Hi, I’m
Omisola Ari
Denver,Colorado
Summary
Experienced healthcare professional skilled in patient care, critical thinking, and communication. Strong focus on quality improvement and achieving optimal patient outcomes. Reliable and adaptable, ensuring efficient and culturally responsive care in dynamic environments. Equipped with expertise in professional development, safety net health systems, the social determinants of health, care coordination and working in underserved communities.
Overview
18
years of professional experience
1
Certification
Work History
Denver Public Schools
Registered Nurse, Community & Adolescent Health
08.2017 - Current
Job overview
- Provide essential nursing services to a school community of 800 mostly newcomer students including triaging of urgent health concerns; care coordination with primary care providers; implementation of wellness programming with the result of changing the school culture; providing staff training and health education; management of students with complex and chronic conditions to improve health outcomes; and completion of 504s and IEPs
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Team Applicant
03.2020 - 05.2020
Job overview
- As the sole nurse and public health professional member of an interdisciplinary clinical team, wrote and submitted a grant proposal to the RWJF to solve an 'intractable problem' in a community of interest. Team was a finalist in the process.
- Proposal addressed health disparities with respect to premature birth and low birth weight in a population of African-American women in Aurora, Colorado
Denver Health Medical Center
Registered Nurse, Acute Care/Mom-Baby Float Pool
02.2011 - 03.2015
Job overview
- Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients' acuity levels and individual needs.
- Conducted thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary; provided patient education; prioritized care and collaborated with other members of the health care team to provide care to a culturally and socioeconomically diverse group of patients
Clinica Family Health Services
Nurse Team Manager
02.2009 - 03.2012
Job overview
- Provided clinical care and education in Spanish to an underserved, predominantly Spanish speaking community, specializing in family health, telephone triage, ob/gyn, pediatrics and breastfeeding support
- Managed health registries; supervised medical assistants, and participated in quality improvement by initiating the implementation of training and oversight of MA completion of OB histories in order to improve health outcomes
Greater Philadelphia Health Action
OB/GYN Nurse Coordinator
02.2007 - 12.2008
Job overview
- Assisted in the delivery of prenatal and gynecological care with a team of nurse midwives including triaging acute concerns and completing complex OB histories
- Directed the educational program including designing content for both childbirth and breastfeeding education course
- Provided care coordination and STD counseling
- Managed the abnormal Pap registry including scheduling with OB/GYN providers
Education
Southern New Hampshire University
Master of Science from Public Health
05.2020
University Overview
GPA: Magna Cum Laude
University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Science from Nursing
05.2003
University Overview
GPA: Magna Cum Laude
Spelman College
Bachelor of Arts
12.1994
University Overview
GPA: Summa Cum Laude
Skills
- Developing and implementing wellness initiatives
- Public Health Interventions
- Working with at-risk populations
- Culturally Responsive
- Relational Leadership
- Professional Development & Staff Training
Certification
- Registered Nurse, Colorado
- Certified Transcultural Nurse-Basic, Transcultural Nursing Society. The transcultural nurse is one skilled and knowledgeable in providing culturally responsive care to diverse communities; teaching; and research
- Colorado Department of Education, Special Service Provider License
- CPR Instructor, 10/2015 - 10/2023
Accomplishments
- Consultant, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Learning Development Series, Sherman & Holland Associates, Human Resources Division
- Lead Facilitator, Culturally Responsive Professional Development, George Washington High School
- Published Author, "Knowledge Systems in Conflict: The Regulation of African-American Midwifery", Nursing History Review, vol 2, Spring 2002
Hobbies and Interests
- Lap swimming
- Nursing Education
- Population Health
- Quality Improvement
Katherine Jennings Dozier Award, University of Pennsylvania
Awarded to a graduating student who demonstrates leadership and a strong commitment in excellence to community health, clinical research, and practice in health promotion and disease prevention
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Team Applicant
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
03.2020 - 05.2020
Registered Nurse, Community & Adolescent Health
Denver Public Schools
08.2017 - Current
Registered Nurse, Acute Care/Mom-Baby Float Pool
Denver Health Medical Center
02.2011 - 03.2015
Nurse Team Manager
Clinica Family Health Services
02.2009 - 03.2012
OB/GYN Nurse Coordinator
Greater Philadelphia Health Action
02.2007 - 12.2008
University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Science from Nursing
Spelman College
Bachelor of Arts
- Registered Nurse, Colorado
- Certified Transcultural Nurse-Basic, Transcultural Nursing Society. The transcultural nurse is one skilled and knowledgeable in providing culturally responsive care to diverse communities; teaching; and research
- Colorado Department of Education, Special Service Provider License
- CPR Instructor, 10/2015 - 10/2023
Southern New Hampshire University
Master of Science from Public Health
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