School
School of Nursing
Department
School of Nursing
Office Location
224
Worcester
Office Phone Office Phone: 508.373.5768
About
Dr. Renée C. Crizer is a nurse educator, clinician, and scholar with nearly two decades of nursing experience spanning hospice, rehabilitation, urgent care, emergency medicine, and higher education. She serves as an Assistant Professor at MCPHS, where she teaches medical-surgical nursing, pathopharmacology, and clinical nursing courses.
Her professional interests include nursing education innovation, competency-based learning, functional health, disaster preparedness, and community outreach. In addition to her academic work, Dr. Crizer is actively involved in emergency shelter operations, CERT initiatives, and international health education efforts. She is passionate about making complex concepts approachable and preparing future nurses for compassionate, evidence-based practice.
Education
- PhD, Nursing, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing Education and Research, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- FNP, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
- Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies (CAGS), Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
- BSN: Fitchburg State University, Nursing
Research Interests
- Caregiving
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Nursing Education Tools
- Disaster Management
Programs
- Nursing: Family Nurse Practitioner Bridge (AD to MSN)
- Nursing: Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
- Nursing (BSN)—Accelerated
- Nursing (BSN)—Postbaccalaureate
- Nursing Practice (DNP)
- Nursing: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)
- Nursing: Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies
- Nursing: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies
Featured Affiliations
American Nurses Association (ANA)
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
WebsiteAmerican Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
Sigma Theta Tau
Education
- PhD, Nursing, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing Education and Research, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- FNP, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
- Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies (CAGS), Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
- BSN: Fitchburg State University, Nursing
Research Interests
- Caregiving
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Nursing Education Tools
- Disaster Management
Programs
- Nursing: Family Nurse Practitioner Bridge (AD to MSN)
- Nursing: Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
- Nursing (BSN)—Accelerated
- Nursing (BSN)—Postbaccalaureate
- Nursing Practice (DNP)
- Nursing: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)
- Nursing: Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies
- Nursing: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies
Publications
- Dissertation, Making the Invisible Visible: Adolescent Caregiver Experiences, 2019, In Multiple Sclerosis
- Paper Presentation, “Making the Invisible Visible: Adolescent Caregiver Experiences in Multiple Sclerosis,"‚ UMass University: Multiple Sclerosis Clinic, May 2019
- Panel Presentation, Fitchburg State University 50th Anniversary Celebration, October 2012
- Poster Presentation, Implementation of a Content Outline in the Classroom, Saint Anslem Conference, May 2025
Awards and Honors
- Career Services Faculty Champion, MCPHS 2020-2021
- GAANN Fellowship, 4-year fellowship, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
- Eleanor Voorhies Award 2006
- Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Scholarship 2005
- Grace Gummo Nursing Scholarship 2003, 2004
- Flora D. Mulholland Scholarship 2003, 2004
- Fitchburg State College, "Class of 1955"‚ Scholarship 2003, 2004
- Massachusetts State Grant for academic achievement, 2002, 2003
Affiliations
- Holden Emergency Response Leadership Team: Elected office
- Emergency Shelter Operations, Manager Holden Ma. Appointed 2019
- MARILN
- Sigma Theta Tau
- Honor Society
- American Nurses Association (ANA)
- Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA)
- American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)