Clinical Associate Faculty
University of San Diego
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Charisse Lyn Tabotabo, DNP, RN-BC, RNC-NIC is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of San Diego Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science. She is a certified nurse informaticist (RN-BC) and neonatal intensive care nurse (RNC-NIC). She is the Virtual Reality Manager at the Dickinson Nursing Simulation Center and teaches in the Health Care and Nursing Informatics programs at USD.
Dr. Tabotabo received her Doctor of Nursing Practice in Health Systems Leadership and Master's in Nursing Informatics from the University of San Diego, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. She is licensed in the states of California and Texas and has 10 years of experience as a neonatal intensive care advanced clinician and charge nurse. Dr. Tabotabo has previously worked for the Defense Health Agency / Department of Defense as an EHR Training Specialist Supervisor for the successful rollout of MHS Genesis at the Naval Medical Center San Diego.
Dr. Tabotabo is a member of several organizations including the Association of California Nurse Leaders, American Organization for Nursing Leadership, American Nursing Informatics Association, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, and Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society (Zeta Mu at-Large Chapter). She is a Terrence & Barbara Caster Institute for Nursing Excellence Education, Association of California Nurse Leaders, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, Mark Gresko Endowed, Deloras Jones, Baylor Scott & White Nursing Education Program, and Sharp Healthcare Center of Nursing Excellence Scholar.
Special interests include promoting high-quality, educational experiences to health care providers and informaticists through telemedicine. Her doctoral work focused on the second victim phenomenon and the evaluation of psychological distress in NICU nurses. Her current research focuses on the effectiveness of virtual/augmented reality for graduate school simulation education.