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Professional Expereience

Ms. Humphrey has a total of 27 years of experience working at the patient bedside. The specialty areas of care focus primarily of obstetrical patients for 15 years.  The patients consist of high and low risk maternity patients pre and post-delivery along with well-baby newborn care. Eight years in hyperbaric oxygen medicine a care area that includes many types of patients, all age ranges, mostly wound healing, carbon monoxide poisoning, commercial and sport dive medicine for decompression sickness even some on ventilators. She practiced in telemetry and medical-surgical acute care practice caring for patients with cardiac related diseases, both chronic and acute, stroke and neurological disorders, pre and post-operative procedures and monitoring of acute symptomatic health related issues. The related health issues included most systems in the general medical surgical specialization such as gastrointestinal disorders, renal disease, pulmonary, genitourinary. The types of patients also include those that have had gynecological surgery, neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, cardiac catheterization procedures, pain management procedures, skin flap procedures. She additionally has experience in the roles of charge nurse, preceptor, clinical manager and clinical director. 

Education
BSN: Our Lady of Holy Cross College
MSN; Walden University;
Kaplan University: Certificate in Forensic Nursing and a Certificate in Legal Nurse Consulting from the Vickie Milazzo Institute: Certificate, Legal Nurse consulting

Professional Organizations:
Golden Key International Honour Society
Sigma Theta Tau
Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses;
American Nurses Association.

Courses
NURS 300 Maternal Child Nursing
NURS 203 Fundamentals of Nursing
NURS 401 Nursing Leadership and Management

Education
BSN – Louisiana State University
MSN – University of Phoenix

Professional Experience
Ms. Jackson has been a Registered Nurse for seven years. She specializes in Labor and Delivery and is certified in Inpatient Obstetric Nursing. She has nursing experience in the fields of medical-surgical, telemetry, postpartum, and newborn patient care. She serves as a preceptor and mentor for new employees on the labor & delivery unit and for nursing students in their clinical rotations.

Professional Organizations
Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses

Courses
NURS 200 Dimensions of Professional Nursing
NURS 203 Fundamentals of Nursing
NURS 300 Maternal Child Nursing

Education
ASN Charity-Delgado School of Nursing
BSN University of Phoenix
MSN/MBA University of Phoenix
DNP Loyola University New Orleans

Professional Experience
Dr. Johnson has been a registered nurse for over 25 years working in the areas of adult orthopedics and medical surgical nursing. Dr. Johnson has worked for both West Jefferson Medical Center and East Jefferson General Hospital on medical surgical and orthopedic units. She has also worked as Director of Nursing of a nursing home and Supervisor of the Orthopedic Unit at East Jefferson General Hospital. Most recently, Dr. Johnson was the Clinical Educator of the Acute Care Division at East Jefferson General Hospital.

Awards and Honors
2010 Louisiana State Nurse’s Association Nightingale Award Nominee- Educator of the Year
2011 Honoree for Great 40 Team Member East Jefferson General Hospital
2011 Selected as a Great 100 Nurse for state of Louisiana
2011 Louisiana State Nurse’s Association Nightingale Award Nominee- Mentor of the Year
2014 Recipient Hotel Dieu Alumni Association Lois Ray Memorial Scholarship
2016 Delgado Community College Circles of Excellence for Distinguished Alumni Recipient

Professional Organizations
American Nurses Association (ANA) member
Academy of Medical Surgical Nursing-President 2011-2013, current President elect
Louisiana State Nurses Association- member
New Orleans District Nurses Association- member
Charity School of Nursing Alumni Association- member
Sigma Theta Tau- National Nursing Honor Society- member
National Association of Orthopedic Nurses- member

Courses
NURS 307 Evidence Based nursing Practice
NURS 308 Nursing III Medical Surgical Nursing
NURS 400 Nursing IV Medical Surgical Nursing
NURS 401 Nursing Leadership and Management

Education
M.S.N. Herzing University MSN with Concentration in Education
B.S.N. Our Lady of Holy Cross College

Professional Experience
Mrs. Jurado has been a registered nurse for over 16 years. Her experience includes med-surg for both adult and pediatrics along with several roles in community nursing. She has held positions in a variety of roles as case manager for hospitals and insurance companies. She has worked in the community as both home health and hospice nursing. She has served as VP of Sigma Theta Tau for the University of Holy Cross. She has been in an educator role for the past two and a half years.

Professional Organizations
American Case Management Association: ACMA
Sigma Theta Tau National Nursing Honor Society

Courses
NURS 203 Fundamentals of Nursing
NURS 300 Nursing Care of Childbearing Women and Children

NURS 200 Dimensions of Professional Nursing

Education
MSN University of South Alabama, College of Nursing
BS University of Southern Mississippi
Diploma, Touro Infimary School of Nursing

Professional Experience
Mr. Landry has been a registered nurse for over 30 years with his clinical expertise being in adult critical care and management/leadership. His graduate studies included working with acutely ill and critically ill adults following the nursing education track. While at South Alabama, he was awarded the Academic Excellence award. His experience includes working as a staff nurse in ICU as well as management experience where he was the director of ICU/ER/Telemetry/Med‐surg. He is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society.

Professional Associations
Sigma theta Tau national Nursing Honor society
American Association of Critical Care Nurses
National League for Nursing

Courses
NURS 307 Evidence-based Nursing Practice
NURS 308 Nursing III Medical Surgical Nursing
NURS 400 Nursing IV Critical Care Nursing
NURS 401Nursing Leadership and Management

Professional Experience
Dr. Martin has over 35 years of clinical experience as a registered nurse, with more than twenty-five years in nursing education. She is a Certified Patient Educator, credentialed through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Dr. Martin's doctoral study focused on quality improvement in health care and clinical practice specific to health literacy and medication management.
Dr. Martin is a LANTERN- Nurse Residency Advisory Board member at University Medical Center. She is a professional nurse abstract reviewer. She has reviewed pharmacology textbooks for Elsevier. Dr. Martin is also a psychiatric nurse generalist for suicide prevention. Dr. Martin is an instructor for the program, Stop the Bleed by the American College of Surgeons.

Awards and Honors

Professional Organizations
Organization of Patient Educators
American Nurses Association
National Alliance on Mental Illness
National league of Nursing
Louisianan State Nurses Association - District 5
American Psychiatric Nurses Association- Louisiana member -at -large board member
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing - Xi Psi Chapter
Lions Club International

Courses
NURS 400 Nursing IV - Mental Health Nursing Clinical Component
NURS 402 Perspectives in Nursing- co-coordinator
NURS 420 Nursing - Community Health Nursing/Mental Health Clinical Component

Mrs. Mitchell has been a registered nurse for over 30 years with a diversity of experience, which includes case management, critical care, clinical research, med-surg, behavioral health and community health nursing. She has worked extensively in management and leadership roles, which include tenors as Director of Nursing in home health and hospital case management. Her clinical expertise is in neurovascular critical care.

Education
BSN Dillard University
MSN University of Phoenix
MBA-HCM University of Phoenix

Professional Associations
Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society
American Association of Critical Care Nurses
Case Management Society of America
American Case Management Association

Courses
NURS 203 Nursing Fundamentals
NURS 400 Nursing IV Critical Care Nursing
NURS 402 Perspectives in Nursing

Education
MSN student – Capella University
BSN – University of Holy Cross

Professional Associations
Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses

Professional Experience
Ms. Naquin began her nursing career in Med-Surg nursing. From there she specialized in Labor and Delivery , as well as post partum nursing. She also has experience as an RN in the OB/GYN clinics. She brings with her experience strong clinical knowledge and skills

Courses
NURS 300 Nursing II Maternal Child Nursing

Education
E.d.D.  University of New Orleans (Curriculum and Instruction)
M.S.N. University of Alabama in Birmingham (clinical-pediatrics and functional-clinical specialization)
B.S.N. University of Mississippi

Professional Experiences

Clinical
Dr. Prechter has been a registered nurse for over forty years with clinical experience in pediatrics, ambulatory care and adult medical surgical nursing.  

Educational
Dr. Prechter is a professor of nursing and is the Eye, Ear, Nose & Throat Hospital I Endowed Professor.  She joined the faculty at the University in 1982 as one of four nursing faculty who wrote the nursing curriculum. She has held several positions while at the University but is currently Dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences and Chair of the Department of Nursing.  
Her master’s thesis looked at The Effects of Planned Nursing Intervention on the Anxiety Level of Siblings of Children Diagnosed with Life-threatening Diseases and her dissertation research related to the Impact of Selected Variables on the Critical Thinking Skills of Baccalaureate Nursing Students.

Military
Dr. Prechter was commissioned as an Army Nurse Corp officer in the Louisiana Army National Guard in 1978. She retired January 2008 as a Colonel, State Chief Nurse and Deputy Commander of Louisiana’s Medical Command. She was the first female Colonel in the Louisiana Army National Guard and retired as the highest-ranking female in the Louisiana Army National Guard (LAARNG).

She has received numerous army medals to include the four Army Achievement Medals, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Medal, Service in Southwest Asia Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, Louisiana War Cross, four Army Commendation Medals, three Meritorious Service Medals, five bronze fleur-de-lis and fifth bronze oak leaf cluster. She was awarded the Legion of Merit Award for meritorious service as the medical commander in the Louisiana Super Dome during Hurricane Katrina, June 2006. She is a charter member of Women in the Military Association.

Her military education includes certification in Combat Lifesaver Training, Water Purification, Food Sanitation, Chemical Casualty, Maintenance, Leadership /AMEDD.  She received a diploma for the Army’s Medical Department Officer Advanced Course.

Dr. Prechter’s active duty experience includes the Katrina/Rita Hurricane Task Force and Operations Desert Shield/Desert Strom.

Community
Dr. Prechter served two terms on the Louisiana State Board of Nursing (2010-2018). She served ten years on the Board for Baptist Community Ministries (BCM).  She is a past secretary/treasurer and Chair of BCM.
She is on the Board of Directors for CommCare Corporation and serves as Chair of the CommCare Compliance Committee; she is also on the Board of Directors for All Saints Hospice.
Dr. Prechter was a New Orleans CityBusiness 2017 Health Care Hero. She was nominated as one of New Orleans Citi Business 2006 Women of the Year. She has served as a Program Evaluator for the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing and she was commissioned as a member of the Louisiana Health Care Commission.
She has been awarded the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Foundation Endowed Professorship I and  III and the Notre Dame Class of 56 Endowed Professorship II. She has been elected into Who's Who American Teachers several times and she was a Great One Hundred Nurse.

Publications
Dr. Prechter has written, reviewed and edited for numerous publishers to include Prentice-Hall, Western Schools, and Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.  She coauthored a chapter in Nurses on the Front Line:  When Disaster Strikes (1878-2010).   Springer Publishing Company published the book.  The title of the chapter was “A Tale of Two Shelters:  A Katrina Story, 2005.”  She currently is a TEQ Blog reviewer for the National League for Nursing.

Professional Organizations
National League for Nursing
Sigma Theta Tau International
American Nurses Association
Louisiana Council of Administrators of Nursing Education, Inc.
Kappa Gamma Pi
Sigma Tau Delta

Courses
NURS 203 Nursing I Fundamentals of Nursing
NURS 205 Health Assessment
NURS 403 Preparation for Professional Nursing Practice

Education

BSN-Our Lady of Holy Cross College
MSN-University of South Alabama

Professional Experience

Sharon Smith has 28 years’ experience RN maternal child nursing including postpartum, newborn, intermediate newborn, low risk antepartum, gynecological patients, and breast cancer reconstruction post op. Graduate studies in Women’s Health. NCC certified Maternal Child Nursing and Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner

Professional Associations

Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
The National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health
Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society
American Nurses Association

Courses

NURS 200 Dimensions of Professional Nursing
NURS 203 Fundamentals of Nursing
NURS 300 Maternal Child Nursing

Education
Ed.D. University of Holy Cross
M.S.N. Loyola University New Orleans
B.S.N. Our Lady of Holy Cross College

Professional Experience
Dr. Solis’s healthcare career has spanned over 20 years. She has practiced as a Registered Nurse, a Family Nurse Practitioner, and a Nurse Educator. As a Registered Nurse, she specialized in adult health with an emphasis of Oncology Nursing. As a Family Nurse Practitioner, she worked with a vast population. As a Nurse Educator, she specializes in teachings related to Medical-Surgical Nursing, Adult Health Management, Health Assessment, and Pathophysiology.  The focus of her dissertation included the following action research study: An Action Research Study of Effective Socialization of Novice Nurse Educators into Higher Education: A Comparative Investigation.

Professional Organizations
Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society
Kappa Gamma Pi Honors Society
American Nurses Association
National League for Nursing
New Orleans District Nursing Association
Louisiana State Nurses Association
National Student Nurses' Association (sustaining member)

Courses
NURS 205 Health Assessment
NURS 308 Nursing III Medical Surgical Nursing
NURS 400 Nursing IV Adult Health Management

Education
M.S.N. University of South Alabama, College of Nursing
B.S.N. University of South Alabama, College of Nursing
A.S.N. Louisiana State University Medical Center, School of Nursing

Professional Experience
Ms. Stoll has been a registered nurse for over 35 years with her clinical expertise in adult critical care. She is certified in adult critical care nursing. Her graduate studies included working with acutely ill and critically ill adult patients following the Clinical Nurse Specialist track in adult health. She was awarded the Leadership Award and Academic Excellence Award while in graduate school at the University of South Alabama. Ms. Stoll has over 25 years-experience as a nurse educator and serves as the Informatics Coordinator for the Department of Nursing. She has over 20 years-experience in presenting critical care topics and courses to registered nurses.

Professional Organizations
American Association of Critical Care Nurses
Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society

Courses
NURS 307 Evidence-based Nursing Practice
NURS 400 Nursing IV Critical Care Nursing

William Sullivan, RN, MSN
Adjunct Clinical Instructor of Nursing

Education
Diploma – St. Margaret’s School of Nursing
BS – St. Joseph’s College
MSN – University of New York at Buffalo

Professional Experience
Mr. Sullivan has spent most of his career focused on long-term care.  He held positions of Director of Nursing and Assistant Administrator.   He served on the New York State Board of Nursing for eight years and Chairman of the board for two years.  He has previous taught medical surgical nursing and is now a mental health clinical instructor.

Courses
NURS 400 Nursing IV – Mental Health Nursing Clinical Component
NURS 420 Nursing V – Community Health Nursing/Mental Health Clinical Component

Education
BSN Rutgers University New Jersey
MN Louisiana State University Medical Center
LSUHSC Family Nurse Practitioner – Board Certified
PhD Southern University A&M Baton Rouge

Professional Experience
Psychiatric Mental Health Acute care 34 years’ experience
Pediatric Forensic Nursing Children’s Hospital New Orleans 13 years
Expert Witness in Child Maltreatment Criminal and Civil Court
Assistant Professor of Nursing LSUHSC 17 years
ICU 2 years’ experience San Antonio Texas
Peace Corps Honduras
Care International Thailand

Professional Organizations
American Nurses Association (ANA)Louisiana State Nurses Association (LSNA)
International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN)
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nursing
Academy of Forensic Nursing (AFN)
American Psychiatric Nursing Association (APNA)
American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC)
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)

Publications

• Carter-Snell, C., Troy, A., Waters, N. (2022) Gaps in sexual assault prevention in natural disasters. Journal of Sexual Medicine. 6(1):1079
• Troy, A. (2018) The impact of adverse childhood experiences and forgiveness on nurses’ capacity for compassion satisfaction. Sigma.nursing repository
• Troy, A., & Clements, P.T. (2007). Changing the lens for youth “gone wild”- the call for primary prevention research by forensic nurses. Journal of Forensic Nursing, 3(3).
• Rick, S., Beyer., Carter., Troy, A. (2009) Trauma to Triumph, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Parent handbook, Louisiana Public Health Institute.
• Rick, S., Beyer. Carter and Troy, A. (2009) Trauma to Triumph, Post Traumatic stress Teacher Handbook, Louisiana Public Health Institute.
• Troy, A. (2008). How forensic knowledge can help prevent future violence. Pelican News. 64 (1), 19.
• Hartman, S., James, S., and Troy, A. (2008) Violence and Nursing’s response. In Lundy and James (Eds.), Community Health Nursing: Caring for the Public’s Health. 2nd ed. Sudbury, Mass., Jones and Bartlett
• Troy, A. (2005). In their words. The American Nurse. 37(6), 7.
• Troy, A. (2003). “A Mile in Their Shoes.” The Times Picayune, The Gambit Weekly, 24 (7)
• (Editorial: February 11). New Orleans, LA.
• Troy, A. (2001). “How We Treat Our Homeless.” The Times Picayune (Editorial: March 28). New Orleans, LA: B6.
• Troy, A. (1995). I Heard the Children Asking About Alcoholism. Children’s Educational Series. New Orleans, LA: Louisiana State University Press.

Courses
NURS 400 Nursing IV didactic and Mental Health Nursing Clinical
NURS 420 Community Health Nursing
NURS 307 Evidence Based Nursing Practice
NURS 200 Dimensions of Professional Nursing

Education
M.S.N. University of Phoenix
B.S.N. William Carey College of New Orleans

Professional Experience
Mrs. Winfield has 20 years of medical/surgical experience and 4 years of pediatric nursing. She has also served as a clinical instructor at Dillard University School of Nursing. She also served as a preceptor instructor for LSU Health Sciences. She was a clinical orientation instructor nurse on the medical surgical unit at East Jefferson General Hospital for 5 years. She was a Great 100 Nurse in 1994. Mrs. Winfield currently holds certification in Medical Surgical Nursing through the American Nurses Credentialing Center. She was a Basic Life Support Instructor, a Heart Saver First Aid Instructor and an ACLS Provider with the American Heart Association.

Professional Organizations
Sigma Theta Tau National Nursing Honor Society
American Medical Surgical Nurses Association
Deep South Medical Surgical Nurses Association

Courses
NURS 308 Nursing III Medical Surgical Nursing
NURS 400 Nursing IV Medical Surgical Nursing