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Janet Somlyay, Lt. Colonel (Ret.) USAF, DNP, CPNP-AC/PC, PMHNP, PMHS

SCHOOL OF Nursing and Health Professions

Janet Somlyay, Lt. Colonel (Ret.) USAF, DNP, CPNP-AC/PC, PMHNP, PMHS

Assistant Professor Marybelle and S. Paul Musco School of Nursing

PRIMARY SPECIALTY

Nursing

CONTACT

Phone: 307.701.0146

Biography

Janet Somlaya 

Dr. Somlyay has over 30 years of experience as a nurse practitioner and 20 years as a nurse educator. She currently owns a psychiatric clinic and practices as a family psychiatric nurse practitioner. She retired as a pediatric nurse practitioner in the Air Force at the rank of Lt. Colonel in 2002. Dr. Somlyay is nationally board certified in the following areas: Pediatric nurse practitioner (primary care and acute care), psychiatric nurse practitioner (adult and family), and as a pediatric mental health specialist. Dr. Somlyay has graduated from the following universities: The College of New Jersey, Air Force School of Health Sciences, University of Utah, University of Wyoming, and Arizona State University. She has years of experience in the outpatient setting with patients across the lifespan (preschool through elderly patients). She also has years of experience working in adult jail setting and at an adolescent behavioral/jail/drug treatment center. Dr. Somlyay has been trained in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. She enjoys a balance between teaching and clinical practice; both focusing on evidence-based practice. Dr. Somlyay is originally from New Jersey and currently resides in Wyoming her family and dogs.


Specialty

  • Nursing
  • Nursing Health Assessment
  • Pediatric Nursing
  • Psychiatric Mental Health

Education

2011
DNP in Family psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner

Arizona State University

Dissertation:Evidence based care of adolescent depression

2007
Post Masters Certificate Adult psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner                                                                               

University of Wyoming

1988
MSN Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist

University of Utah

Dissertation:“High risk pregnancies and neonatal health”


Scholarly Activities

Fellow, National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners 

Pediatric Nursing Certification Board - PMHS national board examination test item reviewer  

American Psychiatric Nursing Association Student-Scholar                 2010 

 

Professional Experiences

2009 - Current
Psychiatric nurse practitioner, private practice business owner

Seasons Psychiatric Clinic

Laramie, Wyoming

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2018 - 2019
Adjunct Faculty -Family PMHNP

Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions

Provo, Utah

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2013 - 2018
Adjunct Faculty – Family PMHNP

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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