatric nursing rotations and numerous courses such as healthcare finance, ethics, policy, psychiatric nursing, psychiatric clinical rotations, capstone/practicum courses, nursing theory, and nursing research. She teaches at the ADN, RN to BSN, BSN, RN to MSN, MSN, and DNP levels (hybrid, online, and on ground), including APRN programs, engages in course development and revisions, and writes and updates standards for accreditation purposes. She has researched and published with a focus on the schizophrenia population and therapeutic relationship development with staff, faculty caring, and home health related articles, marketing as an adverse childhood experience, among other topics. Gina provides expertise on psychiatric nurse residency program development and enhancement. In addition to speaking at numerous conferences and presenting posters at various events, she provides didactic teaching in nurse residency programs. Gina believes for nurses and students across all levels to be successful, they must care for their mind, body, and spirit. Most recently, Gina initiated Nurse Educators United (NEU), which is a monthly and supportive collaborative live discussion for nurse educators (to assist each other with teaching, service, and scholarship). The meetings are held on the third Monday of every month at 6:00PM (CST), on Zoom, and are free to attend.

Dr. Gina Panozzo’s Publications

Panozzo, G., Rosetti, J., & Hess, K. (2017). The universal home health best practice protocol. Home Health Care Now, 35(7), 378-385.

Panozzo, G. (2018). An intervention program for the reduction of medication non-compliance and hospitalizations at a mid-sized home health care agency. Home Health Care Now,36(1), 34-42.

Panozzo, G. (2018). Reach for the stars. Home Health Care Now, 36(3), 185-188.

Panozzo. G. (2018). A day in the life of a psychiatric home care nurse. Home Health Care Now, 36(3), 134.

Harris, B., & Panozzo, G. (2018). Therapeutic alliance, relationship building, and   communication strategies for the schizophrenia population: An integrative review, Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 33(1), 104-111.

Harris, B., & Panozzo, G. (2019). Barriers to recovery-focused care within therapeutic relationships in nursing: attitudes and perceptions. International Journal of Mental health Nursing, 28, 1220-1227. 

Panozzo, G. (2020). Strengths-Based Care. Home Health Care Now, 38(6), 340.

Jezuit, D., Ritt, E., Panozzo, G., & Ridge, A. (2020). Graduate nursing students’ perspectives of faculty caring in online learning: A survey study. International Journal for Human Caring, 24(4).

Panozzo, G., & Harris, B. (2021). Psychiatric nurses’ perceptions of therapeutic alliance with individuals with schizophrenia: A survey study. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 59(4), 21-29.

Almada, S. & Panozzo. G. (2023). Is marketing an adverse childhood experience?implications for community psychologists. Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice, 14(3).

Panozzo, G., & Ritt, E. (2025). Fostering academic integrity in the use of artificial intelligence in nursing education [in press]. The Department Chair.