Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Volunteer Experience
Speaking Engagements
Additional Education/ Educational Experiences
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Diann Cathleen Rocha

Ellicott City,MD

Summary

Expert Registered Nurse and experienced educator with a strong background in clinical instruction and student mentorship. Skilled in delivering hands‑on, competency‑based instruction. Proven ability to build rapport with diverse learners, manage lab and simulation environments, and collaborate with healthcare and community partners to support student success and workforce readiness.

Overview

2027
2027
years of professional experience

Work History

Cluster Nurse

Howard County Public School System
03.2016 - Current

Guilford Park High School (2023-present)

  • Inaugural school nurse. Manages daily operations, integral member of SST, case management of health plans/ 504’s/ Home Hospital cases.
  • Works with clinical placement coordinators from Howard Community College, Towson University, and Frostburg University to facilitate placement of nursing students with mentors in HCPSS health rooms as Lead Cluster Nurse of Clinical Partners.

Ducketts Lane Elementary School

  • Directed operations in school-based wellness center in addition to daily operations.
  • Facilitated expansion of school-based wellness to include onsite nurse practitioner.

Laurel Woods Elementary/ Forest Ridge Elementary

  • Cluster nurse rotating between elementary schools.

Adjunct Clinical Faculty

THE JOHNS HOPKINS SCHOOL OF NURSING
Baltimore, MD
12.2010 - 01.2016
  • Clinical Faculty for the course NR.110.422 Nursing the Childbearing Family and PH.110.405 Public Health Nursing.
  • Coordinated with various outside agencies for clinical placements.
  • Participated in the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) National Simulation Study

Adjunct Faculty

TOWSON UNIVERSITY
Towson, MD
09.2014 - 05.2015
  • Clinical Faculty for the course NURS 476 C Nursing Practice VIII: Community Health.
  • Provided oversight to students who provided care in school health throughout school settings.

Adjunct Faculty

Howard County Community College
2013 - 2015
  • Clinical Faculty for N122 Fundamentals of Nursing and N134 Obstetrical Nursing. Clinical sites include nursing home/ assisted living and medical surgical units, labor and delivery units
  • Lab Skills Staff/ Clinical Evaluator in nursing simulation laboratory

Registered Nurse

HOWARD COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL
Columbia, MD
2007 - 2013
  • Labor and Delivery Nurse in a community hospital setting.
  • Rotated between L&D, triage, OR, and PACU.

Registered Nurse

HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL
Silver Spring, MD
2003 - 2009
  • Labor and Delivery Nurse in a diverse community hospital setting.
  • Rotated between the L&D suites, triage, OR and PACU.

Registered Nurse

THE JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL
Baltimore, MD
1998 - 2005
  • Registered Nurse in a high-risk teaching hospital setting in labor and delivery/ maternal child health/ nursery.
  • Worked on a quality assurance/improvement committee.
  • Worked on Neonatal Abstinence Scoring project and educated staff members on scoring system.

Education

Masters of Science - Nursing, Public Health Nursing

Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
Baltimore, Maryland
01-2014

Bachelors of Science - Nursing

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Edinboro, Pennsylvania
01-1996

Volunteer Experience

  • Executive Board Member, Maryland Association of School Health Nurses, 08/19- 2025
  • Co-Leader, Girl Scout Troop 1972, 2013-2023

Speaking Engagements

  • Presentation for HCPSS Board of Education, 11/17/22, Overview of HCPSS School Based Wellness Programs at board meeting.
  • 12th Annual Maryland HIMSS Advocacy Event/ Health IT Day, 01/31/19
  • Telehealth from the Front Lines, 12/19, Public Health Nursing Using Telehealth in School Health Services.

Additional Education/ Educational Experiences

Professional Massage Therapy Program, Baltimore School of Massage;  IDEA Childbirth Educator; Former NSC CPR instructor; Co-teacher for CPR for American Red Cross with Mission for Life CPR

Timeline

Cluster Nurse

Howard County Public School System
03.2016 - Current

Adjunct Faculty

TOWSON UNIVERSITY
09.2014 - 05.2015

Adjunct Clinical Faculty

THE JOHNS HOPKINS SCHOOL OF NURSING
12.2010 - 01.2016

Adjunct Faculty

Howard County Community College
2013 - 2015

Registered Nurse

HOWARD COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL
2007 - 2013

Registered Nurse

HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL
2003 - 2009

Registered Nurse

THE JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL
1998 - 2005

Masters of Science - Nursing, Public Health Nursing

Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing

Bachelors of Science - Nursing

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Diann Cathleen Rocha