Professional Activities

Certificates and Licenses Held:

• State of New Jersey - Registered Professional Nurse
• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - Registered Professional Nurse - RN 2666985 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - Certified Registered Adult Nurse Practitioner. - VP- 001737-C Specialty Certification: ANCC - Board Certified Adult Nurse Practitioner since 1991

Clinical Educational Programs:

• Reiki Practitioner, Level I, II, 1997.
• Association of Nurses in AIDS Care - Leadership Retreat, 1996.
• Association of Nurses in AIDS Care - Education Institute, 1995. Nurse Practitioner Business Institute, 1994.
• Pain Management in Children, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, the first training for nurses on non pharmocologic interventions for management of children’s pain through the techniques of guided imagery, hypnosis, progressive relaxation. 1993.
• PA AIDS Education and Training Center, Mini Residency - Women’s Health Concentration; first health care practitioner to complete mini residency through the PA AIDS Education and Training Center, 1991.

Honors and Awards:

Drexel University - Mind/Body Fellowship (1998) - $10,000 intramural grant to conduct an exercise intervention for HIV positive women.

Professional Awards and Honors

• Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, inducted 2004. JANAC Author Award, 2006.
• Frank Lamendola Achievement Award for Leadership in HIV/AIDS Care, Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, November 2000.
• Women with a Mission – Appreciation Award – August 2001 – present.
• Sigma Theta Tau, Nursing Honor Society, elected as a community member, 1992. University of Pennsylvania, Research Assistantship, School of Nursing, 1990.
• Temple University Hospital, Department of Nursing, Recognition of Achievement, 1989, annual award to nurse providing significant service to the organization.