MS, RN, BC-NC , Masters (Current)
Erica Bailey, MS, RN, BC-NC is a second-year Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) student at Frontier Nursing University. She holds a master’s degree in nursing education from the University of Portland School of Nursing and Health Innovations (2016) and has served as full-time faculty there since graduation.
Prior to her graduate studies, Bailey worked on a medical-surgical unit as a staff nurse and later as a nurse care manager in primary care at the Portland VA Medical Center. She earned her BSN in 2011 from Linfield-Good Samaritan School of Nursing, graduating with honors, and during that time served as class senator, student body president, and worked as a student nurse technician at the Portland VA.
Bailey’s professional focus is rooted in advancing mental health inclusivity for communities with unmet needs. Through her PMHNP training, she is committed to providing culturally responsive, trauma-informed psychiatric care that directly addresses the social determinants of mental health and the persistent and disproportionate challenges faced by populations with unmet behavioral healthcare needs. Her work is aligned with advocacy to ensure accessible, inclusive care and amplifying the voice of communities with unmet needs.
Across her educational, clinical, and teaching roles, Bailey seeks to bridge practice and policy in mental health nursing to empower individuals and communities, build capacity, and foster resilience.