Wendi Gilchrist, DNP, WHCNP-C, PHN

Wendi Gilchrist is a lecturer in the CSULB School of Nursing. She has been a full-time faculty member in the School since Spring 2014. Dr. Gilchrist has been a nationally certified Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner since 2000. Throughout her career, she has gained a variety of experiences through roles within nursing education, health administration, while providing health care to women across the lifespan.

Dr. Gilchrist’s research and practice interests concentrate on women’s health, specifically postpartum depression. Additionally, she focuses on how to provide education regarding spiritual care to nursing students without bias.

  • BSN from Beth-El College of Nursing
  • WHCNP from Harbor-UCLA
  • MSN from University of Phoenix
  • Post-Masters in Women’s Health from University of Colorado Health Sciences
  • DNP from Azusa Pacific University

  • Providing spiritual health care
  • Educating nursing students to provide spiritual care
  • Postpartum depression

  • NRSG 302: Pharmacology
  • NRSG 309: Dimensions of Professional Nursing
  • NRSG 312: Health Assessment (Lecture and Clinical)
  • NRSG 351: Health Care of the Childbearing Family (Lecture and Clinical)
  • NRSG 454: Senior Concentration in Selected Populations (Lecture and Clinical)
  • NRSG 456: Health Care Delivery Systems and Nursing Leadership
  • NRSG 481: Perspectives in Parenting
  • NRSG 499: Legal and Ethics in Healthcare

  • Game Nights
  • Reading
  • Hiking
  • Movies