Resume

• 1998

  B.S. Managerial Economics

  Alpha Phi

  University of California

  Davis

• 3.8

  English

  Masters of Science

  Nursing

  Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse

  Samuel Merritt University

• Mentored school aged girls in an after school program dedicated to the self-empowerment of girls

  Cool Girls

  Inc.

  Medical Volunteer

  Hope Clinic for Women

  Community Nurse

  Volunteered in several clinics outside Livingstone

  assisting with intake

  assessments

  treatments

  and education surrounding area specific diseases. Home visits to HIV/AIDS patients proving medical assistance

  follow up care and education. Led workshops on various health related and reproductive topics.

  African Impact

  Zambia

  ESL teacher

  Taught English to refugees from various backgrounds

  Catholic Charities

  Nursing

  Case Management

  Community Health

  Healthcare

  Medicine

  Medication Administration

  Clinical Research

  Community Outreach

  Hospitals

  Adolescents

  O'Rourke

  Kathleen

  O'Rourke

  Kaiser Permanente

  YWCA

  9to5

  Stanford Children's Health | Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

  Njira Project

  San Francisco State University

  •\tDirects

  manages

  and evaluates student learning in the clinical setting\n•\tAssists the students in integration of theory and practice specific to acute care pediatric nursing\n•\tEvaluates the student’s development of critical reasoning\n•\tSupports the student’s growth in the use of evidence-based practice\n\n

  San Francisco State University

  Kaiser Permanente

  Oakland

  California

  Pediatric RN

  Nashville

  TN

  •\tDesigned and implemented weekly orientation and workshops on various topics including \n growth and development

  job skills

  career services

  nutrition and healthy lifestyles \n•\tConducted client interviews and assessments connecting individuals with community \n agencies; worked with local organizations establishing relationships for future internships and \n job opportunities for clients\n•\tProvided ongoing case management to participants as part of a career planning and job \n placement program \n\n

  Employment Career Specialist

  YWCA

  Atlanta

  GA

  •\tDeveloped and led workshops teaching job related skills

  resume building

  \n and confidence as well as internship placement\n•\tPerformed outreach

  public policy development

  and leadership development for the Living Wage \n Campaign\n•\tStaffed the National Job Survival Hotline

  answering legal questions and providing support\n

  Women's Rights Educator/Organizer

  9to5

  Palo Alto

  CA

  •\tProvides direct patient care to patients in an acute setting with a wide range of specialties\n including hematology

  oncology

  solid organ transplant

  endocrine

  rheumatology

  neurology

  \n renal

  surgical

  and pulmonology\n•\tCollaborates with an interdisciplinary team of medical and health care professionals\n•\tNursing leader providing assistance and education to other staff members regarding evidence \n based practice and changing policies\n•\tEducates patients and their families on disease processes

  therapeutic regimens

  and health \n maintenance\n•\tDevelopment and implementation of treatment plans\n•\tMember of several hospital wide projects and committees

  including Nursing Shared leadership \n Committee

  Family Centered Rounds Development Committee

  and Precepting of New Hires

  \n Students

  and Traveler Nurses\n

  Clinical Nurse IV

  Stanford Children's Health | Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

  Malawi

  •\tPart of development team for the Njira Project at a rural hospital in Malawi. The Njira Project \n aims to implement a simple and effective triage system in order to improve medical access for \n critically ill children and ultimately decrease child mortality\n• Completed needs assessment

  implemented WHO triage system

  performed data collection

  \n and educated local hospital staff on the project as well as other aspects of providing \n emergency assessment and care

  such as starting IVs

  medication administration and\n initiating care\n•\tSuccessfully decreased child mortality with early intervention education and created a self \n sustaining triage system in an existing rural hospital\n\n

  Nursing Consultant/Development Team

  Njira Project

  Society of Pediatric nurses