Susan Dumire is a Licensed Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Board Certified (PMHNP-BC) for the state of North Carolina since 2020. She is passionate about helping people of all walks of life and emphasizes the importance of viewing medication management as a tool that can be used in conjunction with other modalities, i.e. diet, exercise, and implementation of strategies learned in therapy.

Susan graduated with her Associates of Applied Science from Howard County Community College in 2010 affording her the opportunity to start her registered nursing career. She then went on to get her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2011. As a registered nurse, she has over a decade of bedside nursing in the fields of Emergency medicine, Interventional Radiology, Recovery, Psychiatry, and Medical-Surgical nursing. 

Susan has a passion for teaching. She has been precepting nurses since 2011. After earning her Master of Nursing Education from Texas Tech University in 2014, she became a full-time nursing professor at the University of Texas at the Permian basin for the next few years. From 2016-2019, she left the University and became an Emergency Room Nursing Educator at Medical Center Hospital. Susan was a travel emergency room nurse during COVID and concurrently worked on her post master’s degree. She graduated from Maryville University in 2020 with her Post-Masters’ certificate to be a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner.

Susan has experience working on an ACT Team, inpatient psychiatry, and private practice. She has experience with treating mental health issues included but not limited to ADHD, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, autism spectrum disorders, trauma-related diseases and food- related illnesses. She  primarily works with adults and has some experience of prescribing medication for those under the age of 18. She has an approach that mixes brief supportive therapy with medication prescription.

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Susan loves to travel. She has been to over 30 countries! She also enjoys painting her nails as well as fitness. She is a licensed Zumba instructor as well as a Danz Insanity instructor.

“We may not be able to change all aspects of your environment, but we can build you a house of stone to weather the storm.” 
Susan Dumire