Suzanne Spernal, APN-BC, MSN, RNC-OB, CBC
Doctoral Student in Nursing
Monmouth University, West Long Branch, N.J
Suzanne Spernal, APN-BC, MSN, RNC-OB, CBC, earned her bachelor’s and master’s of nursing degree at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. She currently is a doctoral student in nursing at Monmouth University, West Long Branch, N.J, with a focus on gender
specific health care. She has 25 years nursing experience at Monmouth Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, and is an advanced practice nurse for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and serves as the clinical director for all obstetrical services.
She serves as co-chair of a host of RWJBH system committees, including the OB Physician/Nursing Leadership Collaborative, the OB Nursing Subcommittee, and the Advanced Practice Provider Collaborative. Suzanne is a district leader for Advanced Practice Nurses-NJ and a member of the N.J. Maternal Mortality Review team. Her prior experience includes a tenure with the Monmouth County Prosecutors Office, where she worked as a sexual assault nurse examiner.
Suzanne is an advocate for reducing the cesarean section rate and has presented on this topic at Leapfrog’s Hospital Survey Information Session and at the 19th Annual National Patient Safety Congress as well as participating in a panel discussion at the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute’s annual spring conference 2017.