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Professional Achievements:

PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS
2017 First Place Award, Poster Presenter, Virginia Nurses’ State Legislative Summit Presented by: Virginia Nurses Association

2016 Award Recipient- “TOP FORTY UNDER FORTY” Honoree, Hampton Roads
Presented by: Inside Business Magazine and Lumos Networks

2016 National Fellow - Duke - Johnson & Johnson Nurse Leadership Program
Selected by: The Duke Johnson & Johnson Advisory Board

2015 Mission Ambassador Volunteer Award- American Heart Association’s (AHA)
Awarded by: Marques Fitch, Director of Community and Multicultural Health

2014 Health Ambassador - American Heart Association’s Hampton Roads Chapter Awarded by: Marques Fitch, Director of Community and Multicultural Health

2010-2012 Nursing Educational Scholarship Recipient- Post Graduate
Presented by: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

2010 Ambassador’s Award
Presented by: Riverside Regional Medical Center

2009 Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International, Epsilon Chi Chapter
Inducted by: Old Dominion University

2007 Citation of Emergency Nursing Service Excellence
Presented by: Paul Tribble, Christopher Newport University President

2006 Golden Key Honor Society

2006 Virginia Department of Health Nurse Practitioner Scholarship Recipient

PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ACHIEVEMENTS 
2020 President, Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners - Tidewater
2020 State Board of Directors, Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners
2019 President-Elect, Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners - Tidewater
2018-2020 Conference Chair, COVA Pharmacology & Clinical Symposium, Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners- Tidewater
2018- 2020 State Conference Committee Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners Member
2018-present Regional Education Chair, Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners - Tidewater
2014-2018 Program Administrator, Wellness Wednesday Employee Health Program
Created, organized & facilitated a successful employee “Wellness Wednesday” program with Annual Employee Health Fair Events for a Fortune 500 Company with 400+employees, Virginia Beach, VA

2012-2014 Lead Instructor, Team Up For Safety
Training facilitator to advanced clinical providers of Riverside Medical Group to assist in the awareness and implementation of workplace safety & best practices, Newport News, VA

2010-2015 Clinical Preceptor, Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners
2010-2013 Academic & Clinical Preceptor, Trauma & Emergency Medicine
Preceptor to Transitional and Family Practice Residents, Medical, Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant students during all rotations for Emergency & Trauma Services, Newport News, VA

2008-2009 Founding Board Member, Trauma Core Group, Riverside Regional Emergency Department, Newport News, VA

2004-2009 RN Preceptor and Mentor
Riverside Regional Medical Center, Newport News, VA

2004 Lead Facilitator & Editing Author, Intravenous Therapy Provided evidence based revisions to current hospital policy and procedures. Proposed and implemented the creation of an Intravenous Therapy Hospital Competency and Training Manual under the direct supervision of Nursing Management and Staff Development, Newport News, VA, 2004.

Work History

Education History

Old Dominion University
January, 2020 to May, 2022 (Expected graduation)

Old Dominion University
2006 to 2008

Virginia Commonwealth University
2006 to 2004

Riverside School of Professional Nursing
2001 to 2003

Associations

Virginia Association of Doctors of Nursing Practice