Natalie Cheffer

University of San Diego (2003)

• Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing

University of California, Los Angeles  (1992)

• Master of Nursing, Pediatric Ambulatory Care.
• Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Certificate

California State University, Long Beach (1989)

• Bachelor of Science, Nursing.
• Bachelor of Science, Health Science with a focus in community health education.

• Vulnerable populations
• Women and children
• School-based health care
• Obesity
• Motivational interviewing
• Mindfulness

• Early, G., & Cheffer, N. (2019).  Motivational interviewing and Home Visits to Improve Health Behaviors and Reduce Childhood Obesity:  A Pilot Study.   Hispanic Health Care International. DOI: 10.1177/1540415319836384.
• Early, G., & Cheffer, N.  (2018).  Motivational Interviewing and Home Visits to Reduce Childhood Obesity.  Poster Presentation.  10^th Annual MemorialCare Long Beach & Miller Children’s &Women’s Hospital Nursing Research Conference.  May 10, 2018.
• Cummins, C., Cheffer., & Reynolds, G.  (2017).  Lead levels among pre-school minority children in Los Angeles county, California.  Poster Abstract.  American Public Health Association.  Nov. 4 –Nov. 8. 
• Cheffer, N. & Rannalli, D.  (2016). Transitional Care of the Newborn.   In S. Mattson and J. Smith (Eds.).  Core Curriculum for Maternal - Newborn Nursing.  (5^rd ed.).  Revision. Philadelphia: Saunders. 
• Singh – Carlson, S., Cheffer, N.D., Reynolds, G.  (2010) Health on Wheels:  A nursing approach to uninsured children. --The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability.                 
• Cheffer, N., Rannalli, D.  (2010).  Transitional Care of the Newborn. In S. Mattson and J. Smith (Eds.), Core Curriculum for Maternal - Newborn Nursing.  (4th ed).  Philadelphia:  Saunders. 
• Cheffer, N., Sluder, J.  (2006).  Deep neck infections in children.  A case study and review of the literature.  The Journal for Nurse Practitioners.  2(7).  444 – 447, 459. 

• Health on Wheels Program
• 2019-2021
• $70,000.00
• Funding from LA – CARE to support the physician supervisor and the pediatric nurse practitioner faculty member to provide health care services to underserved and uninsured children in the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District.  

• Recipient 2019  
• Awarded:  $5,705.44 
• Grant used to fund the purchase an airway management trainer 
• and chest drain simulator to benefit the graduate students in the acute 
• care adult gerontology nurse practitioner programs in the School of 
• Nursing.  

• American Association of Colleges of Nursing 
• Arnold P. Gold Foundation
• 2017-2018
• $1,000
• This grant was awarded to implement a White Coat Ceremony for the 
• incoming BSN nursing students fall 2017 and spring 2018 cohorts.  

• American Association of Colleges of Nursing
• Fellow 
• 2017 - 2018
• Fellowship designed to further develop and enhance leadership skills in new and emerging executive administrators in BSN and graduate programs.  

• 2016-2017
• Co - Project Director:  Dr. Natalie Cheffer
• Co - Project Director:  Dr. Gayle Early
• Awarded:  $10,000

• Fellow
• 2015 – 2017
• Program offered faculty the opportunity to create an individualize curriculum for professional development through personal leadership assessment and mentoring. 

• Co-Project Investigator with Dr. Lucy Huckabay
• 2014-2016
• Awarded:  $150,000.00
• Collaborated in the development of this grant with the intent to increase the number of graduates from the FNP program who will serve in provider short areas in the state.     

• Recipient 2014 – 2015 
• Awarded:  $5,902.90 
• Grant funding used to fund the purchase of the DxR Clinician web-based patient 
• simulation software to benefit the graduate students in the nurse practitioner 
• programs in the School of Nursing.  

• Downey Community Benefit Program 
• Project Director 2014 – 2015 
• Awarded:  $13,000
• Grant funding used to fund a physician supervisor for the 
• Health on Wheels program.   

• Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
• Project Director 2012-2013, 2013 - 2014
• Awarded:  $50,000
• Grant money used to hire two part-time nurse practitioner faculty to see patients a Health on Wheels, school-based clinic and serve as preceptors for PNP and FNP students.