Summary of Qualifications

Education

Professional

A registered nurse with a bachelors degree in Management and Organizational Development and certified as a Legal Nurse Consultant. Over thirty years of experience in the medical field. Skilled in the areas of IV therapy, home health care, nursing care facilities, and research.

Bachelor of Science, Management and Organizational Development, Mt. Olive College, Mt. Olive, NC, 2005

Certificate, Legal Nurse Consultant, Legal Consulting Institute, Inc. Houston, TX, 2001

Associate Degree in Nursing, University of the State of New York, Albany NY, 1997

1998- Present Duke University Health System, Durham NC

RN Therapist, IV Team, DUMC 2003-Present

• To facilitate the insertion of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC) using ultra sound, MST, and PIV methods for adult and pediatric patients.
• To facilitate insertion of peripheral IV sites throughout DUMC.Access PAC devices.
• Provide staff training and education.

Nurse Clinician/Case Manager, DCHH/ DUHS 2002-2003

• Managed and coordinated care for patients in the home.

• Admitted and discharged patients to and from agency.
• Educated patients and caregivers.

Nurse Clinician EP, Cardiology, DUHS 2001-2002

• Prepared for patient visits, collected pre-visitation data.

• Dictated detailed clinic notes following clinic visits.
• Prepared patients to undergo electrophysiology studies including lab work, data consents, drug management.
• Clinical Research Coordinator, Division Of Neurology, DUHS 1999-2001
• Enrolled patients into Neuronal Injury Study.
• Prepared data forms
• Created and maintained database for study.
• Conducted interviews with patients and family members to obtain consent.
• Collected and analyzed medical data.
• Staff Nurse, Level I and II Nurseries , DUHS 1998 -1999
• Cared for newborn and premature infants.

Skills

University of North Carolina, Women's Health Initiative, Chapel Hill, NC 1993-1995

• Enrolled women into a Post Menopausal StudyClinical Trials Staff Research Nurse

• Proficient in the use of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

• Excellent communication skills. Exhibit and event planning skills.

Professional
Activities

• Advancement via clinical Ladder to Clinical Nurse III Administrative Preceptor to RNs and LPNs to help them become familiar with the IV team environment.

• Member of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants.

• Member of the Eastern North Carolina Branch Legal Nurse Consultants.