Professional
Degrees
B.A.,
Cultural History, Fresno Pacific University
B.S.N.,
California State University, Sacramento
M.S.N.,
California State University, Sacramento
Courses
N123
Nursing Families with Complex Illness
N156
Selected Senior Practicum
N191
Service-learning in Nursing
Publications
N/A
N/A
Projects,
Honors and Recognitions
Summa
Cum Laude, B.S.N., California State University, Sacramento
Advanced
Cardiac Life Support Certification
Pediatric
Advanced Life Support Certification
Sacramento
Community IV Therapy Certification
State
of California Public Health Nurse Certification
State
of California Clinical Nurse Specialist Certificate
Past
Member, Mercy General Hospital Ethics Committee, Committee Chair
1995
Past
Member, Patient Self Determination Act Subcommittee, Chair 1994-1998
End-of-Life
Care Clinical Task Force, Mercy Healthcare Sacramento/Mercy General
Hospital, 1997-1999
SICU/MICU
Unit Council member 2000 to present, Chair 1999-2001
Regional
Ethics Policy Development Committee, Mercy Healthcare Sacramento
Regional
Bioethics Specialist, Mercy Healthcare Sacramento, 1998-2000
California
Association of Catholic Hospitals Decisions Task Force 1993-1994
ECHO
(Extreme Care, Humane Options) Education Committee, 1995-1997, Mercy
General Hospital
ECHO
II - End-Of-Life Care Train the Trainer Program, 1998
Continuing
Education Consortium Board Member 1993-present
Community
Critical Care Course Coordinator for the Continuing Education Consortium
1993-present
Multiple
presentations on the subjects of Advance Directives and End of Life
care: Community Oncology Course annually 1994-present, Mercy Healthcare
Sacramento, 1993-present
