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Faculty Bio

Program

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

Telephone

510-869-6511 ext. 3958

Address

3100 Summit St., 3rd Floor

City

Oakland

Zip

94609

Introduction

Education

BSN, University of San Francisco
MSN, Dominican University of California

Courses Taught at Samuel Merritt University

Managing Care of Adults II
Managing Care of Adults III
Healthy Aging-N128

Research Interests

• Gerontological Nursing
• Health care Policies and Practices
• Cost-effective Analysis
• Cardiac Heart Failure
• Kidney, Liver, Pancreas transplantation
• End of Life care

Publications and Presentations

Thesis

• Cost-Effectiveness Study of Nursing Home Turnover Rates on Registered Nurse Staffing

Presentations

• Heart Failure: Overview, patient and family education, management strategies

• Geriatric curriculum: Aging changes, fall prevention, polypharmacy, nutritional needs, urinary problems, spirituallity

• End of Life issues: Diverse cultural considerations

Professional and Community Service and Professional Memberships

• American Nurses Association
• Sigma Theta Tau: Honor Society of Nursing
• American Geriatrics Society
• American Society on Aging
• Asian American / Pacific Islander Nurses Association
• National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurse Associations
• Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science

History

Member for

4 years 9 months