Education University of Cincinnati April 2013 Doctorate of Nursing Practice Wright State University June 2008 MS Nursing/Family Nurse Practitioner Program Wright State University June 2004 MS Nursing/Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist Wright State University June 1995 BSN Magna cum Laude University of Cincinnati June 1983 Associate of Applied Business Magna cum Laude Professional Experience University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio College of Nursing Coordinator On-Site Family Nurse Practitioner Program Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing The Hospice of Dayton Dayton, Ohio Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner Provide Palliative Care in the Acute Care Setting, Hospice Face to Face Certification Visits, and Medical Management in the Hospice Inpatient Unit September 2010 - Present June 2008-Present Miami Valley Hospital Dayton, Ohio June 2007-June 2008 Staff Nurse Oncology Unit Good Samaritan Hospital Dayton, Ohio June 2004-June 2007 Staff Nurse Intensive Care Unit/Medical Clinical Nurse Specialist/Lung Cancer Coordinator Miami Valley Hospital Dayton, Ohio September 1994- Staff Nurse Telemetry/Maternity/Med-Surg/Patient February 2004 Care Tech
Certifications ELNEC Critical Care Trainer (End of Life Nursing Education Consortium) Certified by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Advanced Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse Certified by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing Organization Certificate to Prescribe Family Nurse Practitioner Certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Clinical Nurse Specialist in Adult Health Certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Certificate of Authority Family Nurse Practitioner Clinical Nurse Specialist August 2011-Present June 2011-Present September 2009-Present July 2008-Present April 2005-Present September 2008-Present May 2005-Present Credentialed Nurse Practitioner to provide Palliative Care Services for The Hospice of Dayton at the following Hospitals: Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton, Ohio Atrium Medical Center, Middletown, Ohio Kettering Medical Center, Kettering, Ohio Sycamore Hospital, Dayton, Ohio January 2010-Present April 2009-Present March 2009-Present March 2009-Present Service University Faculty Senate By-Laws and Governance Committee September 2011-2013t University of Cincinnati Faculty Practice Council College of Nursing, Chair September 2011-2012 University of Cincinnati Sentinel Reader for Evidence Based Nursing May 2011-2012 McMaster s Online Rating of Evidence
Service Continued Relay for Life Committee Member, School Recruitment Chair January 2011-2012 Centerville, Ohio Graduate Student Governance Association Faculty Advisor College of Nursing University of Cincinnati October 2010-Present Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, Registration October 2010 American Cancer Society Dayton, Ohio Preceptor for Advance Practice Nursing Students September 2008-Present Professional Organizations and Awards Invited to serve on the 2014 AAHPM/HPNA March 2013 Annual Assembly Planning Committee HPNA Education Advisory Team January 2013 National Chapter ANCC Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist October 2012 Role Delineation Study Silver Springs, Maryland Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Beta Iota Chapter Executive Board Treasurer ANCC Content Expert Panel Registry Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association - Member National Chapter Hospice & Palliative Nursing Association Cincinnati Tri-State HPNA Chapter Executive Board Secretary July 2012-Present January 2012-Present December 2011-Present December 2011-Present Abstract Reviewer for the Ohio Association of July 2011 Advanced Practice Nursing Poster Exhibit Annual Fall Conference November 2011 Ohio Association of Advance Practice Nurses - Member Dayton Chapter January 2011-Present
Professional Organizations and Awards Continued Ohio Hospice and Palliative Care Advanced Pharmacology Course Review Panel Columbus, Ohio January 2011-Present Heart of Hospice Award Nomination October 2010 The Hospice of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio American Nurses Credentialing Center January 2010-January 2011 Item Writer for the Adult Clinical Nurse Specialist National Certification Examination Montgomery County American Cancer Society Advisory Board Member Montgomery County American Cancer Society Primary Prevention Mission Committee September 2009-Present September 2009-Present American Nurses Credentialing Center Field Test September 2009 CNS Adult Health Nursing Examination Nurse Recognition for Excellence Award April 2008 Nomination, Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, Ohio Level 3 ACE Clinical Ladder November 2006 and 2007 Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing June 1995-Present Professional Presentations Accepted Poster Presentation November 2013 Reasons Hospice Patients Access The ED for Symptom Management 42 nd Biennial Convention Sigma Theta Tau International Indianapolis, IN Poster Presentation Quality Improvement April 2013 Assessment of Emergency Department Visits by Hospice Home Care patients Ohio Nurses Association DNP Poster Presentation Columbus, OH
Professional Presentations Continued Presented University of Cincinnati March 2013 Family Nurse Practitioner Program Cincinnati Children s Medical Center Cincinnati, Ohio Presented Incorporating the Principles of Palliative Care November 2012 When Withdrawing Life Sustaining Treatments Midwest Center for Home, Hospice and Palliative Care Education Annual Fall Conference Columbus, Ohio Presented Pain Management Strategies May 2012 End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium Atrium Medical Center Middletown, OH Presented Final Hours May 2012, January 2013 End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium Atrium Medical Center Middletown, OH Presented The STAR Effect March 2012 (Star Therapy Application Research) American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine & Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association Annual Assembly, Denver, Colorado Presented The STAR Effect November 2011 (Star Therapy Application Research) Midwest Center for Home, Hospice and Palliative Care Education Annual Fall Conference Columbus, Ohio Poster presentation The STAR Effect November 2011 (Star Therapy Application Research) Ohio Association for Advanced Practice Nurses Annual Statewide Conference Presented Contracting to Provide Palliative November 2010 Care Services in the Acute Care Setting, Ohio Hospice and Palliative Care Annual Fall Conference, Columbus, Ohio
Professional Presentations Continued Presented Introduction to Palliative Care July 2010 Presentation to the Dayton Community, The Hospice of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio Presented Care of the End of Life Cardiac Patient November 2008 Ohio Hospice and Palliative Care Annual Conference, Columbus, Ohio Presented Heart Failure in Hospice Disease Management Series The Hospice of Dayton September 2008 - Present Poster presentation The Effect of Udder Cream versus February 2007 Mild Soap in Delaying Skin Reaction Time in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy The Midwest Nursing Research Committee Symposium, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio Presented Pneumonia August 2006 Respiratory Program, Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton, Ohio Poster presentation Improving Outcomes for March 2006 Inpatient Diabetes Patients: A CNS Initiative NACNS Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah Research and Publications Primary Investigator Hospice of Dayton April 2011-December 2012 Research Study The STAR Effect (Star Therapy and Application Research) Improving Outcomes for In-Patient Diabetes June 2006 Patients: A CNS Initiative [Abstract]. Clinical Nurse Specialist, 20(2), 92. Primary Investigator Samaritan Cancer Center Nursing June 2005-June 2006 Research Study The Effect of Udder Cream versus Mild Soap in Delaying Skin Reaction Time in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy Lung Cancer Patient Guide, Co-Editor April 2005 Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton, Ohio