Jordan Porter, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
Bio: Dr. Porter is a lecturer in the UMaine School of Nursing who teaches pathophysiology for undergraduate and graduate nursing students. Dr. Porter received his doctor of nursing practice (DNP) degree from Belmont University in Nashville, TN, and returned to his hometown of Machias, ME, to practice as a family nurse practitioner (FNP). He provides a wide range of primary care services to the people of Downeast Maine at Eastport Health Care, a federally-qualified health center. Dr. Porter employs a holistic, trauma-informed, and shame-resilient approach to patient care and learning environments where nursing professionals, educators, students, and patients are called to courageously remove their armor, show up with their whole selves, and truly belong.
3 most recent pubs and/or honors:
- Porter, J. S., & Strout, K. A. (2016). Developing a framework to help bedside nurses bring about change. AJN The American Journal of Nursing, 116(12), 61-65.
- Porter, J.S. (2019). Responding to opioid use disorder: Identifying the therapeutic commitment of Maine nurse practitioners. DNP Scholarly Project Repository [Belmont University]. Retrieved from https://repository.belmont.edu/dnpscholarlyprojects/14/
- Top 50 Outstanding Alumni at Belmont University. Dr. Porter was selected and honored as one of the 50 outstanding alumni among the 4,500 nursing graduates over the past 50 years at Belmont University in Nashville, TN.
Current service/community outreach/other: Dr. Porter serves on the board of visitors at the University of Maine at Machias and he also holds membership at the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and American Association for Men in Nursing.
Clinical specialty/research focus: Primary care, rural health, substance use disorder, the health impacts of shame and trauma on the lived experiences of addiction.
