AREAS OF PROFICIENCY

• Thirty years of direct, hands-on, bedside care in the Hospital, Nursing Home, and Assisted Living settings
• Geriatric Nursing Assessment
• Geriatric Case Management
• Electronic Medical Records

EDUCATION:

• Georgetown University School of Nursing – 1979
• Vickie Milazzo Institute’s CLNC Certification Program – 2006
• Legal Nurse Consultant Boot Camp – Anne Arundel Communnity College – 2009
• Continuing Education Units – 2010/2011:

  “Effective Physical Assessments Skills”
  “Aging Body: Aging Mind”
  “Update on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorder: Diagnosis, Treatment and Research”

  NURSING EXPERIENCE:

  Direct patient care experience in the following areas:

• Adult Day Care
• Case Management
• Delegating Nurse – Assisted Living
• Home Health Care
• Hospice
• Hospitals
• Nursing Homes
• Managed Care/HMO’s
• Instructor, Geriatric Nursing Assistant Program
• Instructor, Certified Medicine Aide Program
• Instructor, Associate Degree, R.N. Program

To keep abreast of current trends and new developments, I continue with limited, part-time employment as a Med-Surg Nurse in a regional hospital.

COMMUNITY:

• Volunteer, “The School Success Center”, Tri-County Youth Services
• Chairperson, Beautification Committee, Community Civic Association