EDUCATION University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Master of Science, Community Health Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner Program, 2005 Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan Bachelor of Science in Nursing, with Honors, 2002 LICENSURE & CERTIFICATIONS Registered Nurse Licensure State of Michigan, current through March 2007 Certification Eligible for American Nurses Credentialing Center Family Nurse Practitioner Exam, anticipated September 2005 Advance Cardiac Life Support, current through December 2005 Basic Life Support, current through March 2006 FNP STUDENT CLINICAL EXPERIENCE Advance Primary Care St. John Oakland Hospital, Madison Heights, MI Cardiology 1/05-4/05 Clinical Preceptor: Denise Robertson, NP Managed acute and chronic cardiac conditions such as acute myocardial infarction, acute coronary syndromes, chronic heart failure, hypertension and atherosclerosis in the inpatient environment. Counseled patients and families regarding lifestyle change, healthy heart diet, exercise, discharge instructions, medications and follow up. North Campus Family Health Service, Ann Arbor, MI 1/05-3/05 Clinical Preceptor: Elaine McIntosh, NP Managed acute illnesses,chronic disease processes and prenatal clients in a community based primary care setting. Worked with individuals ages from birth through elderly. Counseled clients and families regarding health risk factors, nutrition, physical activity, and wellness. Page 1 of 5
Nursing Care of Childbearing Families Northwest OB/GYN, Southfield, MI 2/05-3/05 Clinical Preceptor: Joan Elward, WNP Performed routine obstetric visits as well as annual and problem focused gynecological examinations. Obtained new obstetric health histories, measured fundal height, obtained fetal heart tones and assisted the practitioners in cervical assessment. Infant, Child and Adolescent Health: Wellness Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital Children s Health Services, Pontiac, MI 9/04-12/04 Clinical Preceptor: Helen Stewart, PNP Wellness assessment of infants, children, and adolescents. Ordered and administered immunizations. Managed acute and stable chronic illnesses of low-income families of pediatric clients. Focused on health maintenance, health promotion, risk reduction, and client education. Preventative Cardiology University of Michigan Preventative Cardiology Services, Ann Arbor, MI 5/04-6/04 Clinical Preceptor: Susan Housholder-Hughes, ANP Managed clients with established cardiovascular risk such as hyperlipidemia through the Lipid Management Clinic Managed chronic general cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, heart failure, acute coronary syndromes. Counseled clients and families regarding risk reduction through nutrition and exercise, medication, and exacerbation control. Geriatric Medicine Cambridge South Nursing Center, Southfield, MI 1/04-5/04 Clinical Preceptor: Kathleen Stewart, CNS Managed acute illnesses and chronic, complex, multi-system disease processes of an inpatient geriatric population in a skilled nursing facility. Focused on the frail elderly population. Counseled clients and families regarding chronic disease management, client comfort and safety, end of life management, grieving. Page 2 of 5
Family Practice Community Family Health Center, Ann Arbor, MI 9/03-12/03 Clinical Preceptor: Michelle Pardee, FNP Provided holistic care and health maintenance for adult clients with acute and chronic health conditions in a family centered practice managed by Nurse Practitioners. Counseled clients and families regarding health promotion and risk reduction activities, health screening, nutrition, physical activity, stress management and general wellness. Adolescent Health Ozone House, Ann Arbor, MI 9/03 Clinical Preceptor: Michelle Pardee, FNP Provided comprehensive care to runaway, homeless and at risk youth, ages 10-21. Counseled adolescents regarding family contraception counseling, management of STD s, risk reduction in a non-profit, a safe living environment for temporarily homeless youth. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Graduate Student Teaching Instructor University of Michigan School of Nursing Ann Arbor, MI 9/04-4/05 Course: Introduction to Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan Responsible for weekly seminar and served as mentor for 20 undergraduate freshmen nursing students. Introduced students to APA format and guided students to develop scientific writing skills through term papers. Managed academic internships at a variety of community service organizations. Staff Nurse, St. John Oakland Hospital Madison Heights, MI 8/04-4/05 Same Day Surgery/ Endoscopy Responsibilities include but not limited to assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning client/family focused care, monitoring of pre and post-operative patients. Page 3 of 5
Graduate Student Research Assistant- Center on Frail and Vulnerable Elders University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, MI 5/03-5/04 Responsibilities included working in collaboration with nursing research professionals toward HRSA grant renewal, continuing education credits, extensive literature searches, gathering, synthesis and analysis, and promotion of the concentration to graduate level students. Staff Nurse General Cardiology St. John Macomb Hospital, Warren, MI 7/03-8/04 Critical Care Float Pool Experience working in SICU, Step down, Progressive Care, Interventional And General Cardiology. Responsibilities include but not limited to: assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning client/family focused care, monitoring of postoperative patients such as post angioplasty/heart catherization/stent placement, post operative coronary artery bypass graft, post operative heart valve replacement, postoperative AAA repair. Staff Nurse Interventional Cardiothoracic Surgery Ingham Regional Medical Center, Lansing, MI 5/02-7/03 Registered Nurse on a surgical/telemetry cardiovascular/ thoracic and intermediate care unit. Responsibilities include but not limited to: assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning client/family focused care, monitoring of postoperative patients, implementing interventions and evaluating progress/effectiveness of interventions with an emphasis on education of client and family. Skills exercised include post heart catherization sheath removal,. removal of chest tubes, removal of post operative pacing wires prior to patient discharge, education of the post operative patient and family regarding expectations, lifestyle changes and medications for the cardiac client Page 4 of 5
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nursing: Induction November 2003 RWJ Grant: Wellness for a Lifetime, Project Director and Nurse Educator: September 2003 to April 2004 Michigan Nurses Association, 2002-2005 American College of Cardiology, 2005 VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES Wellness Fair Turner Senior Resource Center, 2003 RESEARCH MANUSCRIPTS Wellness for a Lifetime: Collection and analysis of participant data based on presentation of the Give It Up to Live It Up curriculum. Developed and compared surveys of current graduate students and post-graduate GNP, ANP, FNP, ACNP students to assess subjective level of gerontological content in each respective program for the Center on Frail and Vulnerable Elders, 2002 to 2003. Nursing Scholarly Project to meet the academic requirements for completion of the Community Health Nursing Program, 2005. REFERENCES Available upon request Page 5 of 5