Joseph Cipriano

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Dr. Joseph Cipriano is the Associate Dean of Graduate Programs and Advanced Practice Nursing and a Clinical Assistant Professor. Dr Cipriano is also a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner who provides a wide range of primary health care services to patients of all ages, including infants, adolescents, adults, and seniors. Dr. Cipriano’s clinical practice has focused on the care of patients in underserved areas throughout southern New Jersey. Dr. Cipriano is passionate about providing his primary care knowledge to future nurse practitioners and regularly precepts students throughout the year. In the past five years he has dedicated over 9,600 hours to precepting. Dr. Cipriano is the Primary Investigator (PI) of the HRSA Advanced Nursing Education Nurse Practitioner Residency and Fellowship (ANE-NPRF) Program awarded $2,533,682 over the four year program term.

• Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), Family Nurse Practitioner, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, School of Nursing-Camden
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, School of Nursing- Camden 
• Bachelor of Arts in Biology (BA), Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Camden College of Arts and Sciences 

Cipriano, J.J. (2022). Endocrine Disorders in M. Fitzgerald & D. Jack (Eds.), Pediatric Nurse Certification Review (pp 242-260). Springer Publishing Company.

Cipriano, J. J., Scoloveno, R., & Kelly, A. (2018). Increasing parental knowledge related to the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 32(1), 29-35. doi:10.1016/j.pedhc.2017.06.006

Cipriano, J.J (PI/PD), Kelly, Angela (Co-PI), & Emmons, K.R. (Program Outcomes Director). Advanced Nursing Education Nurse Practitioner Residency and Fellowship (ANE-NPRF) Program. Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) Bureau of Health Workforce Grant, 4-year grant 2023-2027. Funded: $2,533,682

• American Nurses Association
• Eastern State Nursing Research Society (ENRS) 
• New Jersey Nurses Association 
• Sigma Theta Tau - Eta Mu Chapter – President (2019-2021)
• American Association of Nurse Practitioners

Primary Preventative Health Care 

Community-base Health Care 

Nurse Practitioner Transition to Practice 

Opioid Use and Medication Assisted Therapy

Vaccinations