DNP REACH Coach

Experience APRN and Nurse Educator

I love nursing.  Nursing has been good to me, and I want to continue to be a good ambassador for nursing, the patients that entrust their care to me, and the students I teach. It is an exciting time to be in the profession of nursing. Economic struggles with resulting health care restraints and barriers are an opportunity for advancement in patient care outcomes lead by nurses. Nurses should meet patients where they are and take them where they need to be instead of expecting them to already be there. Preparing nurses to practice to the full extent of their education and experience to impact patient outcomes is essential to the process. Doctoral prepared nurses must lead the way in reducing health care disparities and improve access to care by having a voice from the bedside to the capital beltway. By doing this, nurses will change the face of health care, one step and one patient at a time.

I am passionate about the role of the DNP and the nurse practitioner as the primary caregiver blending the researcher, educator, advocate, and clinician roles in a holistic model (REACH) of care.  My practice and academic mottos are “Patients or students do not interrupt my work; they are my work.”

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