Rush College of Nursing

Early Life

EARLY LIFE

Florida State University

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Graduated Spring 2008

BACHELOR'S

DEGREE

Address of the institution:

600 West College Ave

Tallahassee, FL 32306

Rush University College of Nursing

Doctor of Nursing Pratice (DNP)

Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (PC PNP)

Graduated Spring 2016

Commitment to Excellence commencement award co-sponsored by Rush University College of Nursing and the Golden Lamp Society

GRADUATE

DEGREE

Address of the institution:

600 South Paulina Street

Chicago, IL 60612

Professional Nursing Experience

2008-2016

Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, Hollywood, FL

• Registered Nurse, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• August 2008 - October 2011

Medical University of South Carolina, Children's National Medical Center, Advocate Lutheran Children's Hospital, Nemours Children's Hospital

• Registered Nurse (Travel), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• November 2011 - October 2014

Johns Hospital All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL

• Registered Nurse, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• October 2014 - December 2016

Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner

Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL

Nurse Practitioner and Program Coordinator,

Stroke and Thrombosis Programs

2016-2017

License & Certifications

• Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Primary Care
• Pediatric Nursing Certification Board

• Advanced Registered Nurse Practitoner, Florida
• ARNP 9277915

• Registered Nurse, Illinois
• RN 41410642

• Critical Care Registered Nurse
• Expires 08/2019

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support Provider
• Expires 08/2018

• Pediatric Advanced Life Support Provider
• Expires 09/2018

• Basic Life Support Provider
• Expires 09/2018

Volunteer

Novick Cardaic Alliance

Formerly International Children's Heart Foundation

Statement of Purpose

Bring sustainable health care solutions to children with cardiac disease in the developing world. Dedicated to improving the skills, knowledge, technology and experience of local health-care providers in regions of the world without access to quality pediatric cardiac care.

Rush Global Health

Mission

Provide manpower, supplies, medications, training and encouragement to comunities with the goal of helping these communities become empowered and positioned to offer independent and sustainable care.

Novick Cardiac Alliance

Rush Global Health

Stroke & Thrombosis Program Coordinator

• Coordinates direct patient care for all patients with stroke and/ or thrombsis related conditions

• Coordinates all aspects of care-related communication between patients/families, providers, internal and external departments/ organizations to assure the patient care plan is complete, accurate and up to date

• Monitoring/ assuring appropriate discharge planning for follow up of stroke and/ or thrombosis inpatient and outpatient clinic

Quality Improvment and Research

Research

• Co-investigator, Kids-DOTT Trial
• Prospective multi-center evaluation of the duration of therapy for thrombosis in children (2017)
• Co-investigator, iPICS
• Institution-wide prospective, inception cohort study of individuals with childhood-onset acute and chronic health conditions (2017)
• Co-investigator, Early Nutrition PEG
• Clinical trail investigating the safety and tolerability of early nutrition following PEG tube placement (2017)

Quality Improvement

• Early Nutrition PEG
• Thrombosis Program
• Stroke Program

Quality Improvement Initiative: The Administration of Early Nutrition Following PEG Tube Placement in Children

Background

Providers routinely delay the introduction of enteral nutrition following the placement of a PEG tube. This postponement of enteral feedings can lead to:

• Prolonged hospital stay
• Increased healthcare costs
• Deprivation of nutrition
• Disruption of family life

Quality Improvement Initiative: The Administration of Early Nutrition Following PEG Tube Placement in Children

Objectives

Develop guidelines outlining the initiation of nutrition four hours after PEG tube placement. Guidelines included:

• Electronic ordering
• Standard calculations for the initial feeds using the PEG tube
• Administration instructions for nursing staff

Quality Improvement Initiative: The Administration of Early Nutrition Following PEG Tube Placement in Children

Materials and Methods

• Standard calculations were adapted from the nutrition department's reference manual
• Standardized diet order was developed and included in the post-procedure electronic order set

Results

• Feedback received from each department

Discussion

• Guidelines enhanced the quality of care received following the child's procedure

Quality Improvement Initiative: The Administration of Early Nutrition Following PEG Tube Placement in Children

• World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, a Nutrition (Montreal, Canada 10/2016)

Quality Improvement

Initiative: The Administration

of Early Nutrition Following

PEG Tube Placement

• Accepted for publication (2019) in Gastroenterology Nursing

Safety and Outcomes of Early Nutrition Following Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube Placement in Children

Objectives

• Assess the safety and tolerability of enteral feedings administered to qualifying pediatric patients less than six hours following PEG tube placement.

• Determine whether early commencement of enteral feeds is associated with reduced length of hospital stay.

Safety and Outcomes of Early Nutrition Following Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube Placement in Children

Safety and Outcomes of Early Nutrition Following PEG Tube Placement in Children

• World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, a Nutrition (Montreal, Canada 10/2016)

The Humanitarian Footprint:

The True Value of Global

Health Interventions

Objectives

• Evaluate the cost effectiveness of humanitarian pediatric cardiac surgery in low-middle income countries (LMIC).

• Define the lasting effects of what we call "The Humanitarian Footprint" as gains in the main components of the Human Development Index (HDI) for the survivors: Life Expectancy (LE), Median Years of Schooling (MYS), and Gross National Income per capita (GNIpc).

The Humanitarian Footprint:

The True Value of Global

Health Interventions

• World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery (Barcelona, Spain 2017)

• Submitted for publication (2017) The Lancet Global Health

Thrombosis Program

Thrombosis Program

Thrombosis Program