Intro + BIO

My nursing career over the last several years has spanned multiple major cities throughout the United States, including Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. The varied exposure to patient populations in these urban centers has not only helped to strengthen my clinical acumen but has allowed me to build a highly versatile skill set to collaborate effectively within fast-paced, multidisciplinary environments and manage complex patients in high-acuity clinical settings. 

The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) is a terminal degree that prepares nurses to lead and improve healthcare by applying advanced clinical knowledge, evidence-based practice, and systems thinking. Grounded in the core philosophy of the DNP Essentials defined by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), doctoral nursing graduates develop expertise in scientific foundations, organizational leadership, analytical methods, and health information technology.

As a doctorally prepared advanced practice nurse, I am committed to policy advocacy, leading interprofessional teams, promoting population health initiatives, and demonstrating advanced practice skills within my critical care specialty. By achieving the competencies of the DNP essentials, I will be able to influence patient outcomes through improving healthcare delivery processes and driving change and innovation across complex and integrated healthcare systems (AACN, 2006).

My area of scholarly interest primarily lies in the realm of graduate nursing education where I am focusing on the development of tools and methods to enhance clinical competencies in novice nurse practitioners and other advanced practice provider (APP) specialties to ultimately help to improve patient outcomes.