Assistant Professor/Clinical
I serve in an unique position as a Clinical Faculty Nursing Instructor at South Texas Veterans Health Care System, Audie L. Murphy Veterans Administration Hospital in partnership with Department of Health Restoration & Care Systems Management, UTHSCSA School of Nursing. I serve our nation?s veteran population with my primary professional focus on teaching graduate and undergraduate nursing students. In the graduate program, I am the Track Coordinator for the Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) Program. I teach in the four CNL courses: NURS 6230 Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) I: Role of the Advanced Generalist in Health Care Microsystems; NURS 6233 Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) I: Role of the Advanced Generalist in Health Care Microsystems: Clinical Application; NURS 6120 Clinical Nurse Leader Role II: Seminar; and NURS 6822 Clinical Nurse Leader Role (CNL) II: Clinical Application for the Advanced Nursing Generalist. I teach didactic content in both the Traditional and Accelerated Tracks. In the Traditional Track, I am the Lead Teacher for NURS 4319 Leadership and Management: Theoretical Foundations. I am a member of the teaching team for NURS 4315 Adult II: Theoretical Foundation. In the Accelerate Track, I am also a member of the teaching team for NURS4329 Leadership and Management: Theoretical Foundations. My second professional focus is to continue my scholarship to develop and disseminate my research in patient safety that encourages and empowers nurses to identify and report near-misses. My clinical specialty is post-anesthesia care nursing. My nursing experience and service as the President and Chair, Policy and Procedure Committee for the Texas Association of PeriAnesthesia Nurse, Hill Country and South Texas Region has equipped me with knowledge and experiences to share with nursing students.
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Professional Affiliations
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Presentations
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Peer Reviewed Poster Presentations
2021, Dental Participation in Simulation-Based Interprofessional Education: A Scoping Review, 2021 American Dental Education Association Annual Session Exhibition, Virtual Event (Team Presenter)
2021, Decreasing the Incidence of Venous Thromboembolism in Lung Transplant Patients: An Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Project (Poster Presentation), Houston Methodist’s 2021 Back to Science Symposium (Co-Presenter)
2019, Pilot Comparison of Hand Hygiene Compliance Rate Between Blinded External Reviewers and Blinded Peer Reviews (Poster Presentation), 2019 Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Poster Presentation, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Boston, MA (Co-Presenter)
2018, Seeing the Big Picture: Development and Implementation of an Impaired Nurse Simulation Scenario (Podium Presentation), 2018 The International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation (INACSL) Conference, Toronto, Canada Co-Presenter)
2017, Decreasing Incidence of Clostridium difficile on Medical and Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Units An Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Project. (Poster Presentation), Sigma Theta Tau International, Delta-at-Large Chapter Induction Ceremony, Sigma Theta Tau International, Delta-at-Large Chapter, San Antonio, TX (Co-Presenter)
2016, Fall Prevention on a Medicine Unit: An Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Project (Poster Presentation), Sigma Theta Tau, Delta-Alpha at Large Chapter, 2016 Induction Ceremony, Sigma Theta Tau International, Delta-at-Large Chapter, San Antonio, TX (Co-Presenter)
2017, Development of Car Seat Challenge Guideline For A Pediatric Cardiac Unit: An Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Project. (Poster Presentation), Sigma Theta Tau International, Delta-at-Large Chapter Induction Ceremony, Sigma Theta Tau International, Delta-at-Large Chapter, San Antonio, TX (Co-Presenter)
Hospital and Health Care Organization Service Responsibilities
2016-Present, South Texas Veterans Healthcare System Co-Coordinator, VA Learning Opportunities Residency (VALOR) Program
2021, South Texas Veterans Healthcare System Co-Coordinator, Graduate Nurse Technician (GNT) Program
2021, South Texas Veterans Healthcare System Co-Coordinator, Student Nurse Technician (SNT) Program
2020-Present, South Texas Veterans Healthcare System Member, STVHCS Evidence-Based Practice Committee,
2017-2019, South Texas Veterans Healthcare System Co-Coordinator, STVHCS Unit Metric Tracking Board Committee