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Michael Gay O’Malley ’96 (BSN)
recently became board certified in
nursing informatics by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
He also holds his MS and RN-BC. Currently, he currently works
as a clinical informatics consultant for The Ohio State University
Comprehensive Cancer Center’s James Cancer Hospital and Solove
Research Institute, where he is responsible for clinical content
build, orders building, oncology treatment plan building, work flow
analysis and go-live support. O’Malley is also an electronic medical
record trainer, an informatics educator for the clinical staff, and he
teaches a class on nursing informatics within a Public Health course
at Ohio State University. He writes that he also works with fellow TCU
nursing graduate Lisa Merrit, who is an assistant nurse manager in an
ambulatory department at the James Cancer Hospital.
2000s
Katandria Love Johnson ’00, ’02 (SLP, MS SLP)
recently traveled to
Tirana with People to People International to visit the Albanian Children’s
Foundation. The successful meeting with the foundation’s administrators
and Albanian ambassador resulted in the shipment of speech, language
and behavioral standardized assessments that will comprehensively
diagnose children suspected with autism and other communication
disorders. Johnson will also be conducting teleconferences to facilitate
professional training of Albanian psychologists and speech-language
pathologists toenhance the consultativeprocesswithin their community.
Johnson is a multilingual, nationally certified speech-language
pathologist, linguist, certified autismspecialist and certified public health
researcher. She has participated on numerous committees and research
publications throughout her professional career, working to improve
health care services for multicultural pediatric populations with special
health care needs. Johnson says her experience as a TCU study abroad
and Ronald E. McNair scholar has enabled her to further her passion
for clinical and field research, focusing on culturally and linguistically
competent treatment adherence, compliance and healthcare outcomes.
Les Rodriguez ‘08 (MSN)
has been elected to serve as the President of
the 2014-2015 National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists Board
of Directors. Currently, Rodriguez is the Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) in
Pain Management at Arlington Oaks Medical Clinics in Arlington, Texas.
Founded in 1995, the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists
is the only association representing the clinical nurse specialist (CNS).
CNSs are advanced practice registered nurses who work in a variety of
specialties to ensure high-quality, evidence-based, patient-centered
care. “I am delighted and honored to serve as NACNS Board President,”
said Rodriguez.“I knowwe havemuchwork onmany fronts—education,
practice, public education and more, and I am prepared to help lead
this vital association as we navigate the rapidly changing health care
landscape and ensure that in all health care settings, we are providing
the highest quality, evidence-based care for our patients.” Rodriguez has
been a member of NACNS since 2005 and has served on the Board of
Directors since 2010.
David White ‘09 (MSNA)
In his first full
year of employment,Whitewas promoted
to director of anesthesia at a rural
Oklahoma hospital. There, he added new
services, voluntarily took billing courses
and adjusted billing practices, and created a clinic for preoperative
training. White currently employs five anesthetists, and monthly net
operating revenues have increased from $35K to more than $150K under
his tenure. Additionally, he develops hospital sedation protocols and
performs monthly chart audits. He also serves as surgery committee
chairman, heading bimonthly meetings for staff and surgeons, and on
the state Advanced Practice Advisory Committee.
Tanya Kazos-Schlemmer ‘09 (DNP)
is currently completing the
Nursing Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner track at the
Texas Tech University Health Science Center to obtain an additional post-
master’s. Shewas also recently inducted into theTexasTech chapter of Phi
Kappa Phi, the all-discipline honor society. Kazos-Schlemmer continues
to work for full-time for Southwest Pulmonary Associates in the Dallas
area within the long-term acute care settings, but will be expanding her
role into the acute care environments in the near future.
Derek Owens ‘09 (MSNA)
has been on
quite an adventure since graduation. He
joined the Navy reserves, taking him to
places such faraway places as Lithuania,
Georgia, Bulgaria, Romania and Africa.
Several times, he deployed in a forward
resuscitative surgical system, which required
him to perform life-saving medical services
in a tent with limited supplies. Owens
also served as an operations and administrative officer in Alaska,
providing medical care for people in 10 remote villages where there
was only access by air. His job was to get all medical providers in and
out of villages. “That’s more difficult than it sounds when you have 100
people moving to seven different villages in a day, and losing someone
means they could be left out in minus-10 degrees,” Owens explained.
He has also traveled to Mexico and the Philippines multiple times for
mission trips.
Owens is currently halfway donewith his doctorate of anesthesia practice
program at the University of Michigan-Flint. His capstone project will
be on patient safety, focusing on pre-op timeout and checklist use. He
is married to Steffanie, an OB/GYN resident, and together they live with
their dog Lucy in Twenty-nine Palms, California, where he is stationed on
active-duty for the Navy.
2010s
Kelly Loving Carlson ’10 (BSN)
married her long-time sweetheart John
Carlson on April 12, 2014. Included in her wedding party were Harris
College classmates and friends Diana Singer (Maid of Honor), Ruthie
Clements (House Party) and Margaret Schruba (Bridesmaid).
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