Expert Details
Nursing and Home Health Care
ID: 107850
Pennsylvania, USA
Expert has applied her skills in collecting data, evaluating data, and making recommendations about quality assurance, policy and procedure changes, and JCAHO standards.
Expert applied her background in education and nursing for over 15 years in home health care, covering many aspects from orientation, staff development, crisis management, as well as meeting JCAHO and HCFA standards for home health aide training.
Expert participated in the Corporate Policy and Practice Administration to ensure compliance with biohazardous waste. She instructed all new employees about the policies and did periodic checks related to compliance.
Using her background and expertise in home health care, Expert has instructed all levels of personnel about the infection process, ways to prevent infection--the professional's practices as well as the environmental factors. Such practices, by all levels of staff, needed to be evaluated, updated and improved. She has kept a detailed log of infections, noting trends and other specifics.
Expert managed the health of student nurses in a hospital school of nursing and the health practices (pre-employment, annual, incidents) at two home care agencies. She chaired an interagency council on AIDS, managing volunteers and resources.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1984 | Degree: PhD | Subject: Higher Education | Institution: University of Pittsburgh |
| Year: 1963 | Degree: MA | Subject: Education | Institution: Duquesne University |
| Year: 1959 | Degree: BSN | Subject: Nursing Education | Institution: University of Pittsburgh |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 1997 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Director of Education, | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1993 to 1997 | Employer: First American HIS Home Care | Title: Clinical Supervisor/Staff Development, | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1989 to 1992 | Employer: Training and Development, Visiting Nurse Association of Allegheny County | Title: Manager, | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1987 to 1989 | Employer: Education Department, Visiting Nurse Association of Allegheny County | Title: Manager, | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1985 to 1987 | Employer: Continuing Education, Visiting Nurse Association of Allegheny County | Title: Manager, | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1977 to 1985 | Employer: | Title: Substitute | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Expert is President for District 6 of the Pennyslvania Nurses Association for the year 2000. She is also a member of the American Nurses Association and Sigma Theta Tau (an Nursing Honor Society). |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Expert received the 1996 Human Rights Award from the Pennsylvania Nurses Association. She won the Nurse-of-the-Year Award from the association's District 6 in 1995. |
Fields of Expertise
health assessment, human health assessment, reason for encounter, health care, human rights, health care system, home health care, home health care waste management, infection control, infection prevention, infection, health care management, nursing home training, nursing liability, nursing home, nursing, case management planning, health care quality assurance, nursing procedure, nursing management, technical education, medical device safety, health care industry quality management, technical training, physical therapy education, medical product, health care marketing, skill training, medical science