Experience

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  Accredo healthcare - a medco company

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2003

  Patient representative
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  Johns hopkins hospital

  Jul 2005 - Nov 2008

  Surgical transplant nurse

  ▶I provided leadership as NCIIM and charge nurse, performing patient care in a surgical transplant and vascular/trauma unit. ▶I managed IMC level kidney and liver transplants solo and worked with multidisciplinary teams to provide care. ▶I developed a transplant patient education tool used during weekly patient conferences. ▶I precepted new graduate nurses and nursing students in our unit.

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  Johns hopkins university

  Mar 2008 - Feb 2010

  Research rn, diabetes nurse educator

  ▶I supported research activities, developed and delivered diabetes management education, and oversaw the creation of inpatient diabetes management protocols. ▶I developed curriculum and communication tools for Diabetes Nurse Superuser “train-the-trainer” program. ▶I acted as clinical facilitator on Education Subcommittee of the Johns Hopkins Glucose Control Committee.

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  Stevenson university

  Aug 2009 - Dec 2009

  Clinical supervisor
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  Le bonheur children's medical center

  Nov 2010 - May 2018

  Rn diabetes education coordinator

  ▶I developed, implemented, and oversaw delivery of diabetes-related education via group and individual Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME) classes▶I grew participation at our annual conference 258% within 12 months and secured full grant funding to hold it for 3 consecutive years. ▶I planned, designed, and implemented clinical policies, and also maintained accreditation by American Diabetes Association (ADA) Program Recognition Standards. ▶I led the implementation of data-sharing technology that streamlined our patient intake process and communications. Show less

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  Le bonheur children's foundation research institute

  May 2018 - Nov 2019

  Clinical research coordinator

  ▶I coordinated research activities for various studies, with primary tasks including management of clinical trials, data collection, and participant communication.

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  The university of tennessee health science center

  Aug 2018 - now

  Graduate student research assistant
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  U.s. department of veterans affairs

  Dec 2019 - now

  Health promotion disease prevention program manager

  ▶I plan, develop, and implement new HDPD program initiatives, while also monitoring and evaluating the HPDP program as a whole according to regional and national metrics. ▶I collaborate with multidisciplinary clinician and delivery teams to integrate health promotion and disease prevention within facility programs and clinical care. ▶More recently, I've been serving as project lead for COVID-19 clinics at Portland and Vancouver campuses and coordinating the 2020-2021 Influenza Prevention Campaign, implementing drive-through flu clinics at main campus and outpatient clinics. These two initiatives have served thousands of patients. Show less