Certified nurse practitioner with over 25 years of successful nursing experience in pediatric exams and interview taking. Recognized consistently for performance excellence and contributions to success in pediatric care. Strengths in pediatric exams backed by training in research based trainings in areas of sexual abuse/assault and domestic violence.
My career at UNMH began in 1993, working in the newborn intensive care center. I worked in the NBICU as a staff RN for approximately 12 years. I then moved to the pediatric emergency room and worked there for approximately 6 years as a staff RN. Most recenly, prior to graduating in August of 2019, I worked in the pediatric recovery room for approximately 7 years. The additional years at UNMH I worked within their float pool, covering areas in the NBICU, pediatrica intensive care unit, and the pediatric emergency room.
1) Evaluation - 2019 Family Nurse Practitioner Program - 10.2 hours; 09/22/2019
2) Evaluaton - 2019 Family Nurse Practitioner Program - 13.7 hours; 10/18/2019
3) Maximizing the use of IDH Inhibitors for the treatment of AML: 03/18/2020 - 1 hour
4) How will COVID-19 affect your travel plans?: 03/18/2020 - .50 hours
5) Prostate cancer clinic: Multidisciplinary team approach to oral therapies: 03/18/2020 - .50 hours
6) An update on cardio prevention and aspirin - Implication for patient care: 03/18/2020 - .50 hours
7) CCS guidelines and treatment of CAD: Where do DOACs fit in?: 03/18/20 - .25 hours
8) Is it ever too late to quit smoking?: 03/18/2020 - .25 hours
9) Can neurodegeneration be predicted?: 03/18/2020 - 0.25 hours
10) 2020 ACIP vaccination schedule for children: 03/18/2020 - 0.25 hours
11) Is there a connection between CVD and meat intake?: 03/18/2020 - 0.25 hours
12) Can eating fruits and veggies lower Alzheimer's risk?: 03/18/2020 - 0.25 hours
13) Does kidney biopsy in a live donor predict success?: 03/18/2020 - 0.25 hours
14) Is there a relationship between H. Pylori and gastric cancer?: 03/18/2020 - 0.25 hours
15) What are the health consewuences of childhood maltreatment?: 03/18/2020 - 0.25 hours
16) Are hospital mergers a plus for quality of care?: 03/18/2020 - 0.25 hours
17) Have we reached a turning point with cancer deaths?: 03/18/2020 - 0.25 hours
18) Completion of Adult/Adolescent Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Course: 05/13/2020 - 41 hours
19) Law and Mental Health: Developmental Presprectives on Young Offender Evaluations: 06/09/2020: 1 hour
20) Identifying and Treating Brain Injury in Survivors of Domestic Violence: 06/12/2020 - 3 hours
21) Hepatitis C-Community Echo 06/24/2020: 2 hours
22) Safe and Healthy Families 06/25/2020: 1 hour
23) Remote Psychological Assessment using Instruments 06/30/2020: 1 hour
24) Evaluation of Fractures 07/16/2020: 1 hour
25) Infectious Disease 08/03/2020: I hour
26) The Skinny on the Skeletal Survey 08/20/2020: I hour
27) Evaluation of Head Trauma 09/03/2020: 1 hour
28) Head Imaging in Child Abuse Evaluation 09/17/2020: 1 hour
29) Peds/Adolescent Medicine, LARC billing telehealth 09/22/20: 1 hour
30) Evaluation of children with concerns for medical and/or nutrional neglect 10/01/2020: 1 hour
31) Clinician collaboration with the children's courts 10/13/2020: 1 hour
32) A culture of violence: Effects of historical trauma and violence in Alaskan native communities 10/19/2020: 1.5 hours
33) Child and adolescent exposure to pornography 10/19/2020: 1.5 hours
34) A socio-legal analysis of the experiences and perceived role of frontline nurses in protecting children 10/19/2020: .50 hours
35) Anogenital and non-anogenital injuries following sexual assault: Implications for interdisciplinary practice 10/19/2020: .50 hours
36) Increasing sexual assault response capacity in American Samoa 10/19/2020 .50 hours
37) Another one bites the dust: Case study of generational abuse and its relationship to adverse childhood experiences 10/19/2020: 1.50 hours
38) Hit you before you know it: Caregiver violence in the nursing home 10/19/2020 .50 hours
39) Is your certification legitimate? 10/19/2020 : 0.50 hours
40) The intersectionality of sexual assault for women of color 10/19/2020: 1 hour
41) Sovereignty of the soul: Sexual violence in Native America 10/20/2020: 1 hour
42) Building quality metrics for your forensic nursing program 10/20/2020: 1.50 hours
43) An inclusive and individualized response for victims of crime with disabilities: The adult advocacy centers model 10/20/2020: 1.50 hours
44) Dismantling systems of oppression 10/20/2020: 1.50 hours
45) Language barriers in forensic nursing 10/20/2020: 1.50 hours
46) From victim, to survivor, to thriver 10/20/2020: 1.0 hour
47) Case studies of unique populations in pediatrics 10/20/2020: 1.50 hours
48) Institution-wide trauma-informed care 10/20/2020: 1.50 hours
49) Human trafficking: shooting our wounded and how to stop 10/20/2020: 1 hour
50) We are all survivors 10/21/2020 :1 hour
51) Co-occurring criminal asphyxiation 10/21/2020: 1.50 hours
52) Feminist theory as an unrecognized construct of SANE role development: Implications for training programs 10/21/2020: 1.50 hours
53) Creating a statewide forensic electronic medical record 10/21/2020: 1.50 hours
54) Increasing SANE comfort and confidence through mock testimony 10/21/2020: 1.50 hours
55) It's not as simple as CSI: Criminal investigations beyond the forensic component 10/21/2020: 1.50 hours
56) Criminal case consulting: Expanding the forensic nursing footprint 10/21/2020: 1.50 hours
57) "High use" patients: Ethical decision-making and strategies for developing best practices and delivering trauma-informed care 10/21/2020: 1.50 hours
58) Child Maltreatment Symposium 10/22/20 & 10/23/20: 9 hours
59) I don't want that patient: Education of the provider and primary nurse for the patient who has been sexually assaulted 10/24/2020:
1.50 hours
60) November 2020 NMCSAP Virtual SANE Training: 11/14/20 & 11/21/20
Genital Injury Assessment
Use of Toluidine Blue and the ALS
SAEK Collection
Forensic Photography
Testimony
Mock Case Completing the SANE Medical Record
Mock Trial
61) CYFD 101 11/19/20: 1 hour
62) COVID - 19 Considerations in Child Abuse Evaluation 12/03/20: 1 hour
63) Regulate Then Educate...Trauma, Stress, COVID and the Holidays 12/09/20: 3 hours
64) Medical Spanish Program Level I 12/28/20: 15 hours
65) Medical Spanish Program Level II 12/29/20: 15 hours
66) Update/Q & A COVID 19 01/04/21: 1 hour
67) Safe Care NM Touch DNA 01/21/21: 1 hour
68) 36th Annual Children and Family Maltreatment Conference 01/23/21-01/29/21: 43 hours
69) Safe Care NM MDT Approach to Child Sexual Abuse 02/04/2021: 1 hour
70) Safe Care NM - Sexual Behaviors in Children 03/04/2021: 1 hour
71) Safe Care NM - Pediatric Sexual Assault Nurse Exam 3/18/2021: 1 hour
72) Safe Care NM - Guidelines for evaluation of sexually transmitted infection in child sexual abuse 04/01/2021: 1 hour
73) Safe Care NM - Genital exam finding mimicking child sexual abuse 04/15/2021: 1 hour
74) Implementing a shingles protocol in specialty practices
04/24/2021: 0.25 hours
75) The virtual reality room: Individualizing treatment with GLP -1 receptor agonists: Targeting the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes 04/24/2021: 1 hour
76) Safe Care NM - Suicide & Self Harm in Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse 05/06/2021: 1 hour
77) Project ECHO: COVID-19 Infectious Disease Office Hours Tele ECHO Clinic 05/10/2021: 1 hour
78) Epocrates Pearls: An athlete with pain in the buttock 05/10/2021: 0.25 hours
79) Epocrates Pearls: A hunter with a lesion on his hand 05/10/2021: 0.25 hours
80) Epocrates Pearls: Thigh swelling after a bike accident 05/10/2021: 0.25 hours
81) The role of risk evaluation in minimizing recurrence and metastasis in patients with cSCC undergoing surgical intervention 05/10/2021: 0.25 hours
82) Epocrates Pearls: Recurrent fevers, rash, and joint pains in a patient with diarrhea 05/10/2021: 0.25 hours
83) Diagnosing dementia-related psychosis: Using tools and communicating with patients and caregivers 05/10/2021: 0.5 hours
84) Diagnosing and treating adrenocortical insufficiency: goals to reduce mortality and morbidity 05/10/2021: 0.50 hours
85) Diagnosing dementia-related psychosis: Using tools and communicating with patients and caregivers 05/12/2021: 0.50 hours
86) Safe-Care NM - Sex offender 101 05/20/2021: 1.0 hour
87) Safe Care NM - Children's advocacy centers in New Mexico 06/03/2021: 1 hour
88) 2021 NM Advanced SANE Virtual Conference: 06/04/2021- 06/05/2021:
Home on the Rez
Transgender Cultural Fluency
Victim and Trauma Interviewing
Don't be Afraid to Fly: Overcoming Fear of Testifying
4 hours
89) Opioid red flags: Examining the options and taking the next steps 06/07/2021: 0.50 hours
90) New study says CDC guidelines had minimal effects on opioid prescribing 06/07/2021: 0.25 hours
91) Are you addressing hypoglycemia in your patients with diabetes? 06/07/2021: 0.25 hours
92) Law and mental health: Developmentally appropriate forensic interviews 06/08/2021: 1 hour
93) Law and mental health:" My Bewildering Brain Toils in Vain": Traumatic Brain Injury, The Criminal Trial Process, and The Case of Lisa Montgomery 06/29/2021: 1 hour
94) Personalizing the management of patients with refractory metastatic colorectal cancer: 07/08/2021: 1 hour
95) Current treatment options and emerging agents for schizophrenia 07/08/2021: 1 hour
96) Recognizing and treating excessive daytime sleepiness in patients with narcolepsy 07/08/2021: 1 hour
97) A 3D perspective - sleep-related patient symptoms: Evaluation and treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness secondary to OSA or narcolepsy 07/08/2021: 1 hour
98) Management of rheumatoid arthritis in the department of Veterans' Affairs: Assessment, comorbidities, and JAK inhibition as a strategy for treatment 07/08/2021: 1 hour
99) Opioid analgesics in the management of acute and chronic pain 07/09/2021: 5 hours
100) Law and mental health: Differentiating delusional disorder from extreme political beliefs. An introduction to the A-factor Model 07/13/2021: 1 hour
101) Law and mental health: The three critical components of sexual harassment: The harasser, the target, and the context 08/10/2021: 1 hour
102) Project ECHO COVID - 19 Infectious Disease Office Hours TeleECHO Clinic 08/13/2021: 1 hour
103) Project ECHO: COVID-19 infectious disease office hours. 08/16/2021: 1 hours
104) Law and Mental Health: Sexual Harassment: Toward A Comprehensive Model of Harm 08/17/2021: 1 hour
105) Project ECHO: COVID - 19 Infectious Disease Office Hours TeleECHO Clinic 08/30/2021: 1 hour
106) Project ECHO Safe Care NM TeleECHO Clinic Medical Child Abuse (Munchausen syndrome by proxy) 09/02/2021: 1 hour
107) Opioid and Diversion Awareness: The current state of the Opioid epidemic 09/07/2021: 3.50 hours
108) Project ECHO First Responder Resiliency TeleECHO Clinic 09/20/2021: 1 hour
109) Project ECHO Climate Change and Human Health Office Hours TeleECHO Clinic 09/22/2021: 1 hour
110) COVID - 19 Infectious disease office hours Tele ECHO Clinic
10/04/2021: 1 hour
111) Project ECHO Safe Care NM TeleECHO - Legal Proceedings 10/21/2021: 1 hour
112) Project ECHO Safe Care NM TeleECHO - Child Torture 11/04/2021: 1 hour
113) Project ECHO Safe Care NM TeleECHO - Opiate Epidemic Pediatric Fallout 11/18/2021: 1 hour
114) 2021 International Conference on Forensic Nursing Science and Practice October 1 - November 30, 2021: 43.50 hours
115) Project ECHO Safe Care NM TeleECHO - Legislative Talk 12/02/2021: 1 hour
116) Project ECHO Safe Care NM Tele ECHO - Problems Sexual Behavior in Children 12/16/2021: 1 hour
117) Expanding treatment options with ADC's in HER2-Positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma 12/30/2021: 2 hours
118) Project ECHO Infectious disease office hours TeleECHO Clinic 01/10/2022: 1 hour
119) Project ECHO Safe Care NM TeleECHO - CARA Plans of Care 01/20/22: 1 hour
120) 37th Annual San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment - 01/22/2022-01/27/2022
121) Project ECHO Infectious disease office hours TeleECHO Clinic 01/31/2022: 1 hour
122) Project ECHO Safe Care NM TeleECHO - Indian Child Welfare Act 02/03/2022: 1 hour
123) Project ECHO Safe Care NM TeleECHO - Evaluation of Burns 02/17/2022: 1 hour
124) Project ECHO Case: Temperature Related Illness/Mortality 03/23/2022: 1 hour
125) Project ECHO Infectious Disease Update Q&A COVID 19 03/28/2022: 1 hour
126) Project ECHO Safe Care New Mexico - Ethical Conundrums 04/07/2022: 1 hour
127) The New Mexico Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs, Inc. Words Matter: Anticipating your courtroom experience by Dr. Jenifer Markowitz. 04/20/2022: 2.75 hours
128) American Association of Nurse Practitioners. DEA Virtual Diversion Nurse Practitioner Awareness Training. 04/25/2022 3.70 hours
129) Project ECHO Infectious Disease Update.Q&A COVID 19 04/25/2022: 1 hour
130) The University of New Mexico Child Maltreatment Prevention Symposium 04/20-04/21/2022: 9 hours
131) Implicit Bias Training. 05/13/2022
132) Project ECHO Safe Care New Mexico - Hair drug testing
05/19/2022: 1 hour
133) Project ECHO SafeCare New Mexico - HIV Prophylaxis in Sexual Assault 06/02/2022: 1 hour
134) Project ECHO Infectious Disease - Update/Q&A 06/06/2022: 1 hour
135) Project ECHO Infectious Disease - TexTRAC Program 06/16/2022: 1 hour
136) Project ECHO Infectious Disease - Update/Q&A COVID19 07/11/2022
137) SafeCare NM - Evaluation of Bruising 08/18/2022: 1 hour
138) Foundation Trauma Sensitive Lens 08/17/2022 and 08/19/2022: 6 hours
139) Project ECHO Infectious Disease - Update/Q&A COVID 19 08/22/2022: 1 hour
140) Project ECHO Infectious Disease - Update/Q&A COVID 19 09/12/2022: 1 hour
141) SafeCare NM - Intimate Partner Violence 09/15/2022: 1 hour
142) Project ECHO Infectious Disease - Update/Q&A COVID 19 09/19/2022: 1 hour
143) 2022 International Conference on Forensic Nursing Science and Practice 09/28/2022-10/01/2022: 19.50 hours
144) SafeCare NM - Supervisional Neglect 10/06/2022: 1 hour
145) Project ECHO Infectious Disease - Update/Q&A COVID 19 10/31/2022: 1 hour
146) The Forensic and Medical Evaluation of the Fatal and Near-Fatal Strangulation Patient and The Forensic Nurse Examiner and Law Enforcement Officer as the Expert Witness in Strangulation Cases 11/01/2022-11/02/2022: 11.75 hours
147) SafeCare NM - Abusive Head Trauma 11/03/2022: 1 hour
148) Project ECHO Infectious Disease - Update?Q & A COVID 19 11/14/2022: 1 hour
149) SafeCare NM - Evaluation of Bite-Marks 11/17/2022: 1 hour
150) 168) UNM PA Program preceptorship - 09/21-11/16/2022 19 hours
151) SafeCare NM - Sentinel Injuries 12/01/2022: 1 hour
152) SafeCare NM - Imaging in child abuse evaluation 12/15/2022: 1 hour
153) Project ECHO - Infectious disease Office Hours 09/19/2022: 1 hour
154) International Association of Forensic Nurses Conference - 09/28-10/01/2022: 19.50 hours
155) SafeCare NM - Supervisional Neglect - 10/06/2022: 1 hour
156) Project ECHO - Infectious Disease Office Hours 10/31/2022: 1 hour
157) The forensic and Medical Evaluation of the Fatal and Near-Fatal Strangulation Patient - 11/01-02/2022: 11.75 hours
158) SafeCare NM - Abusive Head Trauma - 11/03/2022: 1 hour
159) Project ECHO - Infectious disease Office Hours 11/14/2022: 1 hour
160) SafeCare NM - Evaluation of Bite-marks - 11/17/2022: 1 hour
161) SafeCare NM - Sentinel Injuries - 12/01/2022: 1 hour
162) SafeCare NM - Imaging in Child Abuse Evaluation - 12/15/2022: 1 hour
163) SafeCare NM - Overview of MDT Process - 01/19/2023: 1 hour
164) The 38th Annual San Diego Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment 01/24/2023: 25.25 hours
165) Project ECHO - Infectious Disease Office Hours - 02/13/2023: 1 hour
166) CDC clinical practice guideline for prescribing opioids for pain - 02/27/2023: 4.25 hours
167) Project ECHO - Infectious Disease Office Hours - 02/13/2023: 1 hour
168) Project ECHO - Infectious Disease Office Hours - 02/27/2023: 1 hour
169) SafeCare NM - Touch DNA - 03/02/2023: 1 hour
170) SafeCare NM - STI Evaluation - 03/16/2023: 1 hour
171) SafeCare NM - Children Present with Molluscum/Warts in the genital area - 04/06/2023: 1 hour
172) 2023 NM Advanced SANE Conference - 06/01-02/2023: 7 hours
173) SafeCareNM - Sex offenders and Grooming - 06/01/2023: 1 hour
174) Project ECHO - Infectious Disease Office Hours - 06/26/2023: 1 hour
175) 2023 AANP National Conference - 06/20-25/2023: 29.75 AANP CE 12.88 Pharmacology
176) Project ECHO - Infectious Disease Office Hours - 07/19/2023: 1 hour
177) Law and Mental Health: Context Matters: Integrating Equity into Psychology and Law - 07/18/2023 1 hour
178) Project ECHO - Infectious Disease Office Hours - 08/07/2023: 1 hour
179) Project ECHO - Infectious Disease Office Hours - 08/21/2023: 1 hour
180) Project ECHO - Safe Care NM - 09/21/2023: Prevention of Sexual Abuse. 1 hour
181) 2023 International Conference on Forensic Nursing Science and Practice - 09/27-09/30/23: 20 hours
182) Project ECHO - Infectious Disease Office Hours - 11/13/2023: 1 hour
183) UNM PA Program - 11/17/2023: 1 hour
184) Project ECHO - Safe Care NM - 12/07/2023: Minimal Facts Interviews: hour
185) Project ECHO - Safe Care NM - 12/21/2023: Child Abuse Mimics: 1 hour
186) Project ECHO - Safe Care NM - 01/18/2024: Healthcare for Transgender Youth. 1 hour
187) Project ECHO - Safe Care NM - 02/01/2024: STD Evaluation. 1 hour
188) Project ECHO - NM Infectious Disease - 02/19/2024: HBV Vaccine. 1 hour
189) Law and Mental Health: Self-regulation and the sexual offense process: Offense pathways and implications for treatment - 02/27/2024. 1 hour
190) Project ECHO - Safe Care NM - 03/07/2024: Evaluation of nutritional and medical neglect. 1.25 hours
191) Project ECHO - Infectious Disease - 03/11/2024: Update/Q&A Infectious Diseases. 1 hour
192) Project ECHO - Opioid Crisis and Pain Management - 03/14/2024: When to refer a patient for a pain consult, SUD consultation poison center. 1 hour
Advanced Practice Nurse 59142; licensed in NM since 2020
Presenter
Presented at the training session for the Advanced NM SANE Conference in 2021 to a multi-disciplinary team of sexual assault professionals
Presenter
Presented on March 18, 2021 for the Otero County MDT/SART meeting
Presenter
Presented on April 21st, 2021 for the Career Enrichment Center with Albuquerque Public Schools
Presenter
Presented on July 17, 2021 for the Advanced NM SANE Conference in 2021 to a multi-disciplinary team of sexual assault professionals
Presenter
Presented on 09/13/2021 for the Valencia County Multi-disciplinary team of sexual assault professionals, including law enforcement, social workers, clinicians, and advocates
Presenter
Completed a case presentation on 09/16/2021 at Safe Care NM to a variety of providers, socials workers, and law enforcement
Presenter
Presented on 12/01/2021 for the Pediatric Emergency Department
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Presented on 01/15/2022 to the Duke City Urgent Care
Presenter
Presented on 04/14/2022 to the Care Training for APD
Peer Review:
Completed Peer Review with SANE NP from Gallup NM 11/04/2021
Completed Peer Review with Pediatric SANE cases from rural NM 02/24/2022
Completed Peer Review with Pediatric SANE cases from rural NM 05/26/2022
Monthly Peer Review completed at Para Los Ninos
Presented on 04/27/2022 to APS/CEC
Presented on 06/22/2022 to Rust/Presbyterian
Presented on 06/16/2023 to UNMH - No Hit Zone
Presented on 07/07/2023 to UNMH - No Hit Zone
Presented on 07/14/2023 to UNMH - No Hit Zone
Presented on 09/16/2023 to Rape Crisis Center of Central New Mexico - Medical examinations in children
Presented on 01/20/2024 to SANE ABQ
Presented on 02/10/2024 to Rape Crisis Center of Central New Mexico
Completed Peer Review with Pediatric SANE cases from rural NM 04/28/2022
Attendance in multi-disciplinary team committee for both Sandoval and Valencia county. These committees occur once a month where concerning cases are discussed. As a medical provider I attend these meetings and provide medical input
Member of The International Association of Forensic Nurses 04/2020 - current
Member of The American Association of Nurse Practitioners 06/2023 - current
Advanced Practice Nurse 59142; licensed in NM since 2020
DEA Licensure: able to prescribe from 2020 to present
Registered Nurse R34559 licensed in NM since 1993
Basic Life Support
Pediatric Advanced Life Support