Sattaria S. Dilks, DNP, RN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC

  • Assistant Professor
  • McNeese State University
    College of Nursing
    P. O. Box 90415
    Lake Charles, LA 70609-0415
  • PHONE: (337)-475-5840
  • EMAIL:tdilks@mcneese.edu

Education

  • D.N.P. University of Tennessee
  • M.S.N. McNeese State University
  • M.A. McNeese State University
  • B.S.N. West Texas State University

Licensure and Board Certifications

  • Advanced Practice RN license as a Family/Adult Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Registered Nurse in Louisiana
  • Licensed Professional Counselor/Marriage and Family Therapist, LA
  • Certified Family Nurse Practitioner/ Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse by ANCC

Academic Positions

  • Assistant Professor, McNeese State University
  • Visiting Present lecturer, MSU Department of Psychology

Honors & Awards

  • Recipient of the Fred and Ruth B. Zigler Foundation Professorship in Nursing.
  • Recipient of Fannie Edith Winn Educational Trust Professorship in Nursing.
  • Pinnacle Excellence Award recipient for QEP, 2006 at McNeese State University
  • Recipient of a Janssen Student Scholarship to attend the American  Psychiatric Nurses Association.
  • Board of Regents Graduate Fellowship for Doctorate Level Nursing Education.
  • Recipient of Edna G. Treuting Scholarship Award from the Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioners.
  • Recipient of Great 100 Nurses Award - New Orleans District LSNA.

Professional Affiliations

  • Louisiana Counseling Association
  • Louisiana Association of Marriage and Family Counselors
  • Licensed Professional Counselor’s of Southwest LA Association
  • Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioners
  • American Psychiatric Nurses Association

Areas of Research Interest

  • PTSD
  • Psychiatric advanced practice nursing issues

Selected Publications & Presentations

  • Presented two workshops at the 2009 LANP annual conference.  A three hour workshop on PTSD and a 1.5 hour presentation on Bipolar Disorder Treatment in Primary Care.
  • Bourassa, J., Dilks, L., Dilks, S., Martin, C., White, R. & Myers, B. (2008, October) Variables in Chronic Pain. Poster presentation at the National Academy of Neuropsychology 28th Annual Conference, New York, NY.
  • Bourassa, J., Dilks, L., White, R., Martin, C., Mayeaux, B., Marceaux, J., Hixson, S., Bourgeois, M. & Dilks S. (2007, November) Neuropsychological Sequela for Pesticide Exposure in Agriculture. Poster presentation at the National Academy of Neuropsychology 27th Annual Conference, Scottsdale, AZ.
  • Roberts, B., Dilks, L. & Dilks. S. (2007, October) Psychological Autopsies: Conducting Retrospective Death Assessments. Conference Presentation at the 2007 Louisiana Counseling Association Convention, Baton Rouge, LA.
  • Martin, C., Dilks, L., Bartling, C., Dilks, S., & Bourassa, J. (2007, October) A Comparison of Different Scoring Systems for the Clock Test. Poster Presentation at the 20th  U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress, Orlando, Fl.
  • Bourgeois, M., Dilks, L., Bartling, C., Libersat, A., White, R., Bourassa, J., Martin, C., & Dilks, S (2007, September 10).  The effect of cell phone use on fine motor functioning.  American Journal of Psychological Research, 3, 49-57.
  • Dilks, S., Cunningham, P., Dilks, L. & Marceaux, J. (2007, April) Long Term Psychological Effects of a Wide Spread Natural Disaster on Undergraduate Nursing Students. Conference Presentation at the 2007 International Society for Psychiatric Nurses Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
  • Presented on psychopharmacology at the training for the Crisis Intervention Team – a local and state coalition of law enforcement and mental health professionals to train people to deal with the mentally ill in the community setting. This is an ongoing presentation approximately three times per year.
Publication Under Review

  • Dilks, L., Bartling, C., Dilks, S., Martin., Myers, B., Bourassa, J., Liberstat, A. and Bourgeosis, M. The Mini Mental State Examination Mean Scores for Ages 15, 16 and 17. North American Journal of Psychology

Selected Funded Projects and Research

  • Selected as a Health Information Technology Scholar in 2009 through a HRSA funded grant administered by NLN entitled ROPE for SWLA: Rural Outreach Psychiatric Endeavor for South West Louisiana which utilizes telemental health in the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner curriculum.

Research Review

  • Perspectives in Psychiatric Care.