February 2020 – Events
Dr. Edwin Aroke, PhD, CRNA, Assistant Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham with Research interest on Pharmacogenetics: Dr. Aroke will serve on PhD Panel at Emory University.
Dr. Erica Delay Moore, DNP, CRNA (Assistant Program Director, Emory University Nurse Anesthesia Program) will serve on the DNP Panel.
Rylee Apodaca, SRNA (University of Arizona) will speak on her DNP capstone scholarly project impacting women in labor.
Dr. Apodaca DNP Scholarly Project: Development of Algorithm for Postpartum Hemorrhage Resuscitation. She was able to share results and distributed to the Obsterics Unit of anesthesia and nurse team members. Prior to this, no such protocol was instituted and as a result poor outcomes. Now, her DNP project will help laboring women in need of this algorithm.
Dr. Khalil Demonbreum, DNP, RNC-OB, WHNP-BC, ANP-BC, FAANP will speak on Maternal and Women’s Health Issues on the panel.
Presently, Dr. Demonbreum serves as the Women’s Health Medical Director at the Veterans Medical Center in Columbia, SC. His practice is primarily Obstetric, prenatal & gynecological care of women. He is Co-Chair of ANA Scope & Practice 4th Edition Workshop and a Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.
Dr. Nathaly Palacios, DNP, CRNA will speak on DNP capstone: Instituting an Information Session about Epidurals Prior to Labor.
Dr. Palacios will serve on the Maternal Health and Elimination of Racial Disparities in Black Maternal Mortality Panel at this event. If adopted at hospitals affecting patients of color with improved outcomes as a result.
Dr. Kenneth Lowe, DNP, CRNA (Graduate, Florida International University) on DNP capstone: Obstetric Protocol in the Jehova Witness Population.
Dr. Kenneth Lowe, DNP, CRNA will serve on the Maternal Health and Elimination of Racial Disparities in Black Maternal Mortality Panel at this event. His doctorate capstone was adopted on an Obstetric Labor Unit at local hospital.
August 29th, the Diversity in Nurse Anesthesia Mentorship Program will host the Diversity Advanced Practice Nurse Doctorate Symposium at Emory University School of Nursing.
Four panels of diverse CRNAs and NPs (PhD, EdD, DNP, & DNAP) will speak on doctorate journey, differentiation of PhD vs DNP/DNAP, rigors of program, how to prepare for faculty positions in academia (tenure vs non-tenure), career trajectory with earned doctorates and importance of publishing in peer-review journals.
A panel of diverse doctorate prepared FAANs & FAANPs will speak about building a body of work for consideration into the Academy. Another dedicated diverse doctorate panel of CRNAs and NPs will focus on Maternal Health Issues and Elimination of Racial Disparities in Black Maternal Mortality.
In the next few posts, we will feature panelists of CRNAs, NPs and a graduate senior nurse anesthesia student on the Maternal Health Issues and Elimination of Racial Disparities in Black Maternal Mortality. Next month, we feature other diverse doctorate panelists for this one-day event.
CRNAs, Nurse Practitioners, Certified Midwives, Advanced Practice Nurses, Registered Nurses, and graduate students.. are you interested in pursuing a doctorate but need proper guidance on the selection of pathway?
Registration will be open on Monday for the August 29th event at www.DiversityCRNA.org.