Tiffany K Nielsen, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, ENP-C

Associate Clinical Professor
Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing

Senior DNP Program Director
Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing

Emergency Medicine, Emergency Department Overcrowding, Ambulance Diversion, Emergency Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner, Nursing Education, Nutrition, Integrative Health, Healthcare Simulation, Nursing Simulation

UCI School of Nursing Dean’s Honoree for Teaching Excellence Award, 2021
AACN Novice Faculty Excellence in Didactic Teaching Award, 2018-2019
UCI Graduate Nursing Faculty of the Year, 2018
UCI Alumni Association Lauds & Laurels Award, 2018

Dr. Tiffany Nielsen has more than 17 years of nursing experience, both as a registered nurse and nurse practitioner. She is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing at UCI. She has led many of the graduate level courses in the Family Nurse Practitioner Program and has precepted a number of UCI FNP students at the Anaheim UC Irvine Family Health Center and UCI Student Health Center. Dr. Nielsen previously served as the Simulation Coordinator for UCI’s School of Nursing and has a passion for healthcare simulation, interprofessional education, and clinical teaching. She is currently serving on CANP’s State Board as the Co-Chair of the Educational Affairs Committee and is the Immediate Past President of CANP Orange County Chapter.

Au, S., Wisseh, C., Wray, W., Nielsen, T., Entsuah-Boateng, N., Holt, L., Bueno, M., Au, K., & Whealon, C. (2025). Development and initial validation of the interprofessional clinical competency evaluation tool (ICET): A clinical evaluation tool used in student assessment of interprofessional collaboration competency. Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice, 41C. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjep.2025.100786

Nielsen, T., Bribiesca, R., & Whealon, C. (2025). Acute pelvic pain: Diagnosis and management of ruptured hemorrhagic ovarian cyst. The Nurse Practitioner Journal, 50(2), 42–47. doi:10.1097/01.NPR.0000000000000275

Best, N. C., Thomas, C., Mosely-Williams, F., Chang, A., & Nielsen, T. (2024). Back to school: Updates on routine vaccines for children and adolescents. The Nurse Practitioner Journal, 49 (9), 29-35. doi: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000000000000224

Thomas, C. S., Nielsen, T. K., & Best, N. C. (2024). A rapid review of mental health training programs for school nurses. The Journal of School Nursing, 0 (0). doi:10.1177/10598405241277798

DNP Scholarly Project: Implementation of National Emergency Department Overcrowding Score to Analyze Crowding Patterns and Simulate an Ambulance Diversion Protocol

$182,000 Song-Brown Healthcare Workforce Training Programs 2025-26 Grant, UC Irvine Family Nurse Practitioner program

Emergency Nurse Practitioner
Emergency Department 2014—2024

Family Nurse Practitioner
UC Irvine Family Health Center 2016—2019

Family Nurse Practitioner
UCI Student Health Center 2019—Pres

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Last updated
03/09/2026