Helen Horvath, RN, MS, ANP
Associate Professor
Community Health Systems
School of Nursing
Helen Horvath is an Assistant Clinical Professor with the Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Program. In addition to teaching NP students, she provides primary care to frail older people in their homes in San Francisco with the UCSF Care at Home - Housecalls Program.
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Her previous experience includes several years providing geriatric primary care, including clinic and home visits, with a geriatric community clinic in Berkeley, California. Before coming to UCSF for her nursing education, she spent many years as a firefighter and paramedic in the San Francisco Fire Department.
Education & Training
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- MSN School of Nursing University of California, San Francisco 2011
- BA School of Languages and Linguistics Georgetown University 1990
Interests
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- home-based primary care
- adult-gero NP primary care education
- geriatrics
- palliative care
Websites
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- UCSF Care at Home (geriatrics.ucsf.edu)
- UCSF AGPCNP Program (nursing.ucsf.edu)
Publications (1)
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Aged, 80 and overMentoringMaleProspective StudiesAgedPatient SatisfactionFemaleNurse PractitionersFrail ElderlyStudents, MedicalHumansPreoperative Care
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Early learners as health coaches for older adults preparing for surgery.
The Journal of surgical research 2016 Kaplan JA, Brinson Z, Hofer R, O'Sullivan P, Chang A, Horvath H, Chang GJ, Finlayson E