Emory Medishare

Hinche, Haiti - 06/2016-07/2016

- Delivered free surgical care to Haiti at Hospital Sainte-Terese.

- Worked with the surgical section to manage day-to-day operations

- Monitored, assessed, developed, and implemented action plans to ensure surgical care

Atlanta Arising Leaders of Excellence Resource and Training (ALERT) Graduate

- Identified as a high potential employee and elected as alumni liaison

- Participated in Certified Mentor/Coach Program

• Developed a structured personal development plan

• Developed an action plan for the implementation of a pilot program and presented to the Atlanta VA leadership

Root Cause Analysis Committee (RCA) Recorder

• Investigated problems through to resolution to support continues quality improvement throughout the system

• Interacted effectively with multi-disciplinary teams to find the resolution of problems by proposing several improvement action plans

- Participated in Certified Mentor/Coach Program

• Generated in-depth Root Cause Analysis reports in relation to critical network events for the improvement of patient care

• Maintained process documentation and templates associated with the role of RCA recorder

Atlanta VA committees

• Employee Health and Wellness Committee

• Safe Day Call

• VISN 7 COVID-19 Vaccine Coordinators

• Magnet Champion 2018

• Staffing Methodology Review Committee, 2016-2018

• Interviewing committee member for the hiring of Operating Room staff, 2015 – 2019

• Interviewing committee member for Occupational health staff, 2022 – present

Leadership Opportunities

• COVID-19 Emergency Management Team Member

• Facilitated and coordinated six nurses to partake in the “Take 2 CNOR Program,” Atlanta VA, 2015-2016

• Vascular Surgery Team Leader, Atlanta VA

• Plastic Surgery Team Leader, Atlanta VA

• Charge Nurse Operating Room, Atlanta VA

• Charge Nurse Occupational Health, Atlanta VA

• Cleveland Council of Black Nurses- Recording Secretary, Cleveland, Ohio 2013-2014

International Opportunities

• Participated in the Japanese Exchange and Teaching (JET) program as an assistant language teacher

• Promoted internationalization in Japan’s local communities by helping to improve foreign language education

• Helped foster international exchange at the community level

Volunteer

• Volunteer-American Cancer Society Hope Lodge, Cleveland, Ohio, 2009-2015

• Producer first-known rural Japanese version of play Vagina Monologues to raise awareness and funding for Japanese victims of domestic violence, Shimane, Japan, 2005-2007

Memberships

• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated

• Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing – Nu Gamma Chapter

• The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

• The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)

• American Association of Occupational Health Nurses

• Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)