Current Position:           Heart Failure Nurse Practitioner

Education:

                                                                                      Degree & Date

Dates Attended               Institution                                  Conferred, Title                         Major Subject

1994 - 1996                    San Francisco State University   M.S., 1996                                Nursing – FNP

1979 - 1984                    San Jose State University          B.S., 1984                                 Nursing

Licenses:

1984 - Present                California Registered Nurse, License N371234

1996 - Present                California Nurse Practitioner, Furnishing Number 8021

1986 - 1989                    South Carolina Registered Nurse, License inactive

1984 - 1986                    Florida Registered Nurse, License inactive

Certification:

2014-present &1997 - 2001    American Nurses Credentialing Center Certification as Family Nurse Practitioner

Professional Experience:

2014 – Present                 Samuel Merritt University, San Mateo, CA                                    Adjunct Professor

2013 - Present                Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, CA                                 Nurse Practitioner

2007 – 2013                   Sutter Care at Home/Sutter VNA & Hospice, Emeryville, CA          Program Manager

2007                             Cardiovascular Associates, Burlingame, CA                                  Nurse Practitioner

1988 - 2007                    Mills-Peninsula Health Services, Burlingame, CA                          Staff Nurse, Nurse Practitioner

1986 - 1988                    Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, Spartanburg, SC                Staff & Charge Nurse

1985 - 1986                    Memorial Medical Center, Jacksonville, FL                                   Staff Nurse

1985                              University Hospital, Jacksonville, FL                                             Staff Nurse

1995. Sigma Theta Tau – International Honor  Society, Nu Psi Chapter

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

2017 – Present                     American Heart Association

2016 – Present                     Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association

2014 – Present                American Association of Nurse Practitioners

2014 – Present                American Association of Heart Failure Nurses

2007 - Present                American College of Cardiology

1995 – 2000                  California Coalition of Nurse Practitioners

1990 - 1998                   California Society of Cardiac Rehabilitation

POSTGRADUATE COURSES ATTENDED:

2012                             Samuel Merritt – Nursing 698: Teaching Nursing Students in the Clinical Setting

2005                             Sutter Health Clinical Integration - Managing Clinical Excellence (MCE) Course

1996 - Present              Gladstone Institute’s Mini Fellowship course with mini updates courses

1996 - 1997                   Preceptorship with UCSF Lipid clinic and Berkeley Heart Labs

Teaching Experiences:

Samuel Merritt University, San Mateo Campus

Quarter             Academic Year              Course Title     

Fall                   2014                             N160 Nursing Leadership, Management & Health Policy

Spring              2014                             N160 Nursing Leadership, Management & Health Policy

Holy Names College, Oakland, CA

Quarter             Academic Year              Course Title                              Lecture topic                             Hours

Spring              2003-2004                     Diagnosis & Treatment              Cardiac Disorders (CHF, CVD,   4

                                                                                                                 Hyperlipidemia) Hypertension,

                                                                                                                            Cardiac Arrhythmias

Spring               2002-2003                     Diagnosis & Treatment            Cardiac Disorders (CHF, CVD,   4

                                                                                                               Hyperlipidemia) Hypertension,

                                                                                                                           Cardiac Arrhythmias

Spring               2001-2002                     Diagnosis & Treatment          Cardiac Disorders (CHF, CVD,   4

                                                                                                             Hyperlipidemia) Hypertension,

                                                                                                                        Cardiac Arrhythmias

San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA

Quarter             Academic Year              Course Title                              Lecture topic                             Hours

Spring              1996-1997                     Assessment Course                 Musculoskeletal Assessment &  3

                                                                                                              Treatment of disorders

Lecturing Experiences:

Avoiding Readmissions Collaborative (ARC)

January 2011    Heart Failure Continuum of Care Model

Leadership Institute

April 2010          Improving Care Coordination: Transitioning Patients Successfully from Hospital to Home

BEACON Collaborative

April 2009          Heart Failure Continuum of Care Model

California Association for Health Services at Home (CAHSAH) Annual Conference

April 2008          Heart Failure Creating a Continuum of Care Model

Preceptor:

2014 to present         Samuel Merritt University Family Nurse Practitioner Students

2010 to 2013             University of California Davis Masters of Nursing Students

1997 to 2007             University of California San Francisco both Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist students

1997 to 2007             San Francisco State University both Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist students

Teaching Aids Prepared:

2013                         Skilled Nursing Home Heart Failure Case Studies for RN’s

2012                         Care Transitions interventions for home health clinicians

2011                         Heart Failure Across the Continuum:  home health clinicians

2011                         Heart Failure simulation for home health RN’s and Physical Therapists

2010                         Heart Failure Across the Continuum:  hospital RN’s and case mangers

2010                         Telemonitoring Heart Failure patients in home health

2008                         Heart Failure Continuum of Care:  staff education and patient education

2007                         Women and heart disease patient education and clinician education materials

2006                         Managing your Heart Failure at home patient education book

2006                         Managing your Hypertension patient education book

2005                        Make it HAPPEN (Healthy Adolescent Program Promoting Exercise & Nutrition) educational binder for participants (child & family) & lecture outline and materials with annual updates & revisions

2004                         Metabolic Program educational binder & lecture outline and materials with annual updates & revisions

2003                         Updated inpatient heart failure order-set and clinical pathway

2002                         Diabetes inpatient education booklet and presentation with annual updates & revisions

2002                         Diabetes inpatient assessment form

2002                        Updated inpatient diabetes order-set

2001                         Outpatient heart failure lecture series “Managing your heart failure”

2000                         Sutter Health Congestive heart failure nurse & patient education modules

1996                        Developed the outpatient Cardiac rehabilitation lecture series “All Heart University”

1997                       Renal dialysis exercise program and patient & RN educational materials

1992                         Education book for Cardiac rehabilitation patients

INVOLVEMENT IN RESEARCH AND/OR CREATIVE ACTIVITY:

2015 – 2018                    Created Patient Education resources, education materials and updated website a member of Patient Education Committee:  The American Association of Heart Failure Nurses

2013                               Readmissions Project with Stanford Health Clinics & Palo Alto Medical Foundation

2010 - 2013                    Implementing Heart Failure Continuum of Care model into Sutter East Bay Region operations:  taking the model from pilot to operations.  The dissemination of the model was supported by a Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation Grant.

2011 - 2012                    Care Transitions for high risk patients – Sutter Care at Home:  Home Health Santa Rosa Branch

2010 - 2012                    Blue Ribbon II Heart Failure Collaborative Group – Sutter Care at Home and East Bay Region lead

2010 - 2012                    Implementation of Telemonitoring in Sutter Care at Home – Home Health San Francisco Branch

2009 - 2010                    Blue Ribbon II Heart Failure Design Team – Co-leader of the inpatient team

2007                               Heart Failure Continuum of Care Project to develop a continuum of care eliminating the gaps in care between inpatient & outpatient care for heart failure patients.  Model of care piloted as a partnership between Alta Bates Summit Medical Center and Sutter Care at Home.  Model development was supported by a Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation Grant.

2006                               Implemented the use of Tablet PC’s used by the heart failure program for data collection, data management, and patient follow-up.  Together with Sutter Health Information Systems designed and developed data collection tools (MiForms), data identification, and APOLLO template design for the inpatient and outpatient heart failure program.

2006                               APOLLO Heart Failure telemangement software development and implementation in conjunction with the Sutter Information Systems department for use at MPHS and other Sutter facilities.

2005 - 2006                    Developed, implemented, and coordinated Mills-Peninsula Health Services the “Make it HAPPEN” program with adolescent children and their families.  Make it HAPPEN is a program for children who are overweight to stabilize their weight by increasing their activity/exercise and teaching to eat a healthier diet.   The “mind, body, spirit” approach was also used with this program. 

2004 - 2006                    Developed, implemented, and coordinated Mills-Peninsula Health Services Metabolic Program.  An “mind, body, spirit” program bringing together traditional lecture series, behavior modification through group work, and using meditation, yoga, tai chi and other modalities to reduce stress and disease progression.

2003                               Mills-Peninsula Health Services and Sutter Health Women’s Heart Advantage project to increase awareness of heart disease in women.  Have assisted in developing educational materials and given presentations to staff and the community regarding women and heart disease.

2002                               Development of an inpatient Diabetes management program and a telemangement program at Mills-Peninsula Health Services. 

2001                               Developed the Medical History & Medication Log booklet to be given to patients at Mills-Peninsula Health Services as they access care in & outpatient areas.

2000 - 2002                    Nurse Study coordinator for Principal Investigator Alan Schwartz, M.D., Proctor & Gamble Pharmaceuticals and Alexion Pharmaceuticals Cardinal/COMMA study (Phase II study).  

1999 - 2002                    Co-Investigator in a Qualitative Study – Principal Investigator Juliet Corbin, RN, DNSc.  “The Impact of Cardiac Events on the Lives of Middle Aged Men and Women”. 

1996                               Graduate Thesis:  Do Nurse Practitioners follow ADA standards of practice better than Physicians?