Second-year PhD Student at the University of Washington, School of Nursing.

Commander of U.S. Army Health Clinic- Kaiserslautern (USAHC-K) in the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center footprint. Responsible for supporting the operational readiness of 63 units including executive medicine for the HQ Elements of 21st TSC, 10th AAMDC, and Regional Health Command Europe. Lead and provide for the comprehensive fitness of a military and international civilian staff of 32 health care professionals and administrative personnel. Steward an annual budget of $3.35 million. Builds a strong relationship with our community and serves as the senior partner with community leaders, groups, and German partners. Improving access to care, the overall patient experience, and staff engagement. Oversees all aspects of risk management, patient and staff safety, medical training, readiness, and well-being of this command.

Landstuhl Healthcare System comprises a network of Army medical facilities located in Germany, Italy and Belgium that serves more than 120,000 and generate over one million outpatient visits and 13,000 admissions per year. Senior VP for Operations for Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC), a 100 bed tertiary care academic medical center. Coordinated and synchronized all command level initiatives with both senior command and subordinate medical treatment facilities including five outlying clinics located in three countries with over 5,500 military and civilian staff and an annual operating budget of $450 million.

As OIC Resuscitative Medicine, Department of Education; managed the administrative and logistical process for five Clinical Education programs: Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Trauma Nursing Core Corse (TNCC), and Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS).

Consultant to the Chief Nursing Officer on business processes, performance measurement, resource allocations and decision support. Utilizing authoritative data systems to generate solutions through data collection and trend analysis for fiscal, clinical and operational challenges facing the hospital leadership. The clinical consultant for data quality, nursing workload, manpower analysis, space utilization and clinical cost and business process analysis.

MHA/MBA Candidate

MHA/MBA Candidate

- Managed 51 clinical and support personnel consisting of Joint Service Military, Government Service Civilian and contracted personnel in a 24/7 nursing ward- Coached, mentored and developed 33 Registered Nurses to advance their clinical and professional skills- Prepared staff, equipment, and ward for The Joint Commission accreditation survey - Supported and facilitated performance improvement, workload analysis, physician-nurse communication, and waste reductions projects

- Assisted in opening new surgical ward, developing unit level policies, and creating 24hr clinical schedule - Supervised and evaluated seven Department of the Army Civilian Registered Nurses- Responsible for running ward in absence of Clinical Nurse Officer in Charge (CNOIC)

- Cared for 6 - 8 patients primary- Provided nursing care for Local-Nationals, Afghani National Army, Afghani National Police and Allied Forces- Communication through a translator- Detainee Care- Extensive trauma, burn, and pediatric experience

As charge nurse - created patient assignments, managed three to five teams of two to three nurses, managed patient placement on ward, communicated with physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and bed coordinator.As staff nurse - cared for 6 - 8 patients as nursing team leader, assessed patients, prioritized care, delegated tasks to team members, communicated with physicians, pharmacists, and charge nurse, charted all activities, and ensured safe patient care.As preceptor - taught two new graduate nurses how to prioritize nursing care based off patient assessments and critical thinking, developed bed side manor, medication administration, communication, documentation, and delegation.

Participated in the first iteration of the Army's Nurse Residency Program. A one year on-boarding program that focused on providing New Graduate RNs with a diverse clinical experience. Rotations included: - didactic phase (two months) that focused hospital procedures, capability briefs from every department in the facility, way-finding hospital orientation. - direct clinical preceptorship (two months) on a general medical-surgical ward. Focused on practical nursing skills, time management, critical thinking, charting, medication administration, assessment, and delegation.- Clinical rotation to a cardiac telemetry ward (two months) acted as a staff nurse. Honed general nursing skills and learned about telemetry patients.- Clinical rotation to Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) (one month) acted as a staff nurse. Learned about pre and post operative procedures, rotated into OR to observe circulating RN and observed Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA).- Rotation to Emergency Department (two weeks) followed experienced ED staff including nurses and techs to learn about ED flow and procedures- Rotation to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) (two weeks) followed experienced ICU nurses, assisted in basic procedures- Rotation to burn step-down ward (two weeks) focused heavily on management of burns, dressing changes, and pain management.- Rotation to Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) outpatient clinic (two weeks) focused on diagnostic screening and testing for TBI and observed many psych consults.- Final clinical rotation (three months) on medical-surgical ward acted as a staff nurse. Focused on honing clinical nursing skills.