Suzanne Staebler, DNP, NNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN is an expert clinician, advocate, and nationally recognized leader in the field of neonatal advanced practice nursing and maintains her clinical practice as a neonatal NP. She currently works with the National Coalition for Infant Health as a policy advisor. Dr. Staebler has been a member of the LACE network for APRN Regulation since 2009, currently serving as the NP role representative on the LACE Steering Committee.
Dr. Staebler completed her DNP at Texas Christian University where her doctoral work focused on designing regionalized care systems for high-risk mothers and neonates and the policy/cost implications of regionalized care delivery models. Her scholarship is in the area of policy and advocacy, with a focus on patient outcomes, levels of NICU care and workforce.
Her impact in the policy and advocacy arena and her dedication to educating nurses about advocacy and policy has been far reaching and she has received many prestigious awards for this work. Dr. Staebler has held two policy fellowships including Faculty Policy Intensive Fellow from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and the inaugural Georgia Nursing Health Policy Fellowship with the Georgia Health Policy Center at Georgia State University. She is a fellow in the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and the American Academy of Nursing.