Cassandra Narr, APRN, CNP, MS, FNP-BC

Cassandra Narr is a family nurse practitioner with 18 years of experience in caring for all ages of patients within a diverse number of community and hospital settings while obtaining experiences in leadership, scholarship, and community research. Her expertise is in community pediatric and adolescent care, eating disorders, and college health. Previously, Cassandra served as an associate professor of undergraduate nursing at Winona State University focusing on family and child rearing nursing, community health, and simulation education.

Cassandra currently serves as a Clinical Instructor in the School of Nursing, bringing a wealth of clinical expertise to the classroom. Her practice includes providing acute care for pediatric, adolescent, and adult patients. Cassandra is passionate about teaching and is currently conducting research on adolescent eating disorders, with several publications in the field. Known for her caring and accessible teaching style, Cassandra is deeply committed to helping her students succeed. She is skilled at adapting her instructional approaches to make course content engaging and impactful.

As an equity-minded nursing leader, Cassandra has thoughtfully integrated best practices related to cultural humility and health equity into the courses she coordinates and teaches. Her dedication to lifting up the voices of underserved and marginalized populations is truly inspiring, and she continues to challenge her students to consider the role they can play in addressing health disparities.

• Sigma Theta Tau, 2022 - Present
• American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 2021 - Present
• Association of Southeast Minnesota Nurse Practitioners, 2021 - Present
• Society of Adolescent Health and Medicine, 2020 - 2023
• Association of Southeast Minnesota Nurse Practitioners

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Mayo Clinic: Rochester, Minnesota

Lebow, J., Mattke, A., Narr, C., Pertain, P., Breland, R., Gewirtz, O’Brien, J., Geske, J., Billings, M., Clark, M., Jacobson R., Phelan, S., Harbeck-Weber, C., Le Grange, D., & Sim, L. (2021). Can adolescents with eating disorders be treated in primary care? A retrospective clinical cohort study. Journal of Eating Disorders, 9(55). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-021-00413-9

Lebow, J., Sim, L, Redmond, S., Billings, M., Mattke, A., Gewirtz O’Brien, J. R., Partain, P., Narr, C., Breland, R., Soma, D., Schmit, T., Magill, S., Leonard, A., Crane, S., Le Grange, D., Loeb, K., Clark, M., Phelan, S., Jacobson, R. M., Enders, F.,…Leppin, A. (2023). Adapting behavioral treatments for primary care using a theory-based framework: The case of adolescent eating disorders. Academic Pediatrics, S1876-2859(23)00331-5. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2023.08.004

Gewirtz O’Brien, J., Sim, L. Narr, C., Mattke, A., Billings, M., Jacobson, R. M., & Lebow, J. (2021). Addressing disparities in adolescent eating disorders: A case report of family-based treatment in primary care. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 35(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2020.11.003

Lebow, J., O'Brien, J. R. G., Mattke, A., Narr, C., Geske, J., Billings, M., Clark, M. M., Jacobson, R. M., Phelan, S., Le Grange, D., & Sim, L. (2021). A primary care modification of family-based treatment for adolescent restrictive eating disorders. Eating disorders, 29(4), 376–389. https://doi.org/10.1080/10640266.2019.1656468

Lebow, J., Narr, C., Mattke, A., Gewirtz O'Brien, J.R., Billings, M., Hathaway, J., Vickers, K., Jacobson, R., & Sim, L. (2021). Engaging primary care providers in managing pediatric eating disorders: a mixed methods study. Journal of Eating Disorders, 9, 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-020-00363-8

Lebow J., Mattke A., Gewirtz O’Brien J., Narr, C., Billings M., Clark, M., Le Grange D., & Sim L. (2019). Embedding treatment for adolescent restrictive eating disorders in primary care to improve detection and treatment: Results from 3 case studies. Journal of Adolescent Health, 64(2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.10.110

Gentile, N., Kaufman, T. K., Maxson, J., Klein, D. M., Merten, S., Price, M., Swenson, L., Weaver, A. L., Brewer, J., Rajjo, T., Narr, C., Ziebarth, S., & Lynch, B. A. (2018). The effectiveness of a family-centered childhood obesity intervention at the YMCA: A pilot study. Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education, 8(1), 591. https://doi.org/10.4172/2161-0711.1000591

Empowering Primary Care Teams to Manage Disordered Eating in Adolescents (2022). Jointly presented at the Society of Adolescent Health and Medicine Annual Meeting. CME 1.25.

Embedding Treatment for Adolescent Restrictive Eating Disorder in Primary Care to Improve Early Detection and Treatment (2019). Poster presented at the 21st Annual Internal Medicine Review for Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants and Primary Care Physicians, Rochester, MN and Society of Adolescent Health and Medicine (2019), Washington D.C.

Primary care approach to treatment and identification of eating disorders in adolescents (2019). Presented at Mayo Clinic LPN Clinical Practice Review Conference. 1 CEU.

Primary care approach to childhood obesity (2017). Presented at the 19th Annual Internal Medicine Review for Nurse Practitioners, Physicians, Rochester, MN. 1 CEU.

Primary care approach to childhood obesity (2016). Presented at Skills Days at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. 1 CEU.

Creating an Interdisciplinary Care Model for Rural Community Clinic: An Evidence-Based Project. Presented poster at Annual Research Conference, Midwest Nursing Society, Dearborn, Michigan (2012).

Everyone Deserves a Holiday. Poster presented at Mayo Poster Fair (2009) and National Critical Care Nursing Conference (2010).

Honorable poster award: Embedding Treatment for Adolescent Restrictive Eating Disorder in Primary Care to Improve Early Detection and Treatment (2019) 21a Annual Internal Medicine Review for Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants and Primary Care Physicians (2019) 

Elizabeth C. Bonner Nursing Education Award (2012) 

Poster winner at student Mayo Research Conference: Creating an Interdisciplinary Care Model for a Rural Community Clinic: An Evidence-Based Project Presentation (2011) 
 

Research assistant for C2DREAM Grant Research qualitative  Study with PI Dr. Laura Hooper, co-investigators Katie Loth & Dr. Gewirtz Obrien. Strengths-based, culturally responsive, body-positive approaches to health: Development of a training for clinicians caring for ethnically. and racially diverse adolescents with high weight status in Minnesota. 
2023-Present

Advisor/Collaborator for Pilot Study: Inclusivity, Diversity, and Equity in Skin Assessment. Quantitative and Qualitative data based on pre and post knowledge of inclusive skin assessments of all skin tones as it relates to erythema, cyanosis, pallor, and jaundice. 
2023-Present