Sonja L Allen

Ware-Rhaney Bldg. Room 210
Wednesday (online): 1:00pm -3:00pm
Thursday (online): 7:00pm-8:00pm

NGR 5742E Role of APN in Health Promotion/Disease Prevention: Online
NGR 6345L-DL Advanced Women’s Health I Practicum: Online
NGR 6347L-DL Advanced Women’s Health II Practicum: Online

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Dr. Sonja L. Allen is a board-certified Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, an Assistant Professor of Nursing and the Women’s Health NP specialty track coordinator at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. She received her Doctor of Nursing Practice from the University of Alabama, Birmingham, MSN in Nursing Education from Drexel University and BSN from Georgia State University. She began her nursing career in high-risk obstetrics, an area that further fueled her passion to serve women in need. With over 15 years of clinical experience in women’s health, realizing her desire to educate and teach future nurses, Dr. Allen began her career in higher academia where she specialized in maternal & child health and taught in a variety of settings. She has traveled abroad to South Africa and Sydney, Australia as a Nursing Advisor to collegiate students interested in learning more about healthcare in other countries. Dr. Allen is passionate about issues affecting minority women's health and pregnancy outcomes. This passion led to her creating Well Woman as an avenue to serve more women by providing a safe space to learn through education and building a sense of sisterhood and community.

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• Black Maternal Mortality and Morbidity
• Black Women’s Health and Outcomes (specifically: Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus & Obesity)
• Mental Health in Black women
• Health Equity

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• Assistant Professor: 2024-Present
  Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL
• Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner: 2024-Present
  Health & Hope Clinic, Pensacola, FL
• Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner: 2022-2024
  Community Health Northwest FL, Pensacola, FL
• Lecturer: 2018-2021
  University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
• Adjunct Professor: 2016
  Emory University Atlanta, GA
• Lecturer: 2014
  Augusta University, Athens, GA
• Nurse Clinician, Perinatal Services: 2008
  Emory Healthcare Midtown, Atlanta, GA
• Registered Nurse, Perinatal Unit: 2001
  Northside Hospital, Atlanta, GA

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Presentations

• Allen, S., Standifer, A. (2021). Caring for Florida’s Postpartum Population: Addressing Sepsis Related Mortality through Nurse Driven Protocol. Presented at 2021 Florida Nurses Association Assembly
• Allen, S., Eades, J., Eychner, M., Johnson, S., and Standifer, A. (2022). Postpartum Sepsis: Improving Outcomes Through Nursing Education. Presented at UAB DNP Intensive. Birmingham, AL

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• NGR 5742E Role of APN in Health Promotion/Disease Prevention
• NGR 6345L-DL Advanced Women’s Health I: Practicum
• NGR 6347L-DL Advanced Women’s Health II: Practicum

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• LinkedIn