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Gwendelyn Orozco, PhD, MSN. Ed, RNC-OB

Gwendelyn Orozco, PhD, MSN. Ed, RNC-OB

Assistant Director, MSN-Entry Program / Associate Professor

College of Graduate Nursing

gorozco@westernu.edu

Phone: 909-469-5523

Join year: 2010

  • Education

    Dr. Orozco earned her PhD from Azusa Pacific University and her current research is titled A PHENOMENOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF THE EXPERIENCE OF ANTEPARTUM BED REST IN MOTHERS: BEYOND POSTPARTUM.

    Dr. Orozco remains current in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Advanced Fetal Monitoring, and Neonatal Resuscitation.

  • Narrative

    Gwen Orozco, PhD, MSN. Ed, RNC-OB earned her associate degree in nursing at San Bernardino College in 1981, her MSN. Ed from Walden University in 2013, and her PhD from Azusa Pacific University in 2018. She is an Associate Professor and an Assistant Director with Western University College of Graduate Nursing (CGN) in Pomona, CA. Gwen has been with CGN since 2010, She has been a nurse for more than 42 years and holds a National Certification in Intrapartum Nursing. Her expertise lies in maternal newborn nursing where she currently still practices as a part time Labor and Delivery nurse. At CGN she teaches maternal newborn health, and a variety of courses in both the MSNE and MSN Program. Dr. Orozco is the Inter-professional Education (IPE) Liaison and represents CGN among the other colleges that make up Western University of Health Sciences. Dr. Orozco currently serves as the Sigma Theta Tau (STT) Phi Alpha Chapter Current Past President. She has been with Health Impact, WUFAR 9 since 2023.