Rachel Potter
Assistant Director of Forensic Nursing Continuing Professional Development
Bryan,TX
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Director of Forensic Nursing
Professional Development, Texas A&M University, School of Nursing
Bryan, TX.
01.2021 - Current
- Center of Excellence in Forensic Nursing, Duties include:
- Develop forensic nursing education courses for front line workers and coordinators/managers of forensic nursing programs
- Organize and facilitate forensic nursing conferences
- Review and improve continuing professional development curriculum regularly
- Implement cutting edge activities (podcasts, forensic nursing ground rounds, interactive education)
- Collaborate with TAMU College of Nursing
- Collaborate with nursing coordinator for continuing education
- Hire and supervise CEFN continuing professional development staff as assigned
- Conduct performance evaluations as required
- Oversee and facilitate foundational SANE education courses (both online and face-to-face)
- Teach continuing education and professional development courses as needed
- Develop and deliver reports as requested
- Develop and present budgets for educational courses
- Track and trend course outcomes based upon course evaluations and rapid cycle quality improvement strategies
- Assist with obtaining fundings for forensic nursing outreach educational activities
- Ensure forensic nursing education courses are scheduled and marketed to communities of interest
- Perform other duties as assigned
Forensic Nurse Examiner
Carilion New River Valley Medical Center
Christiansburg, VA.
02.2016 - 11.2021
- Provide care for victims and suspects of crimes
- Photo document injuries with camera, including alternate light source devices
- Collect evidence and maintain a chain of custody
- Assesses plans and evaluates patient care needs
- Carries out physician orders
- Administers prescribed medications, changes dressings, cleans wounds, monitors vital signs
- Monitors, records and communicates patient condition as appropriate utilizing computerized documentation systems and paper charting when needed
- Instructs and educates patients and families
- Assesses and coordinates patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team
- Provides age and culturally-appropriate care
- Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required
- Testify in a courtroom setting
- Attend community meetings
- Provide education for community partners
Registered Nurse
Carilion New River Valley Medical Center
Christiansburg, VA.
07.2012 - 02.2016
- Assesses plans and evaluates patient care needs
- Carries out physician orders
- Administers prescribed medications, changes dressings, cleans wounds, monitors vital signs
- Provides respiratory and ventilator management and monitoring for patients
- Serves as the primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care
- Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition as appropriate utilizing computerized documentation systems
- Instructs and educates patients and families
- Assesses and coordinates patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team
- Provides age and culturally appropriate care
- Orients and mentors new staff members
- Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required
Registered Nurse
Progressive, Carilion New River Valley Medical Center
Christiansburg, VA.
05.2011 - 06.2012
- Assesses plans and evaluates patient care needs
- Carries out physician orders
- Administers prescribed medications, changes dressings, cleans wounds, monitors vital signs
- Provides respiratory and ventilator management and monitoring for patients
- Serves as the primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care
- Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition as appropriate utilizing computerized documentation systems
- Instructs and educates patients and families
- Assesses and coordinates patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team
- Provides age and culturally appropriate care
- Orients and mentors new staff members
- Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required
Registered Nurse
Lewis-Gale Medical Center
Salem, VA.
05.2008 - 05.2011
- Assesses plans and evaluates patient care needs
- Carries out physician orders
- Administers prescribed medications, changes dressings, cleans wounds, monitors vital signs
- Provides respiratory and ventilator management and monitoring for patients
- Serves as the primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care
- Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition as appropriate utilizing computerized documentation systems
- Instructs and educates patients and families
- Assesses and coordinates patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team
- Provides age and culturally appropriate care
- Orients and mentors new staff members
- Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required
- Providing care for patients utilizing an Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps
- Carrying out charge nurse duties for the unit
Phlebotomist
Montgomery Regional Hospital
Blacksburg, VA.
06.2005 - 08.2007
- Collecting blood samples by venipuncture and capillary techniques from patients of all age groups
- Collecting, processing, and analyzing specimens
- Conducting urine drug and alcohol screenings
- Labeling and packing samples
- Adhering to strict laboratory safety policies and procedures
- Calming patients
- Being an effective listener and communicator
- Service and Professional Organizations
Education
Carilion Health Systems, Forensic Nurse Examiner Training - undefined
Texas A&M University School of Nursing
July 2016
International Association of Forensic Nurses, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Training, Pediatrics - undefined
Radford University
April 2016
Masters - Nursing Education
Texas A&M University
Winter 2025
Accomplishments
- March 2023-AFN Regional Texas Conference, Academy of Forensic Nursing
- February 2023-IAFN Texas Conference, International Association of Forensic Nurses
- January 2023-Caring for Young Adolescents After A Sexual Assault CEFN ECHO
- January 2023-When a Child Is Found Dead: The Role of the Forensic Nurse Death Investigator and Psychosocial Impact for Parents, Academy of Forensic Nursing Online Webinar
- January 2023- Emergency Contraceptive: Ella vs
- Plan B, IAFN Webinar
- January 2023- Sex Positive Practice, Academy of Forensic Nursing Online Webinar
- September 2022-International Association of Forensic Nurses Conference, Dallas, Texas
- September 2022-Injury Assessment, Patterns and Documentation with Interpersonal Violence, Academy of Forensic Nursing Webinar
- August 2022-Fall Kickoff Two Day Event, Texas A&M School of Nursing, Climate and Diversity Committee
- July 2022-CITI Program Training requirements set forth by Texas A&M University
- July 2022-Reporting Suspected Abuse or Neglect of a Child Training, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
- June 2022-ANCC Accredited Provider Virtual Workshop, American Nurses Association
- June 2022-NCPD New Applicant Virtual Workshop, American Nurses Association
- June 2022-SAFER East Texas Conference, Lufkin, Texas
- May 2022-Conference on Crimes Against Women, Dallas, Texas
- April 2022-SAFE Stuff: Storing Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Safely, AFN Webinar
- April 2022-Child Sexual Development: Understanding Child Sexual Behavior Problems, IAFN Webinar
- April 2022-CDC & WHO STI Guidelines Updated 2022, IAFN webinar
- March 2022-Advanced Course on Strangulation Prevention, Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention, Alliance for Hope International
- March 2022-Texas IAFN Conference, Texas A&M University School of Nursing
- February 2022-Texas SANE Coordinators Forum, Texas A&M University School of Nursing
- January 2022-Child Maltreatment Prevention: Essentials for the Forensic Nurse, IAFN webinar
- January 2022-Building Bridges for Safe Communities: From the Incident Through the Court System, DomesticShelters.org webinar
- January 2022-Human Trafficking: Medical Response, Texas A&M University Webinar
- January 2022-A Tale of Two Cases, IAFN webinar
- October 2021-2021 International Conference on Forensic Nursing Science and Practice Virtual Conference IAFN.org
- August 2021-From Psychosis to Psychopathy, Virginia Chapter of the IAFN Webinar
- June 2021-ISAAC Webinar: Understanding The Nexus of Sexual Violence and the Science of Addition, IAFN.org
- June 2021-Adressing Implicit/Unconscious Bias in Forensic Healthcare, IAFN.org
- April 2021-Connecting the Dots in Criminal Justice: Preventing Crimes Against People by Focusing on Animal Abuse, Phil Akrow, Pulaski Courts
- April 2021-Hepatitis C, Virginia IAFN Webinar, Melissa Harper
- March 2021-37th International Symposium on Child Abuse, National Children’s Advocacy Center
- March 2021-ISAAC Webinar: America’s History and Legacy of Violence, IAFN.org
- March 2021-Caring for the Sexually Assaulted Patient When There Is No SANE In Sight, IAFN.org
- March 2021-IAFN Pediatric Strangulation Case Review and Assessment, IAFN.org
- March 2021-Vicarious Trauma Training and Webinar, Wendt Center for Loss and Healing
- March 2021-Minimal Facts Webinar, Roanoke Children’s Advocacy Center
- January 2021-Human Trafficking Meets Healthcare: An Opportunity for Intervention, Academy of Forensic Nursing Webinar
- January 2021-Emergency Response Protective Orders (ERPO): A New Law Protecting Virginia Victims, Ruth Micklem, VA Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance, Community Initiatives Manager
- October 2020-International Conference on Forensic Nursing Science and Practice, International Association of Forensic Nursing
- September 2020-Prophylactic Management of the Patient Who Discloses Sexual Assault, Academy of Forensic Nursing Online Webinar
- August 2020-Collateral Damage: Elder Abuse and the Opioid Epidemic in Rural Virginia, Southwest Virginia Legal Aid, Webinar
- July 2020-The Forensic Evaluation of Gunshot Wounds, Academy of Forensic Nursing Online Webinar/Dr
- Smock
- July 2020-July 2020-Trauma Triage in the ED, Sherry Gravely, Trauma Director
- July 2020-The PERK Tracking System: What You Need to Know, Virginia IAFN Webinar
- June 2020-Elder Abuse: Clinical Indicators by Dr
- Kathleen Thimsen, Academy of Forensic Nursing Online Webinar
- June 2020-Imaging Recommendations for the Patient who has been Strangled: Saving the Lives of Survivors, Alliance for HOPE International
- May 2020-Medical Evaluation of Child Sexual Abuse, Evidetia Learning Online
- May 2020-The Lethality of Strangulation in Pediatric Patients, Tribal Forensic Healthcare/IAFN.org
- May 2020-Sentinal Injuries in Child Physical Abuse, National Children’s Advocacy Center
- May 2020-Children with Disabilities: Challenges, Strategies and Resources, National Children’s Advocacy Center
- May 2020-Pediatric Sexual Assault Case Review (May 2015), Tribal Forensic Healthcare/IAFN.org
- May 2020-Adult Case Review (February 2016), Tribal Forensic Healthcare/IAFN.org
- May 2020-It Really Is “Normal to be Normal” in Child Sexual Abuse, SAFEta.org
- May 2020-Sexual Abuse, Kids, and STDs: What is the Latest Information SANEs Need to Know
- SAFEta.org
- May 2020-Emergency Department Competencies: Carilion NRVMC, March 2020-PAYMENTta: nPEP Costs HOW MUCH for Sexual Assault Patients
- IAFN.org
- March 2020-Identifying, Investigating, and Prosecuting Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Strangulation Cases, New River Community College, Dublin, Virginia
- February 2020-Forensic Exams with Transgender Sexual Assault Survivors, FORGE Forward Webinar, September 2017-Trauma Informed Sexual Assault Investigations and Adjudications: Training and Practical Exercises, 3-Day Course, Department of Criminal Justice Services, Blacksburg, Virginia
- May 2017-Supporting Deaf Child Survivors of Sexual Abuse, SAFETta.org
- May 2017-Non-Stranger Sexual Assault Cases, New River Community College, Dublin, Virginia
- May 2017-Informed Consent: It’s Not Just A Signature, It’s A Process, SAFEta.org
- April 2017-End Violence Against Women International Conference on Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, and Systems Change
- December 2016-Unsubmitted Sexual Assault Kits: Changing What We Know About Rape, End Violence Against Women International
- September 2016-Darkness to Light’s Stewards of Children
- August 2016-Update on Emergency Contraception: Mechanism of Action, Safety, and Side Effects and Access, Association of Reproductive Health Professionals
- July 2016-Human Trafficking: What every nurse should know, SAFEta.org
- July 2016-Suspect Exams, SAFEta.org
- June 2016-Foundations of Forensic Photography, Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service
- June 2016-Virginia Department of Criminal Justice, Respond to Adult and Adolescent Sexual Assault, Roanoke, Virginia
- June 2016-2016 KIDSta Webinar Series: The National Protocol for Sexual Abuse Medical Forensic Examinations: Pediatric
- May 2016-Grooming: Making You See and Believe What I want You to See and Believe, Chris Newlin, Children’s Trust
- May 2016-Danger Assessment Training Program, John Hopkins School of Nursing
- May 2016-Sexual Assault Forensic Exam training process, Interactive Media Laboratory Dartmouth Medical School
- May 2016-Stalking Conference, New River Community College, Dublin, Virginia
- April 2016-Children’s Advocacy Center, Symposium on Child Abuse, Huntsville, Alabama
- March 2016-Marital Rape, National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women
- March 2007, attended Virginia Nursing Student Association Conference
- August 2007, Spanish 101, Radford University
- October 2007, attended Geriatric Nursing Organization’s presentation on infection control
References
References:
Dr. Matthew Borloz, Medical Director
Carilion New River Valley Medical Center Emergency Department
2900 Lamb Circle
Christiansburg, VA 24073
703-254-4224
mpborloz@carilionclinic.org
Missy Whisman, RN, CTL St. Albans
Carillon New River Valley Medical Center
5020 East Lee Highway
Max Meadows, VA 24360
276-266-6037
whismans@carilionclinic.org
Jessica McNeil, Elder Abuse Victim Advocate-SAFE-Chana
The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore
101 W. Mount Royal Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21201
540-460-6929
jmcneil@associated.org
Brooke Dalton, RN, Clinical Educator
Carilion New River Valley Medical Center
206 Gardner Road
Barren Springs, VA 24313
276-266-6079
mbdatlon@carilionclinic.org
Amy Bonds, Nurse Practitioner
Lewis-Gale Salem Emergency Department
1300 Sherwood Drive
Christiansburg, VA 24073
540-230-5783
amreedy@radford.edu
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Interests
April 2008-present, Sigma Theta Tau, Nursing Honor Society
August 2007 –May 2008, Secretary, Radford University Nursing Student Association
Grant Funded Opportunities:
September 2022-present, Violence Against Women and Substance Use Prevention Initiative
April 2021-present, Carilion Clinic Nursing Research Fellowship
Volunteer Experience:
December 2007, Ronald McDonald House, Roanoke, VA
June 2004 – July 2005, Blacksburg Volunteer Rescue Squad, Member of the Senior Crew
June 2002 – June 2004, Blacksburg Volunteer Rescue Squad, Member of the Junior Crew
Certifications:
January 2022-present, Texas Board of Nursing, Registered Nurse, Nursing Jurisprudence Exam
June 2019-present, Certified as a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner-Pediatric, International Association of Forensic Nurses
April 2019, Certified as an Expert Witness at Patrick County Courthouse
October 2018, Certified as an Expert Witness at Montgomery County Courthouse
June 2018-present, Certified as a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner-Adult/Adolescent, International Association of Forensic Nurses
April 2018, Certified as an Expert Witness at Pulaski County Courthouse
June 2017, Certified as an Expert Witness at Floyd County Courthouse
2015-Present, Pediatric Advanced Life Support Certification
2014-2018, Trauma Nursing Core Course Certified
2013-2017, Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course Certified
Spring 2009, Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Class
May 2008-present-Registered Nurse Licensure
2008-present, Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification
2008-present, Basic Life Support Certification
February 2008, American Cancer Society Certified Breast Health Awareness Speaker
Skills
- Nursing Assistance
- Nursing Protocols
- Strategic Planning
- Medical and Nursing Coordination
- Leadership and Guidance
- Program Development
- Effective Multitasking
- Public Speaking
- Professional Development
- Multidisciplinary Team Collaboration
Summary
Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Timeline
Assistant Director of Forensic Nursing
Professional Development, Texas A&M University, School of Nursing
01.2021 - Current
Forensic Nurse Examiner
Carilion New River Valley Medical Center
02.2016 - 11.2021
Registered Nurse
Carilion New River Valley Medical Center
07.2012 - 02.2016
Registered Nurse
Progressive, Carilion New River Valley Medical Center
05.2011 - 06.2012
Registered Nurse
Lewis-Gale Medical Center
05.2008 - 05.2011
Phlebotomist
Montgomery Regional Hospital
06.2005 - 08.2007
Carilion Health Systems, Forensic Nurse Examiner Training - undefined
Texas A&M University School of Nursing
International Association of Forensic Nurses, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Training, Pediatrics - undefined
Radford University
Masters - Nursing Education
Texas A&M University
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