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Ann Miller

Title:	Assistant Professor
Office:	Warde Academic Center
Phone:	773-298-3418
Email:	amiller@sxu.edu
Department:	Nursing

Biography

Ann Miller is a proud alumna of Saint Xavier University and joined the School of Nursing and Health Sciences (SONHS) faculty as full-time assistant professor in August 2022. She has worked in critical care for over 40 years and is a critical care advanced practice nurse for over 30 years. More recently, she opened an outpatient heart failure clinic in a provider role from 2013-2019 and collaboratively led a team of APRNs in hospital-based outpatient cardiology clinics (2019-2022). Miller and three of her six siblings are graduates of SXU, along with her husband, Bob, and daughter Jeanie '09. Miller has three adult children and four grandchildren. She enjoys spending time with her grandchildren, relaxing in Michigan, and attending get-togethers with family and friends.

Education

DNP
Governors State University

MSN
Governors State University

BSN
Saint Xavier University

Areas of Specialization

Critical care advanced practice nursing (traditional and provider CNS roles)
Cardiology, stress test supervision/heart failure clinic provider
Emergency medical care; adult intensive care; interventional cardiology; and surgical heart therapies

Certification/Licensure

Advanced Practice Nurse (APRN), Illinois, FPA
APRN Controlled Substance, Illinois, FPA
Registered Nurse, Illinois
Certified Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist (CCNS)
Certified Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN-K)
Certified Nurse Educator (CNE)

Chair Specialized Clinical Interests

Cardiology: preventative care, interventional care and recovery, and minimally invasive surgical heart procedures/therapies
Heart failure therapies

Courses Taught

NURS 449: Pharmacology 2
NURS 349: Pharmacology 1
NURS 102: Nursing Concepts and Roles
NURSP 334: Junior I Clinical Practicum
NURSP 434: Senior 1 Clinical Practicum
NURSP 479: Senior 2 Capstone Clinical Practicum
NURS 512: Advanced Pharmacology

Selected Honors/Awards

Leadership Award Sigma Alpha Omicron Chapter 2025
Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses recipient as APRN in outpatient heart failure clinic (nominated by patient in 2018 at LCMH)
Outstanding Doctoral Student, Governors State University, May 2010
International Honor Society Inductee, Sigma Theta Tau Lambda Lambda Chapter, May 1992
International Honor Society Inductee, Sigma Theta Tau Alpha Omicron Chapter, May 1982

Presentations/Publications/Productions

Eiswirth E, Miller A. Faculty‐student authorship: policy development. Nurse Author Ed. 2024;e12058. https://doi.org/10.1111/nae2.12058
"Heart Failure and Heart Failure Clinic Education." Community presentation at LCMH Adult Health Fair, April 2015.
"Heart and Soul Heart Failure." Lecture for Saint Xavier University's Renaissance Program. April 2015.
"Drugs That Can Short Circuit Your Heart." Health Academy community event at LCMH, May 2013.
Aversano T., Lemmon, C. C., Liu, L. (2012). "Outcomes of PCI at Hospitals with or without On-Site Cardiac Surgery." New England Journal of Medicine, 366, 1792-1802. Study nurse contributor.
Miller, A. L. (2010). "Development of Online Student Nurse Hospital Orientation Program-Doctoral Capstone Project," Governors State University, November 8, 2010.
Maynard C., Swenson R., Paris J.A., Martin J.S., Hallstrom A. P., Cerqueira M.D., Weaver W.D. (1998). "Randomized, controlled trial of RheothRx (poloxamer 188) in patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction." American Heart Journal, 135 (5 1), 797-804. Study nurse contributor.
Miller (Gallagher), A. L. (1992). "Perceptions of Emergency Nurses Toward Orientation Programs." Graduate unpublished thesis, Governors State University Library.