Position:
Emergency Nurse at University of Pennsylvania Health System
Location:
Greater Philadelphia Area
Work:
University of Pennsylvania Health System
since May 1986
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Emergency Nurse
Education:
Temple University 1995 - 2001
PhD, Adult and Organization Development, College of EducationInterests include group development theory, organization development in health care, the consultation process. Dissertation research explored the relationship between level of group development in ICUs and patient outcomes.Won award for doctoral candidate preliminary exam writing
University of Pennsylvania 1989
MSN, Psychiatric Mental Health NursingSpecialized in the role of the Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing areas including inpatient psychiatry, outpatient crisis intervention, and psychiatric consultation/liaison nursing for medical-surgical inpatients.
Interests:
democratization of the workplace, implementation strategies for shared governance, leadership development in nursing, debunking rituals and traditions in clinical practice, impediments to team work in health care