Christine Pintz , PhD, RNC, FNP

DNP Program Director

Education

After graduating with her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Ursuline College in Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Pintz continued her education at the University of Pennsylvania, where she completed the master’s-level Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Program in 1988. At Catholic University in Washington, DC, Dr. Pintz earned a post-master’s family nurse practitioner certificate in 1995, followed by her Ph.D. from the University of Maryland-Baltimore in May 2006.

Professional & Research Interests

Dr. Pintz is an assistant professor with the Department of Nursing Education and director of the Nurse Practitioner Program. She has been a nurse practitioner since 1988, working in a variety of practice settings, including a rural women’s health clinic, a health maintenance organization, a public health clinic, and a private practice.

Dr. Pintz’s clinical interests concern women’s health and pediatrics. She has published and presented on a variety of topics such as prescribing in pregnancy, adolescent health maintenance, and postmenopausal women's health concerns. Her research interests include educational assessment; incorporating the use of new technology and innovations for promoting advanced reasoning skills; and improving quality in distance education. She is currently working on an interdisciplinary project to develop and test nursing quality measures with consumers and patients.

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