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Billy Mullins

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Billy Mullins

D.N.P., RN, NE-BC

Assistant Professor

Contact:

Email: Billy Mullins
Office Phone: 571-553-0027
Innovation Hall (School of Nursing) 45085 University Drive, 201AG Ashburn VA 20147

Dr. Billy Mullins is an Assistant Professor for the ABSN program at The George Washington University School of Nursing and an alumnus of GW Nursing where he earned a Doctor of Nursing Practice in 2015 and postgraduate certificate in Nursing Education in 2020.  He earned an Associate of Applied Science in Nursing and a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing from Marymount University and a Master’s of Science in Nursing focused in nursing administration from George Mason University.

Dr. Mullins is a prominent leader and educator in the profession of nursing.  He is board certified as a nurse executive through the American Nurses Credentialing Center.  He began his healthcare career as a corpsman in the United States Navy.  Dr. Mullins’ areas of expertise include Medical-Surgical, Cardiac and Medical-Psychiatric Nursing.  He established a medical-psychiatric inpatient unit focusing on providing holistic care to patients with co-existing acute and chronic medical and psychiatric conditions.  Dr. Mullins’ DNP scholarly work focused on improving the quality of care for patients with psychiatric disorders being admitted into acute care hospitals.  His DNP capstone project focused on identifying patients at risk for elopement in the acute care setting in which he received the GW Nursing outstanding student award for innovation.  His current contributions to scholarship focus on the nursing workforce with specific emphasis on men in nursing.

Dr. Mullins is an active member of COIN (the committee on impaired nurses) appointed by the District of Columbia Board of Nursing.  He is a member of American Psychiatric Nurses Association, the National League for Nurses, the American Association of Men in Nursing, and is the driving force behind GW Nursing’s chapter of the American Association for Men in Nursing in which GW Nursing has been recognized as a Best School for Men in Nursing over the past two consecutive years.  Dr. Mullins has been inducted into Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nurses and Golden Key International Honor Society and was the recipient of the GW Nursing civility award in 2022 and 2024 and the American Association of Men in Nursing’s DAISY Health Equity Award in 2024.

  • The George Washington University – Post Graduate Certificate in Nursing Education (August 2020)
  • The George Washington University – Doctor of Nursing Practice (2015)
  • George Mason University – Master of Science in Nursing – Nursing Administration (2007)
  • Marymount University – Bachelor of Science in Nursing (2003)
  • Marymount University – Associates of Applied Science in Nursing (2000)
  • New Horizon's Vocational-Technological School – Certificate of Practical Nursing (1992)
  • United States Navy – Certificate of Naval Aerospace Medicine / Certificate of Hospital Corpsman (1988/1990)

Publications

  • Chu, E., Lee, K.-M., Stotts, R., Benjenk, I., Ho., G., Yamane, D., Mullins, B. & Heinz, E. (2021). Hospital-based Healthcare Worker Perceptions of Personal Risk related to COVID-19 Authors and Affiliations. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. https://www.jabfm.org/default/files/COVID_20-0343.pdf

     

Presentations

  • Psychometric Evaluation of the Elopement Risk Assessment Tool. Poster presentation at the 2015 The George Washington University Doctor of Nursing Practice clinical project poster presentation session.
  • The Influence of STEM (Structured, Technology-enhanced Exchange Method) on Nurse-to-Nurse Shift Communication. Poster presentation at the 2009 annual Academy of Medical-Surgical Nursing Conference in Washington, DC.
  • Mullins, B. (2020). Transitioning the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Experience from Face-to-Face to an Online Virtual Format. (Podcast) Nurse Educator.
  • Mullins, B. (2020). Nursing at the Frontline during the COVID-19 Pandemic. (Webinar). Assessment Technologies Institute, LLC, Nursing Education.
  • Mullins, B. & Lang, C. (2021, October 18-20). The Impact of the Use of ATI Real Life RN Simulation Modules on the Clinical Experience during a Global Pandemic (poster presentation). ATI Nursing Education Summit.
  • Rumble, M. & Mullins, B. (2024). The marginalization of men in nursing: An exploration into nursing’s complicated gender history (podium presentation). The American Association of Men in Nursing annual conference, St. Louis, MO.
  • The American Association of Men in Nursing's DAISY Health Equity Award (2024)
  •  GW School of Nursing Civility Award (2024)
  •  GW School of Nursing Civility Award (2022)
  • GW School of Nursing Student Innovation Award (2015)
  • Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses – President-Elect of the Local Greater Washington Area for a Two-Year Term
  • American Organization of Nurse Executives
  • Inductee into Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nurses
  • Inductee into Golden Key International Honor Society
  • Acute Care
  • Health Care Quality and Safety
  • Hospice and Palliative Care
  • Mental Health
  • Nurse Executives
  • Patient Safety
  • Quality Improvement
  • Substance Abuse and Addictions
  • Health Care Workforce