Debra N. Wingate-Jenkins, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, a Psychiatric and Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist with Lincoln Technical Institute

Get to know Psychiatric and Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist, Debra N. Wingate-Jenkins, who works in New Britain, Connecticut. 

Debra is an advanced practice registered nurse & a board-certified adult psychiatric and mental health clinical nurse specialist. She works at Lincoln Technical Institute in New Britain, Connecticut. 

Since 1946, Lincoln Technical Institute has continued the tradition of helping students achieve professional success through personalized career support and job-specific education. Its mission is to provide superior education and training to students for in-demand careers in a supportive, accessible learning environment, transforming students’ lives and adding value to their communities.

Before embarking on her professional journey, Debra earned her Bachelor of Science in Special Education from Southern Connecticut State University in 1984. She then went on to obtain her Associate’s Degree in Nursing (ADN) from Norwalk Community College in 1986 followed by her Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree from Fairfield University in 1998.

In order to stay up to date in her field, she maintains a professional membership with the American Psychiatric Nurses Association and the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. 

An advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) is a nurse who has a master’s, post-master’s certificate, or practice-focused doctor of nursing practice degree in one of four specific roles. They are prepared with advanced didactic and clinical education, knowledge, skills, and scope of practice in nursing.

Psychiatric nursing or mental health nursing is the appointed position of a nurse that specializes in mental health and cares for people of all ages experiencing mental illnesses or distress. A board-certified psychiatric and mental health clinical nurse specialist (PMHCNS-BC) is a registered nurse (RN) with advanced education and clinical experience regarding issues such as stress, anxiety, depression, and grief. Within this specialty, nurses can opt to practice a subspecialty like substance use disorders, forensics, child and adolescent mental health, and gerontological-psychiatric care.

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