Sonya Grigsby, DNP, APRN, AGACNP-BC, FNP-BC, EMBA-HCM, EBP-CH

Education

• Executive MBA, Healthcare Management The University of Texas at Tyler, 2022
• Post-Graduate Certificate in Family Nurse Practitioner The University of Texas at Tyler, 2022
• DNP The University of Texas at Tyler, 2020
• MSN Walden University, 2016
• BSN The University of Texas at Tyler, 2011
• ADN Illinois Eastern Community College, 2008

Awards & Honors

• American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), Item Writer for AGACNP Certification Exam, 2025-Present
• Texas Nurses Association, District 19, Notable Nurse of the Year, 2021
• Christus Trinity Clinic Education Award for Excellence, 2020
• East Texas Nurse Practitioner of the Year, 2020
• Texas Nurses Association, DNP Fellow, 2019

Certifications & Training

• Critical Care Registered Nurse, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)
• The Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner-Board Certified, The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support
• The Emergency Neurological Life Support®, Neurocritical Care Society

Memberships

• North Texas Nurse Practitioner Association
• Texas Nurse Practitioner Association
• American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
• American Nurses Association
• Texas Nurses Association
• Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nursing
• Society of Critical Care Medicine
• American College of Healthcare Executives
• National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties
• American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
• Christus APC Council Chair, 2021-Present
• TNA Expert Advisor, APRN/Policy Committee, 2019-Present
• Texas DNP, 2019-Present