Biography
It is a great privilege to be a part of the School of Nursing and 蘑菇短视频faculty community.
I have more than 25 years of hospital leadership experience including Chief Nursing
Officer at several hospitals in Western North Carolina. I taught short courses, provided
lectures, created educational power points, and other continuing education materials
while in that role. I am a Fellow/Lifetime Member in the American College of Healthcare
Executives and am Board Certified through the American Nurses Association as Nurse
Executive- Advanced. I served as an Adjunct Faculty member at 蘑菇短视频for three years
prior to joining the School of Nursing faculty full-time (nine month). I earned a
Doctor of Educational Leadership through 蘑菇短视频in 2018. My disquisition focus was "Enhancing
nursing faculty awareness of implicit racial bias, in an online teaching environment,
as an antiracism strategy toward the elimination of health disparity for the Black,
Hispanic, and American Indian populations".The research intervention evaluated methodologies
in an online environment to raise nursing faculty's awareness of our implicit bias.
Findings of this research are used to inform the nursing curriculum and teaching methodology.
I believe that we can improve health care and health status for minority populations
with an informed nursing workforce aware of the presence and impact of implicit bias
on health care delivery.<br><br>I have been honored, over the years, to serve as the
Director of the Post Licensure BSN programs (RN to BSN and RIBN), Chair of the School
of Nursing Student Scholarship Committee, Post-licensure Committee, and Post-licensure
Curriculum Committee and as a member of the 蘑菇短视频Learning Management Committee, CHHS
Educational Strategies Committee, Post-licensure Student Affairs Committee, School
of Nursing Faculty Affairs committee, and University Budget Advisory Committee.<br><br>Service
experience includes membership on the CHHS Educational Strategies Committee , search
committees for School of Nursing faculty and the search for a Director of the DNP
Program, and the CHHS Educational Strategies Committee. Other service activities include
participation in the Poverty Simulation, Whee Call You (providing support for first
semester students), participation as a judge in Regional Science Fairs for Middle
and High School students, and serving on the pathfinder committee to select a new
LMS for WCU.<br><br>Effective Spring 2024 I resigned my position as Director of Post
Licensure BSN Programs and assumed a dedicated teaching role in the post licensure
program. During the Spring 2024 peer review process I received some great feedback
for the Community Block of courses which i will implement for the Summer 2024 session.<br><br>I
am blessed to be a part of the 蘑菇短视频School of Nursing Faculty.
Teaching Interests
Health disparity, population health management, ethics, evidence-based practice, development
of nurses as leaders: at the bedside, in the community and in the boardroom, the Nurse
as an advocate for quality improvement and the development of strategies to reduce
the effect of implicit bias on health care.
Research Interests
I am interested in the identification and development of best teaching practices in
a distance learning environment to include teaching strategies, assessment of learning,
effective tools for student engagement, effective evaluation of online technology
to promote learning and promotion of professionalism. Other interests include the
assessment of appropriate workload metrics to ensure faculty effectiveness and work-life
balance, implementation of novel curricular models to support the development of leadership
skills in our students, raised student awareness of the nurse's role regarding social
justice, equity, valuing diversity, and strategies to promote sharing of effective
curriculum design and effective teaching practices within the School of Nursing.
