State Consultant:

Dr. Tara Price, DNP, WHNP-BC, CNS

Dr. Tara S. Price has been a nurse for 30 years. While she took the road less traveled, from LPN in 1992 to DNP in 2022, every twist and turn has ignited her passion for nursing, patient care, and student success. Nursing experience includes chemical dependency, senior care, emergency nursing, pediatric nursing, and women’s health, although her passion is obstetric nursing. After a personal pregnancy experience in 2001, her path from emergency nursing took a major detour into caring for laboring women. In 2005 she achieved her MSN with a focus on Women’s Health as a Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist. Since then Dr. Price has practiced in the hospital setting as a hospitalist, in the private clinic sector, in school-based health clinics, and in data collection in research. In 2019 she joined the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) School of Nursing (SON) as an instructor. The year 2022 has been a highlight for Dr. Price as she was promoted to Assistant Professor and completed her Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP). With the excitement of a growing UMMC MASN Chapter and the return to an in-person state convention, Dr. Price is more than honored to serve the MASN Board as Faculty Consultant. As a previous MASN Director of Legislation and President, Dr. Price knows firsthand what it takes to promote the nursing profession.