Linda Callahan
Education:
Master of Science in Nursing,
California State University, Long Beach Awarded
12/22/97 Thesis ‑ " The Effect of Intraoperative
Methocarbamol (Robaxin) Administration on Postoperative Pain
Following Bilateral Submuscular Augmentation Mammoplasty"
Doctor of Philosophy/ Educational
Evaluation and Measurement College of Education Florida State
University Tallahassee, Florida, 1994
Dissertation ‑'Development of a
Single Blended Anesthesia Provider: An Exploratory Study"
Master of
Arts/Education‑Instructional Media California State University
Long Beach, California, 1981
Bachelor of Science
Degree/Biology Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina,
1977
Diploma, Anesthesia Program for
Nurses North Carolina Baptist Hospital/Bowman Gray School of
Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, 1973
Associate Degree In Applied
Science In Nursing Rockingham Community College, Wentworth,
North Carolina, 1971
Positions:
Professor Department of Nursing
California State University Long Beach, California 2007 -
present
Associate Professor Coordinator,
Nurse Anesthesia Specialty (1997-1999) Department of Nursing
California State University Long Beach, California 9/1997 ‑
2007
Lecturer (Part‑Time) Department
of Nursing California State University Long Beach, California
1/1997 ‑ 6/1997
Private Practice Anesthetist
1997‑1998, part-time 1998 - present
Visiting Faculty Department of
Nursing California State University Long Beach, Ca. 11/1991‑
1/1997
Instructor Kaiser Permanente
School of Anesthesia Pasadena, California 1/1996 - 6/1997
Assistant Director/Academic
Affairs Kaiser Permanente School of Anesthesia Pasadena,
California 11/1991 ‑ 1/1996
Director/Manley Cummins School of
Nurse Anesthesia Southeast Alabama Medical Center Dothan,
Alabama 6/1987‑11/1991
Adjunct Professor College of
Education Troy State University Dothan, Alabama 9/1991‑11/1991
Staff Certified Registered Nurse
Anesthetist Wesley Long Community Hospital Greensboro, North
Carolina 1985‑6/1987
Independent Clinical Anesthetist
and Educational Consultant 1984‑1985
Assistant Director/Education
Kaiser Permanente School of Anesthesia Los Angeles, California
1979‑1984
Adjunct Professor Department of
Nursing California State University Long Beach, California
1979‑1984
Acting Director
Program in Nurse Anesthesia
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan 1978‑1979
Assistant Director/Education
Program In Nurse Anesthesia
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
1977‑1978
Clinical and Didactic Instructor In
Pharmacology and Cell Physiology
Anesthesia Program for Nurses
North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Winston Salem, North Carolina
1976‑1977
Staff Certified Registered Nurse
Anesthetist
Alamance County Hospital
Burlington, North Carolina
1975‑1976
Clinical Instructor and Instructor
in Pharmacology,
Anesthesia Program for Nurses North
Carolina Baptist Hospital
Winston Salem, North Carolina
1973‑1975
LICENSURE/ As a
Registered Nurse in California (License #299438, expires
6/30/2010)
CERTIFICATION:
Certification by Council on Certification of Nurse Anesthetists
and the Council on Recertification of Nurse Anesthetists (
Certificate # 22406, expires 7/1/2010) 1973 ‑ Present
Recognition as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist by the
California Board of Registered Nursing (Certificate # 1669,
expires 6/30/2010).
PUBLICATIONS:
Callahan‑Larson, Linda.(1978).
Neuronal transmission in the central nervous system.
Anesthetists Update Review Series. 1(3).(Peer Reviewed)
Callahan‑Larson, Linda
(1981).Anesthesia care for the patient with myasthenia gravis.
Current Reviews for Nurse Anesthetists, Inc. 3(2).
Callahan‑Larson, Linda.
(1981).Drugs that affect the central nervous system.
Anesthetists Update Review Series, 2(22). (Peer Reviewed)
Callahan‑Larson, Linda .(198 1)
Acute pain conduction. Anesthetist Update Review Series
2(16). (Peer Reviewed)
Callahan‑Larson, Linda.
(1981).Drugs and mechanisms of Interaction. Anesthetists
Update Series. 2(21) (Peer Reviewed)
Callahan‑Larson, Linda (198 1).
Currently used halogenated anesthetics: does it make a
difference? Part I and II. Anesthesia Update Series, 3:(9
& 10) (Peer Reviewed)
Callahan‑Larson, Linda.,Vos,
Helen.(1982) Preoperative evaluation and physical assessment of
the patient ‑ nervous system, Journal of the American
Association of Nurse Anesthetists. 50(l) :90‑107 (Peer
Reviewed)
Callahan‑Larson, Linda. (1982).
Anesthesia care for the patient with parkinson's disease".
Anesthetists Update Series. 3(20). (Peer Reviewed)
Callahan‑Larson, Linda.(1983).
Stress free anesthesia ‑ Part I and II. Anesthetist Update
Series 4(15 & 17). (Peer Reviewed)
Callahan‑Larson, Linda (1983).
Anesthesia care for the patient with multiple sclerosis.
Anesthetist Update Series. 4(25).(Peer Reviewed)
Callahan, Linda. (1984). From
recovery room to post anesthesia recovery unit. Anesthetist
Update Series .5(10). (Peer Reviewed)
Callahan, Linda. (1984).
Anesthesia and the older american. Anesthetist Update Series.
5(17). (Peer Reviewed)
Callahan, Linda. (1984). High
frequency ventilation. Anesthetist Update Series .
5(18).(Peer Reviewed)
Callahan, Linda. (1984).
Pulmonary aspiration ‑ prevention and management. Anesthetist
Update &~ .6(2). (Peer Reviewed)
Callahan, Linda, (1984).
Diagnosis and management of pneumothorax. Anesthetist Update
Series .6(5). (Peer Reviewed)
Callahan, Linda. (1984).
Anesthesia care for the patient with rheumatoid arthritis.
Anesthetist Update Series .6(6). (Peer Reviewed)
Callahan, Linda. (1984).
Anesthetic management of the patient with crohn's disease.
Anesthetist Update Series 6(7). (Peer Reviewed)
Callahan, Linda. (1986).
End‑tidal carbon dioxide monitoring. Anesthetist Update
Series .7(19).(Peer Reviewed)
Callahan, Linda. (1986).
Inhalation delivery systems ‑ a clinical review. Anesthetist
Update Series .7(16). (Peer Reviewed)
Callahan, Linda. (1986).
Anesthetic considerations for lithotripsy. Anesthetist Update
Series. 7(17). (Peer Reviewed)
Callahan, Linda. (1987). Muscle
relaxants, part 1: functional anatomy of the myoneural junction.
Anesthetist Update Series. 7(21). (Peer Reviewed)
Callahan, Linda. (1987).
Monitoring oxygen saturation by pulse oximetry. Anesthetist
Update Series.7(24). (Peer Reviewed)
Callahan, Linda. (1987) Prolonged
unconsciousness! what now?. Anesthetist Update Series
7(25). (Peer Reviewed)
Callahan Linda, Smith, Verna.
(1989). Pre‑intra‑, and post‑operative drug interactions.
Anesthesia Today. 1(2). (Peer Reviewed)
Callahan, Linda. (1990)
Anesthesia For ECT CRNA The Clinical Forum for Nurse
Anesthetists. l(l): 10‑20. (Peer Reviewed)
Callahan, Linda. (1995)
Perioperative care of the patient with multiple sclerosis.
Current Review for Postanesthesia. CareNurses 17(l).
Callahan, Linda.
(1995).Perioperative care of the patient with rheumatoid
arthritis. Current Reviews for Nurse Anesthetists,Inc.
18(15) .
Callahan, Linda. (1995). A review
of the uptake and distribution of Intravenous Drugs. Current
Reviews for Nurse Anesthetists 17(23).
Callahan, Linda. (1995). Future
choices: a new paradigm(commentary). Anesthesia Today.
6(l): 1‑2. (Peer Review)
Callahan, Linda. (1996).
Perioperative care of the patient with rheumatoid arthritis.
Current Reviews for Post Anesthesia Care Nurses, Inc. .
17(22).
Callahan, Linda. (1997). The
pharmacology of antidepressants. Current Reviews for Nurse
Anesthetists .19(16).
Callahan, Linda (2000). The
concept of risk in anesthesia practice. Anesthesia Today
. 11(1)
Callahan, Linda. (2004) The use
of herbal medication: an update - part I: the basics. Current
Reviews for Nurse Anesthetists 26:16. Current Reviews,
Miami, FL
Callahan, Linda. (2004) The use
of herbal medications: an update - part II: the research.
Current Reviews for Nurse Anesthetists 26:17
.
Callahan, Linda (2004). Informed
consent: a perspective. Anesthesia Today 15(3):17-20.
Drew BJ, King L, and Callahan L.
(2005). Cryotherapy for treatment of ECT- induced headaches.
Journal of Pscyhosocial Nursing 43(4).
Vandeusen G, Hoa N, Zhang JG,
Wang Y, Callahan L, Jadus MR, Myers MP. (2006) Characterization
of BK channels in U251MG glioma cells. Abstract published in
proceedings with poster display at the International Biophysical
Society Annual Salt Lake City, Utah.
Hoa N, Zhang J, Delgado C,
Vandeusen G, Callahan L, Myers M, Douglass T, Khalaghizadeh,
Jadus M, and Wepsic HT. (2007) Human monocytes kill M-CSF
expressing glioma cells by big potassium channel activation.
Lab.Invest., 87:115-129
Myers M, Hoa N, Zhang J, Delgado
C, Schiltz P, Bhakta N, Pham T, Vandeusen G, Callahan L, Wepsic
H, and Jadus M. (2007). Characterization of BK Channels in Rat
T9 Glioma Cells. Abstract presented and published in the Journal
of the Biophysical Society annual meeting abstracts.
Delgado C, Hoa N, Callahan LL,
Schiltz P, Jahroudi R, Zhang J, Jadus M, and Wepsic T. (2007)
Generation of human immune responses towards membrane macrophage
colony stimulation factor (mM-CSF) expressing U251 glioma cells
within immunodeficient (NIH-nu/beige/xid) mice. Cytokine
36(3):165-176.
Hoa N, Myers M, Douglass T, Zhang J, Delgado C, Driggers L,
Callahan L, Vandeussen G, Pham J, Bhakta N, Ge L, Jadus M.
Molecular mechanisms of paraptosis induction: implications for a
non-genetically modified tumor vaccine, PLos, Accepted
for publication, January, 2009.
Book Chapters/Monographs
Callahan‑Larson, Linda and
Cullen, Bruce. (1983). Drug interactions and anesthesia: a
monograph in Current Concepts in Inhalation Anesthetics
. A continuing education offering by Ohio Medical Anesthetics,
Appleton‑Century‑Crofts Norwalk, Conn., publisher.
Callahan, Linda. (1993).
"Establishing measures of competence" in Professional Aspects
of Nurse Anesthesia Practice. S.D. Foster & L.M. Jordan (eds.).F.A.
Davis Co..Philadelphia. pp. 275‑290.
Callahan, Linda. (1994).
"Equipment, safety, and cost" in Inhalation anesthesia: a
monograph published by Abbott Laboratories for the 4th World
Congress for Nurse Anesthetists, Paris, France.
Callahan, Linda and Mannino, Mary
Jeannette. (1998) "Legal aspects of advanced practice nursing".
Advanced Practice Nursing: Emphasizing Common Roles. C.M.
Sheehy and M. McCarthy (eds.), F.A.Davis, Philadelphia.
Callahan, Linda. (1997)
"Anesthetics" in The Encyclopedia of Chemistry. M.
Bishop, J. Lagowski, (eds). MacMillan Publishers, New York.
Callahan, Linda (1999) " Surgery
During Pregnancy " in Core Curriculum For Maternal‑Newborn
Nursing, S. Mattson and J. Smith, (eds.), W.B. Saunders Co.,
Philadelphia.
Callahan, Linda (2000) "Cirugia
Durante el Embarazo" in Enfermeria Maternoinfantil. (2nd
ed.) McGraw-Hill Interamerican, Mexico.
Callahan, Linda . "
Cardiovascular Disease" in Nurse Anesthesia Secrets . M
Karlet (ed), Hanley and Belfus, Inc., 2004.
Callahan, Linda. "Legal Aspects
of Advanced Nursing Practice" . Advanced Practice Nursing.
(2nd ed.) F.A. Davis, Philadelphia. 2004.
Callahan, Linda. "Genetics".
AWHONN: Core Curriculum for Maternal-Newborn Nursing. (3rd
ed.) Elsevier Science, Mosby, Inc., St. Louis, MO. 2004
Callahan, Linda. "Fetal and
Placental Development and Functioning".AWHONN: Core
Curriculum for Maternal-Newborn Nursing (3rd ed.)
Elsevier Science, Mosby, Inc., St. Louis, MO , 2004
Callahan, Linda. "Surgery in
Pregnancy". AWHONN: Core Curriculum for Maternal-Newborn
Nursing (3rd. ed.) .Elsevier Science, Mosby,
Inc., St. Louis, MO, 2004
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
As a didactic instructor:
Pharmacology, Biochemistry,
Physiology, Anatomy, Cell Physiology, Psychology, Case
Management, Pathophysiology , Health Policy, Professional
Aspects of Advanced Nursing Practice,Transcultural Nursing.
Workshops and Lectures Presented:
Over the past thirty years, I
have been privileged to participate in both the primary and the
continuing education of my peers in various areas of advanced
nursing practice.
State/Local Presentations and
Workshops:
1976
The Autonomic Nervous
System with Clinical Application of Pharmacology
presented with Helen
P. Vos, CRNA, BSN
Triad Anesthesia Group, North
Carolina, Educational District #2,
Winston Salem, North Carolina
Illinois Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Peoria, Illinois
1977
The Autonomic Nervous
System with Clinical Application of Pharmacology
presented with
Helen Vos, CRNA, BSN
Massachusetts Association of
Anesthetists, Boston, Massachusetts
New Mexico Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Minnesota Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mandatory Continuing Education
Proposal
North Carolina Association of
Nurse Anesthetists, Greensboro, North Carolina
Anesthesia Refresher Course with
Helen Vos, CRNA, BSN, Sandra Maree, CRNA, MS, Sue Goff, CRNA and
Nancy Bruton‑Maree, CRNA, MS (Comprehensive 72 hour review of
systems and principles), Winston Salem, North Carolina
1978
The
Autonomic Nervous System with Clinical Application of
Pharmacology presented with Helen
Vos, CRNA, BSN
Nebraska Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Lincoln, Nebraska
West Virginia Association of
Nurse Anesthetists, Charleston, West Virginia
Colorado Association of Nurse
Anesthetists,Denver, Colorado
Arkansas Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Little Rock, Arkansas
Psychotherapeutic Drugs and
Anesthesia
Michigan Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Mandatory Continuing Education
Proposal
Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital
Anesthesia Department, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Myasthenia Gravis and the
Assessment of Muscle Function
Arkansas Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Little Rock, Arkansas
Mandatory Continuing Education
Michigan Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Travers City, Michigan
Pharmacology and Drug
Interactions
Educational District #9, Texas
Association of Nurse Anesthetists, Abilene, Texas
Anesthesia and Cell
Physiology presented with Veronica
Drantz, M.S. for the Illinois Association of Nurse Anesthetists,
Springfield, Illinois
Anesthesia Refresher Course with
Helen Vos, CRNA, BSN, Sandra Maree, CRNA, MS, Sue Goff, CRNA and
Nancy Bruton‑Maree, CRNA, MS (Comprehensive 72 hour review of
systems and principles), Winston Salem, North Carolina
1979
The Autonomic Nervous
System with Clinical Application of Pharmacology.
with Helen Vos,
CRNA, BSN.
1st. Educational
District, Tennessee Association of Nurse Anesthetists, Memphis,
Tennessee
Washington State Association of
Nurse Anesthetists, Spokane,Washington
University of Tennessee
Continuing Education for Nurse Anesthetists, Knoxville,
Tennessee
Drug Interactions with
Psychotherapeutic Drugs
New Jersey Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Princeton, New Jersey
Narcotics for Anesthesia
North Dakota Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Fargo, North Dakota
Narcotic Receptor
Preoperative Assessment of
Endocrine Disorders
Kentucky Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Louisville, Kentucky
Anesthetic Management of the
Traumatized Pregnant Woman
Delaware Valley CRNA Symposium,
Fort Washington, Pennsylvania
Drug Interaction and
Anesthesia
North Dakota Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Bismarck, North Dakota
Pharmacology ‑ Comprehensive
Review
Baptist Medical Center School of
Anesthesia, Birmingham; Alabama
The Central Nervous System,
Drugs, and Anesthesia
Texas Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Educational District #9, Abilene, Texas Anesthesia
Refresher Course with Helen Vos, CRNA, BSN, Sandra Maree, CRNA,
MS, Sue Goff, CRNA and Nancy Bruton‑Maree, CRNA, MS
(Comprehensive 72 hour review of systems and principles),
Winston Salem, North Carolina
An Update in Clinical Practice
Series
Continuing Education for CRNAs
sponsored by the Kaiser Permanente School of Anesthesia for
Nurses, Anatomy and Physiology
of the Autonomic Nervous System
1980
The Autonomic Nervous
System with Clinical Application of Pharmacology
with Helen Vos,
CRNA, BSN
Indiana Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Elkhart, Indiana
Pain Pathways and Narcotic
Receptors
Columbia‑Presbyterian Medical
Center CRNA Lecture Series, New York, New York
Drugs and Mechanisms.of
Interaction
1st. Annual Spring
Nurse Anesthetist Review, Society of Air Force
Anesthesiologists, San
Antonio, Texas
The Role of the Nurse
Anesthetist in the Operating Room
Medical Surgical Nursing,
Undergraduate BSN Program, Department of Nursing,
California State University, Long
Beach, California
The Kidney and Drug Excretion
Massachusetts Association of
Nurse Anesthetists, Boston, Massachusetts
Drug Interactions and
Anesthesia
Washington Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Spokane, Washington
Endogenous Communications
Anesthesia Educational
Associates, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina
Clinical and
Pharmacological Considerations and Applications of the Nervous
System with Sandra
Maree, CRNA, MA and Helen Vos,
CRNA, BSN
Second Annual Wake Anesthesiology
CRNA Seminar, Raleigh, North Carolina
Ethrane versus Halothane :
Does it Matter ?
North Carolina Association of
Nurse Anesthetists, Asheville, North Carolina
The Pharmacology of Regional
Anesthetics
Mechanisms of Acute Pain
Transmission
Muscle Function, The Myoneural
Junction-Drugs and Disease Effects
Texas Association of Nurse
Anesthetists Educational District #9
Abilene, Texas
Psychotropic c Drugs and
Anesthesia
Winter Nurse Anesthetist Review,
Society of Air Force Anesthesiologists
San Antonio, Texas
Anesthesia Refresher Course with
Helen Vos, CRNA, BSN, Sandra Maree, CRNA, MS, Sue Goff, CRNA and
Nancy Bruton‑Maree, CRNA, MS (Comprehensive 72 hour review of
systems and principles), Winston Salem, North Carolina
An Update in Clinical Practice
Series
Continuing Education for CRNAs
sponsored by the Kaiser Permanente School of Anesthesia for
Nurses, Mechanisms of Local
Anesthetic Activity
1981
The Autonomic Nervous
System with Clinical Application of Pharmacology
. with Helen Vos,
CRNA, BSN
Alabama Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Birmingham, Alabama
Clinical and
Pharmacological Considerations and Applications of the Nervous
System with Sandra
Maree, CRNA, MA and Helen Vos,
CRNA, BSN
New England Assembly of Nurse
Anesthetists, Boston, Massachusetts
Intraoperative Management of
Chest Trauma
9th Annual Educational Seminar,
Minneapolis School of Anesthesia, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Program Coordinator and Lecturer,
Anesthesia Dilemmas for the Nurse Anesthetist
University of Southern California
School of Medicine, Post Graduate Division and the Institute of
Continuing Education for Nurses, Honolulu, Hawaii
A Comparison of Ethrane
Halothane, and Forane presented with Dr. Steve Eyler
Glycopyrrolate
Physostigmine
Pharmacologic Principles of
Narcotics
Northwest Anesthesia Seminars,
Las Vegas, Nevada
The Liver and Drug
Metabolism and The Kidney and Drug Excretion
presented with Nancy
Bruton‑Maree, CRNA, MS
Washington State Association of
Nurse Anesthetists, Spokane, Washington
Effects of Inhalation
Anesthetics on the Liver
Effects of Inhalation
Anesthetics on Cellular Physiology
Effects of Inhalation
Anesthesia on Renal Physiology
Institute of Postgraduate
Education, Kiawah Island, South Carolina
The Hepatic and
Cardiovascular System with Helen Vos,
CRNA, BSN and Sandra Maree,
CRNA, MA
Anesthesia Educational
Associates, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina
Understanding Drug
Interactions presented with Nancy
Bruton‑Maree, CRNA, MS for the
Indiana Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Indianapolis, Indiana
Pain Conduction and Modulation
Endogenous Opioids
Texas Association of Nurse
Anesthetists Fall Institute, Austin, Texas
Anesthesia Refresher Course with
Helen Vos, CRNA, BSN, Sandra Maree, CRNA, MS, Sue Goff, CRNA and
Nancy Bruton‑Maree, CRNA, MS (Comprehensive 72 hour review of
systems and principles), Winston Salem, North Carolina
An Update in Clinical Practice
Series
Continuing Education for CRNAs
sponsored by the Kaiser Permanente School of Anesthesia for
Nurses, The Educational
Process, Pain Transmission and Narcotic Receptor , 1981
An Overview of Forane
Use, Faculty Workshop/The Educational
Process‑Didactic, 1981
1982
Program Coordinator and Lecturer,
Anesthesia Dilemmas for the Nurse Anesthetist
University of Southern California
School of Medicine, Post Graduate Division and the Institute of
Continuing Education for Nurses, Honolulu, Hawaii
Effects of Inhalation
Anesthesia on the Liver
Effects of Inhalation
Anesthesia on Cellular Physiology
Effects of Inhalation
Anesthesia on Renal Physiology
Institute of Post Graduate
Education, Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Anesthesia and Altered Energy
States
Anesthesia Educational
Associates, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Anesthesia Refresher Course with
Helen Vos, CRNA, BSN, Sandra Maree, CRNA, MS, Sue Goff, CRNA and
Nancy Bruton‑Maree, CRNA, MS (Comprehensive 72 hour review of
systems and principles), Winston Salem, North Carolina
An Update in Clinical Practice
Series
Continuing Education for CRNAs
sponsored by the Kaiser Permanente School of Anesthesia for
Nurses,
Update in Pharmacology ‑Antihvpertensive
Drugs, Central Nervous System Pathology
Understanding Drug
Interactions
The Liver, Liver Disease, and
Drug Metabolism
East Texas District #8, Texas
Association of Nurse Anesthetists, Longview, Texas, 1982
Cardiovascular
Pathophysiology, Pharmacology, and Case Management
with Nancy Wittstock,
CRNA, MS
Washington Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Bellevue, Washington
Drug Abuse ‑ Patients and
Professionals
North Dakota Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Bismarck, North Dakota
1983
Program Coordinator and Lecturer,
Anesthesia Dilemmas for the Nurse Anesthetist.
University of Southern California
School of Medicine, Post Graduate Division and the Institute of
Continuing Education for Nurses, Honolulu, Hawaii
Anesthesia Refresher Course with
Helen Vos, CRNA, BSN, Sandra Maree, CRNA, MS, Sue Goff, CRNA and
Nancy Bruton‑Maree, CRNA, MS (Comprehensive 72 hour review of
systems and principles), Winston Salem, North Carolina
Anesthetic Assessment and
Management of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
Anesthesia for Vaginal
Delivery
Texas Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Dallas, Texas
Drug Abuse ‑ Patients and
Professionals
Illinois Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Springfield, Illinois
Old Facts ‑ New Arrivals
Anesthesia Educational
Associates, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina
Acid‑Base Workshop and
Clinical Case Discussion with Nancy
Bruton‑Maree, CRNA, MS
Mississippi Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Gulfport, Mississippi
Pharmacology and Drug
Interaction with Nancy Bruton‑Maree,
CRNA, MS
Oregon Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Eugene, Oregon
Drug Interactions
Society of Air Force
Anesthesiologists, San Antonio, Texas
1984
Program Coordinator and Lecturer,
Anesthesia Dilemmas for the Nurse Anesthetist
University of Southern California
School of Medicine, Post Graduate Division and the Institute of
Continuing Education for Nurses,
Honolulu, Hawaii
Anesthesia Refresher Course with
Helen Vos, CRNA, BSN, Sandra Maree, CRNA, MS, Sue Goff, CRNA and
Nancy Bruton‑Maree, CRNA, MS (Comprehensive 72 hour review of
systems and principles), Winston Salem, North Carolina
Drug Abuse ‑ Patients and
Professionals
North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Program in Nurse Anesthesia Alumni Meeting, Winston Salem,
North Carolina
Drug Abuse ‑ Patients and
Professionals
Clemson University 2nd Annual
Anesthetists Conference, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Mechanisms of Drug Interaction
Texas Educational District #6
Annual Meeting, Corpus Christi, Texas
1985
Outpatient Surgery and
Anesthesia
Indiana Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1985
Use of Norcuron During
Anesthesia
North Carolina Association of
Nurse Anesthetists Annual Fall Seminar, Asheville, North
Carolina
End Tidal Carbon Dioxide
Monitoring
Anesthetic Considerations for
Laser Surgery
Dannemiller Memorial Educational
Foundation 1985 Annual Fall Nurse Anesthetists Review
Course, San Antonio, Texas
1986
Program Coordinator and Lecturer,
Anesthesia Dilemmas for the Nurse Anesthetist
University of Southern California
School of Medicine, Post Graduate Division and the Institute of
Continuing Education for Nurses,
Honolulu, Hawaii
The Role of the Nurse
Anesthetist in Socialized Medicine
Carolina Conference, Charlotte,
North Carolina
Anesthetic Considerations for
Laser Surgery
Anesthesia Department Inservice
Conference, Wesley Long Community Hospital, Greensboro,
North Carolina
The Difficult Airway
Assessment and Care of the
Patient with Blunt Chest Trauma and Pneumothorax
Nurse Anesthesiology Faculty
Associates, Inc., Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Anesthesia for the Older
American
Anesthetic Consideration for
Outpatient
Clemson University Seminar for
Nurse Anesthetists, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Anesthetic Considerations for
the Older Patient
Geriatric Nurse
Practitioners/Geriatric Clinical Care Staff
Adult Acute Care Unit Wesley Long
Community Hospital, Greensboro, North Carolina
Toxicity and Cellular Effects
of Anesthetics
Recovery Room Problems and
Solutions
The Physiology of
Neuromuscular Blockade
Comparison of Available Muscle
Relaxants
Texas Association District #6
Annual Meeting, Corpus Christi, Texas
Anesthesia for Ambulatory
Surge
Clemson University Recovery Room
Conference, Greenville, South Carolina
Anesthesia for Outpatient
Surgery
Georgia Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Tifton, Georgia
Anesthetic Considerations for
the Geriatric Patient
Anesthetic Considerations for
Laser Surgery
Anesthetic Considerations for
Lithotripsy
Dannemiller Memorial Educational
Foundation Fall Seminar, San Antonio, Texas
Monitoring End Tidal Carbon
Dioxide
South Carolina Association of
Nurse Anesthetists, Columbia, South Carolina
1987
Monitoring End Tidal Carbon
Dioxide
Oximetry: Learning to Think in
Terms of Saturation
Louisiana Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Lafayette, Louisiana
Delayed Arousal Following
Anesthesia
Assessment of CNS Function
North Carolina Association of
Post Anesthesia Nurses, Triad Chapter, Greensboro, North
Carolina
Comparative Pharmacology of
Current Muscle Relaxant Use
Delayed Arousal Following
Anesthesia
Ohio State Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Columbus, Ohio
Common Anesthesia‑Related
Recovery Room Problems
Clemson University
Post‑Anesthesia Recovery Nursing Conference, Greenville, South
Carolina
Anesthesia Update for the CRNA
Today
12 hours taught with S Maree,
CRNA, MEd.
Pennsylvania Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Pocono Hershey Resort, White Haven,
Pennsylvania
Anesthetic Considerations in
Laser Surgery
Anesthetic Considerations for
Lithotripsy
Machine Competence ‑ A
Technique of Risk Management
Pulse Oximetry and End Tidal
Carbon Dioxide Monitoring
Fifth Annual Clemson University
Smoky Mountain Conference for Nurse Anesthetists,
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Clemson University
Post‑Anesthesia Recovery Nursing Certification Preparation and
Review
Course
14 hours taught with B. Splawn,
RN, BSN
In 1987 offered in: Atlanta,
Georgia, Durham, North Carolina, Nashville, Tennessee,
Charlotte,
North Carolina, Birmingham,
Alabama
In 1988 offered in: Charlotte,
North Carolina, Louisville, Kentucky, and Orlando, Florida
(Offered twice each year
1989‑1999)
Choosing Anesthetic Agents for
Ambulatory Surgery
Clemson University Second Annual
Ambulatory Surgical Conference, Greenville, South Carolina
Use of Noninvasive Monitoring
in the Emergency Patient
Anesthesia for the Arthritic
Assessment and Treatment of
Delayed Arousal
Annual Fall Nurse Anesthetist
Review Course, Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation
San Antonio, Texas
End Tidal Carbon Dioxide
Monitoring
Pulse Oximetry
Virginia Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Charlottesville, Virginia
Clinical Applications of End
Tidal Carbon Dioxide Monitoring
Clinical Applications of Pulse
Oximetry
California Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Buena Park, California
End Tidal Carbon Dioxide
Monitoring
Tennessee Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Memphis, Tennessee
Anesthetic Considerations
During Laser Surgery
Anesthetic Consideration for
the Patient Undergoing Lithotripsy
Sixth Annual NAFA Disney World
Anesthesia Meeting, Orlando, Florida
1988
Physiological Parameters
of Acid‑Base Balance
Clinical Acid‑Base
Considerations
Post Anesthesia Recovery
Inservice, Southeast Alabama Medical Center, Dothan, Alabama
Machine and Monitoring
Equipment Workshop.
1988 Annual Spring and Fall Nurse
Anesthetist Review Course, Dannemiller Memorial Education
Foundation, San Antonio, Texas. Eight hour workshop offered with
Eddie Bowie, Director, Education and Quality Assurance,
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of
Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
Respiratory Therapy Department
Intubation Inservice
Southeast Alabama Medical Center,
Dothan, Alabama
ACLS Dysrhythmia Review
Alabama Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Gulf Shores, Alabama
CCRN Certification
Preparation and Review Course .
Southeast Alabama Medical Center, Dothan, Alabama. Fourteen hour
review taught with Judy Fox, RN, MSN, Director of Education,
Carraway Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama.
Post Anesthesia Recovery
Nursing Preparation and Review Course
Southeast Alabama Medical Center,
Dothan, Alabama
Quality Assurance for
Ambulatory Surgery
Legal Implications for
Ambulatory Surge
End Tidal Carbon Dioxide
Monitoring
Pulse Oximetry Monitoring
First Charleston Anesthesia
Conference, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston,
South Carolina
Monitoring Oxygen Saturation
by Pulse Oximetry
Florida Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Pensacola, Florida
Delayed Arousal in the
Recovery Room
Anesthesia and Endocrine
Pathology
Clemson University Sixth Annual
Smokey Mountain Conference, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Clinical Use of End Tidal
Carbon Dioxide Monitoring
Mississippi Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Biloxi, Mississippi
Noninvasive Monitoring in
Emergent Situations
Delayed Emergence from
Anesthesia
Machine Competence‑A Technique
for Risk Management
Anesthetic Management of
Geriatric Patients
Quality Assurance in
Outpatient Setting
Clemson University Fall
Anesthesia Seminar, The U. S. Virgin Islands
Current Topics in Outpatient
Anesthesia
Third Annual Ambulatory Surgery
Conference, Greenville, South Carolina,
1989
Critical Care Nursing
Certification Preparation and Review,
Southeast Alabama Medical Center,
Dothan, Alabama
Post Anesthesia Certification
Review
American Society of Post
Anesthesia Nurses for the Alabama Society of Post Anesthesia
Nurses
Montgomery, Alabama
The Management of Problems in
the Post Anesthesia Area
Delayed Awakening from
Anesthesia
Minnesota Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Redwing, Minnesota
Anesthetic Considerations for
Patients with Myasthenia Gravis or Multiple Sclerosis
Department of Anesthesiology and
Western Reserve Care System,
Youngstown, Ohio
Anesthesia for the Patient
with Endocrine Dysfunction
Anesthesia for Laser Surgery
Anesthesia Care for the
Patient with Liver Disease
Nebraska Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Lincoln, Nebraska
Joint Commission Standards:
How Do They Affect Anesthesia Practice?
Quality Assurance and You
Does Monitoring Make An Impact
on Outcomes?
Second Charleston Anesthesia
Conference, Medical University of South Carolina,
Charleston, South Carolina
Geriatric Update
Ohio Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Dublin, Ohio
Post Anesthesia Complications
Alabama Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Orange Beach, Alabama
Management of Anesthesia for
the Geriatric Diabetic Patient
Orthopedic Procedures in the
Geriatric Patient
Third Annual Charleston
Anesthesia Conference, Medical University of South Carolina,
Charleston, South Carolina
1990
Delayed Awakening
Post Anesthesia Nursing
Clinical Practice Needed Today ,The
School of Nursing,
University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
The Geriatric Patient in
the PACU Anesthesia Update: Implications for Post‑Anesthesia
Nursing Care. Ninth Annual Clemson
University Post Anesthesia Nursing Conference Greenville, S.C.
1992
AANA Update
The Clinical Use of Mivicron
West Virginia Association of
Nurse Anesthetists, The Greenbriar, White Sulfur Springs, West
Virginia
Cardiovascular Effects of
Anesthesia
Louisiana Association of
Postanesthesia Nurses, New Orleans, Louisiana
1995
N599‑Special Topics
Clinical Pharmacology for Nurse
Practitioners (3 0 hours)
California State University/Long
Beach, Department of Nursing
Summer Session I and 11, 1995,
Summer Session 1, 1996, Winter Intersession, 1996, 1997
1996
The Clinical Use of Nimbex
California Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Monterey, California
Postanesthesia
Certification Examination Review (6
hours)
Kentucky Association of
Postanesthesia Nurses, Louisville, Kentucky
IgE Mediated Anaphylaxis in the
OR
Malignant Hyperthermia Update
Steroids
Impact of Current Preoperative
Antihypertensive Therapy on Management
Coping with Change: Keeping
the Vision in Difficult Times
Clemson University Nurse
Anesthetist Conference Cruise to Alaska
Cardiovascular Anesthesia and
Perioperative Care Concerns
Conscious Sedation for
Nonanesthesia Personnel.(3 hours)
American Association of Operating
Room Nurses Regional Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada
1997
Postanesthesia Certification
Examination Review (6 hours)
Clinton Memorial Hospital,
Wilmington, Ohio
Pharmacology Workshop Series (
Five 6 hour workshops) presented for Daniel Freeman Hospital,
Englewood, California.
Conscious Sedation Workshop (6
hours) presented for Kaiser Permanente Clinic, Bakersfield,
California
Conscious Sedation Workshop (6
hours) presented for Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical
Center, Los Angeles California
2000-2001
Conscious Sedation,
Perianesthesia Nursing Challenges and Controversies
School of Nursing, Clemson
University, Clemson, S.C.
This is a two-day workshop that
was presented
October 7‑8,
2000, in Chicago, IL
October 28‑29,
2000 in Atlanta, GA
March 24‑25,
2001 in Atlanta, GA
April 21‑22,
2001 in Chicago, IL
October 6-7,
2001 in Atlanta, GA
November 3-4,
2001 in Chicago, IL
March 23-24,
2002 in Atlanta, GA
April 13-14,
2002 in Chicago, IL
April 27-28,
2002 in Pittsburgh, PA
October 12-13,
2002 in Chicago, IL
October 26-27,
2002 in Atlanta, GA
March 15-16,
2003 in Atlanta, GA
April 12-13,
2003 in Chicago, IL
October 11-12,
2003 in Chicago, IL
November 1-2,
2003 in Atlanta, GA
March 26-28,
2004 in Chicago, IL
April 16-18,
2004 in Atlanta, GA
October 9-11,
2004 in Chicago, IL
October 29-30,
2004 in Atlanta, GA
November 5-6,
2005 in Atlanta, GA
May 20-21,
2006 in Chicago, IL
Herbal Medication Interactions of
Interest to the Anesthetist
Tennessee Association of Nurse
Anesthetists
Nashville, TN
October 14, 2000
Administration of Conscious
Sedation by Non‑Anesthesia
Providers
Oklahoma Association of
Perianesthesia Nurses
Oklahoma City, OK
November 4, 2000
Herbal Medication Interactions of
Interest to the Anesthetist
Anesthesia Considerations for
Pregnant Patients Undergoing Non
Obstetrical Operative Procedures
29th Annual Refresher
Course for Nurse Anesthetists
Frank Moya Associates Continuing
Education Program, Inc.
Orlando, FL
November 11‑12,2000
Herbal Medication Interactions of
Importance in the Outpatient Setting
Cultural Considerations in Pain
Assessment
Medical Errors
Clemson University Ambulatory
Surgery Seminar
Greenville, SC
May 14, 2001
Herbal Medication Interactions of
Interest to the Clinician
Atascadero State Hospital
Nurses Week Seminar
Atascadero, CA
May 6, 2001
Herbal Medication Interactions of
Interest to the Nurse Anesthetist
Cultural Considerations in Pain
Assessment
Oregon Association of Nurse
Anesthetists
Portland, OR
Oct. 20-21, 2001
Herbal Medication Interactions of
Importance in the Outpatient Setting
Cultural Considerations in Pain
Assessment
Medical Errors
Clemson University Ambulatory
Surgery Seminar
Greenville, SC
May 14, 2001
Herbal Medication Interactions of
Interest to the Clinician
Atascadero State Hospital
Nurses Week Seminar
Atascadero, CA
May 6, 2001
Herbal Medication Interaction of
Interest to the Anesthetist
Hastings Annual Educational
Cruise for Nurse Anesthetists
Juneau and Ketchikan Alaska
July 8-15, 2001
Herbal Medication Interaction of
Interest to the Anesthetist
Hastings Annual Educational
Cruise for Nurse Anesthetists
Juneau and Ketchikan Alaska
July 8-15, 2001
Introduction to Molecular
Genetics
Guest Speaker, BSN Completion
Students,
Hoag Hospital, Newport Beach, CA.
Sept.29, 2003.
The Implications of the Human
Genome Project for Nursing Practice.
Sigma Theta Tau/Department of
Nursing, CSULB Research Symposium
Long Beach, CA
February 16, 2003
Drug Interactions and Anesthetic
Agents: Prescriptions, Herbals, OTC, and Recreational Drugs
Cultural Considerations for
Ethical Patient Management in the Perianesthesia Setting
American Society of
Perianesthesia Nurses 21st. National Conference
San Diego, CA
May 1, 2002
Herbal Medication Interactions of
Interest to the Anesthetist
Tennessee Association of Nurse
Anesthetists
Nashville, TN
October 14, 2000
Administration of Conscious
Sedation by Non‑Anesthesia
Providers
Oklahoma Association of
Perianesthesia Nurses
Oklahoma City, OK
November 4, 2000
Herbal Medication Interactions of
Interest to the Anesthetist
Anesthesia Considerations for
Pregnant Patients Undergoing Non
Obstetrical Operative Procedures
29th Annual Refresher
Course for Nurse Anesthetists
Frank Moya Associates Continuing
Education Program, Inc.
Orlando, FL
November 11‑12, 2000
20 hour Pharmacology Presentation
(A/FAC 20B)
Harbor/UCLA Nurse Practitioner
Program,
Los Angeles, Ca., May 5-16, 2003.
Introduction to Molecular
Genetics
Guest Speaker, BSN Completion
Students, Hoag Hospital, Newport Beach, CA.
Sept.29, 2003.
The Potential Role of Genetic
Information in Selection of Antidepressant Drugs
International Society of Nurses
in Genetics Annual Meeting
Los Angeles, CA ,November 3,
2003
The Potential Role of Genetics in
the Future Practice of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
Southwest Regional Conference of
the National Association of Pediatric Nurses and Practitioners
Palm Springs, CA
November 8, 2003
The Implications of the Human
Genome Project for Nursing Practice.
Sigma Theta Tau/Department of
Nursing, CSULB Research Symposium
Long Beach, CA
February 16, 2003
Pediatric Pain Management at the
15th Annual Southwest Regional NAPNAP Conference,
Cathedral City, CA, November, 2004
Pain Management: An Imperative of
Optimal Care, Todd Cancer Institute, Long Beach Memorial Medical
Center in conjunction with Memorial/UCI, May, 2005
Pulmonary Embolus Following
Outpatient Surgery
Evidence Based Practice in
Anesthesia
Pharmacogenetics and the
Anesthetist
33rd. Annual Refresher
Course for Nurse Anesthetists, Orlando, Florida, November, 2005.
Pain Management in Children and
Adults
6 hours workshop for RN's and
prescribing NP's in California
Academy Medical
San Diego, CA May, 2006
Pasadena, CA Jue 15, 2006
Moderate Sedation and the Nurse -
The Basics
Legal Aspect and Controversies in
Sedation
California Post Anesthesia Nurses
Association Conference
Newport Beach, CA
October, 27, 2006
National Presentations and
Workshops:
Preoperative Endocrine System
Assessment
American Association of Nurse
Anesthetists Annual Scientific Session Detroit, Michigan, 1978.
Pharmacology and Drug
Interactions presented with Sandra
Maree, CRNA, MEd for the American Association of Nurse
Anesthetists Continuing Education Committee Hilton Head Island,
South Carolina, 1979.
Narcotic Reversal
American Association of Nurse
Anesthetists Annual Scientific Session, Saint Louis, Missouri,
1981
Management by Objectives
Staff Development and
Continuing Education
American Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, Annual Scientific Session, Phoenix, Arizona, 1982
Cimetidine
American Association of Nurse
Anesthetists Annual Scientific Session, New Orleans, Louisiana,
1983
Low Flow‑Closed System
Anesthesia Delivery
American Association of Nurse
Anesthetists Annual Scientific Sessions, Anaheim, California,
1986
Anesthetic Considerations for
Laser Surgery
Anesthetic Considerations for
Lithotripsy
American Association of Nurse
Anesthetists
Annual Meeting and Scientific
Sessions, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1987
Competence Models ‑ From
Theory to Reality
Assembly of School Faculty,
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Annual Meeting and
Scientific Sessions, Seattle,
Washington, 1988
Drug Interactions and
Anesthetic Agents: Prescriptions, Herbals, OTC, and Recreational
Cultural Considerations for
Ethical Patient Management in the Perianesthesia Setting
American Society of
Perianesthesia nurses 21st. National Conference
San Diego, CA, May, 2002
International Presentations
and Workshops
Preassessment of the Patient
with Liver Disease
Preassessment of the Patient
with Renal Disease
Preassessment of the Drug
Abuser
Northwest Anesthesia Seminars
Toronto, Canada, 1982
Cardiotonic and
Antihypertensive Drug Interactions
Drug Abuse ‑ Patients and
Professionals
Professional Seminars Consultant
‑ Study ‑ Lecture Tour of Anesthesia Care in Spain and North
Africa with Nancy Wittstock, CRNA,
MS, 1983
Dynamics of Homeostasis:
Complications and Legal Implications
Anesthesia Educational Associates
Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada,
1984
Coordinator and Lecturer
University of Southern California
5th Annual Seminar for Nurse Anesthetists
Royal College of Surgeons,
London, England, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, England, 1985
Anesthetic Considerations for
Laser Surgery
Anesthetic Considerations for
the Patient Undergoing Lithotripsy
Machine Competence ‑ A
Technique of Risk Management
Pulse Oximetry and End Tidal
Carbon Dioxide Monitoring
Clemson University Nurse
Anesthetist Study Tour, Paradise Island, Bahamas, 1987
Anesthesia Care for Patients
with Chronic Diseases of the Central Nervous System
Clemson University Fall
Anesthesia Seminar
Jamaica/Mexico, 1990
Risk Management and Outcome
Improvement in the Perioperative Period
Fourth World Congress of Nurse
Anesthetists
Paris, France, 1994
Anesthesia Care for the
Patient with Acute Intermittent Porphyria
Psychotropic Drug
Anesthesia for Outpatient
Plastic Surge
Northwest Anesthesia Seminars
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, 1997
Perioperative Considerations
for Patients on Herbal Compounds
Connell Forum - International
Invitational Plastic Surgery Meeting
Puerta Villarta, Mexico, 2001
Update on Perioperative Concerns
about Herbal Medication Interactions
The Impact of the Human Genome
Project on the Future of Medicine and Nursing
6th Annual
Invitational Connell Cosmetic Plastic Surgery Symposium
Puerta Villarta, Mexico, 2002
Recent Continuing Education
Activities
Current Issues in Primary Care
(Primed)
Anaheim Convention Center,
Anaheim, CA
April 4-5, 2003
May 14-16, 2004
4th Annual Women's
Health Forum
Anaheim Convention Center,
Anaheim, CA
March 12-14, 2004
Psychiatric Genetics : Current
Findings and Implications
Massachusetts General Hospital/
Harvard University
Boston, MA
September 18, 2004
Genetic Analysis of Complex Human
Diseases
Duke University, Durham, N.C.
April 5-8, 2004
Pharmacogenetics Symposium
American Society of
Anesthesiologists Annual Scientific Sessions
Las Vegas, NV
Oct. 26, 2004
North American Women's Healthcare
Forum, May 6-7, 2005, Anaheim, CA (30 CEU)
Genetics in Primary Care. Harvard
University Medical School, Boston, MA, September,23-26, 2005 (26
CEUs)
North American Women's Healthcare
Forum, March 17-19, 2006, Anaheim, CA (30 CEU)
Current Clinical Issues in Primary
Care at Pri-Med West, April 21-22, 2006, Anaheim, CA (14 hrs)
Genetics Basis of Adult Medicine.
Harvard University Medical School, Boston, MA, October 6-8, 2006
(26 CEUs)
North American Women's Healthcare
Forum, May, 2006, Anaheim, CA (30 CEU)
Genetics in Primary Care. Harvard
University Medical School, Boston, MA, October, 2006 (26 CEUs)
Current Clinical Issues in Primary
Care at Pri-Med West, March, 2007, Anaheim, CA (14 hrs)
Genetics in Primary Care. Harvard
University Medical School, Boston, MA, October, 2007 (26 CEUs)
American Society of Human Genetics
Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA., October, 2007 (18 CEUs)
One Origin, One Race, One Earth
Conference, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, November,
2007 (24 CEUs)
EDITORIAL BOARDS:
Anesthetist Update
Series , Continuing Professional
Education Center, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey
Member, 1981‑1983
Chairman and Editor‑in‑Chief,
1984‑1986
The Monitor: Legal
Newsletter for Nurse Anesthetists,, M.
0. Publishers, Irvine, California
Consulting Editor, 1982‑1983
CRNA: The Clinical Forum
for Nurse Anesthetists,, W.B. Saunders
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
Board Member, 1991‑1995.
Anesthesia Today
, CoMed Publishers, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
Board Member, 1988‑1994
Editor‑In‑Chief, 1994‑2007
OB Malpractice Newsletter,
Board Member, 1994 ‑ 2002
Current Reviews for
Postanesthesia Nurses
Board Member, 1996‑ 2004
Current Reviews for Nurse
Anesthetists
Board Member, 1996- present
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS,
MEMBERSHIPS, COMMITTEES AND OFFICES HELD:
American Society of Human
Genetics, member, 2007
International Society of Nurses
in Genetics,member, 2002 - present
Chairman, Membership
Committee, 2003
American Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, 1973 ‑ present
Continuing Education
Subcommittee, 1977
Continuing Education
Committee, 1978
Chairman,
1979
American Association
of Nurse Anesthetists Continuing Education Committee
Representative to the
Council on Nurse Anesthesia Practice, 1978
American Association
of Nurse Anesthetists Continuing Education Committee
Representative to the
Council on the Recertification of Nurse Anesthetists, 1979
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists/American Society of
Anesthesiologists
Liaison Committee,
1981,1982
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, Subcommittee of the
Education Committee on Pharmacology Curriculum Development, 1983
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Media Training, New
York, 1983
Public
Education Media Tour, Phoenix, Arizona, 1984
Editorial Board, Journal of the American Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, 1983,1986
1987
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Ad Hoc Committee on
Competency Model
Development,
1985‑1989
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Education Committee,
1987‑1988
Director, Region 7, American Association of Nurse Anesthetists,
1988‑1989
Treasurer, American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, 1991‑1992
President‑Elect, American Association of Nurse Anesthetists,
1992‑1993
President, American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, 1993‑1994
Research and Education Foundation Member, 1993 ‑1994
Anesthesia Plus Insurance Company, Park Ridge, Ill
Board
Member, 1992, 1995
North Carolina Association of
Nurse Anesthetists, 1973 ‑ 1977, 1984 ‑ 1987
Trustee, 1975‑1977
Chairman, Education Committee, 1975‑1976
Member,
Education Committee, 1976‑ 1977
North
Carolina Representative on Continuing Education to the American
Association of Nurse Anesthetists, 1976 ‑ 1977
Educational District #2, Triad Anesthesia Group, 1973 ‑ 1977
Michigan Association of Nurse
Anesthetists 1977‑1978
Continuing Education Consultant, 1978
Alabama Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, 1987‑1991
California Association of Nurse
Anesthetists, 1979 ‑ 1984, 1991 ‑ present
Trustee, 1983‑1984
Education Committee, Chairman, 1983,1984
North Carolina Baptist Hospital
School of Anesthesia Alumni Association, 1973 ‑ present
Secretary ‑Treasurer, 1974‑1975
Vice‑Chairman, 1975‑1977
Chairman, 1977‑1978
Publications Committee, 1974‑1977
North Carolina Baptist.Hospital
Anesthesia Program for Nurses
Faculty
Evaluation Committee, 1975
Curriculum, Philosophy, and Objectives Committee, 1975 - 1977
Obstetrical Affiliation Committee, 1977
Clinical Objectives and Evaluation Committee, Chairman, 1977
Program in Nurse Anesthesia,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Curriculum Review Committee, 1978
Admissions Committee, 1979
Kaiser Permanente School of Nurse
Anesthesia, Pasadena, California
Curriculum Committee, 1979‑1984
Admissions Committee, 1979‑1984
Admissions Committee, 1991‑1996
Department of Nursing, California
State University, Long Beach
EPPC
Committee, 1997‑2001, 1999 Co-Chairman
Comprehensive Examination Committee,
Anesthesia Specialty Subcommittee
Chairman, 1997‑1999
Role/Theory Subcommittee, 2000-2001;
Chairperson, 2001-2002
Graduate Nursing Financial Aid Committee
(Traineeship),1997-2000, Chairman, 1997‑1998
Research Committee, Chairperson, 2001-2002, 2002-2003
Student
Affairs Committee, 2004-2005, 2005-2006
Research Committee, 2006-2007
RTP
Committee, 2007-2008
College of Health and Human
Services
Faculty Council,
Member , 2001-2003
Faculty Council, Vice
Chairman, 2002-2003
College Secretary,
2006
Technology Committee,
Co-Chairman, 2005-2006; member, 2006-2007
University
Curriculum and
Educational Policies Council, Member, 2005-2006
AWARDS/GRANTS:
Phi Kappa Phi Academic Honor
Society, California State University, Long Beach, California,
1981‑present
Sigma Theta Tau Member, Iota Eta
Chapter, California State University/ Long Beach, 1993 ‑present
North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Program in Nurse Anesthesia Alumni Association/Bowman Gray
School of Medicine Excellence in Teaching Award, 1984
Grant as an Excellence Fellow
First Year Doctoral Student, University of North Carolina,
Greensboro, North Carolina, 1985‑1986 (One of only 9 awarded)
Burroughs Wellcome/AANA Education
and Research Foundation
Fellow, 1989,1990
Research Scholar,
1993
Selected for participation in
National Human Genome Research Institute's 2002 Current Topics
in Genetic Research (August 14-28, 2002)
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Summer
Genetics Institute, National Institute of Nursing Research,
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 2003
People to People Study Tour to
the People's Republic of China with ISONG delegation, June-July,
2005.
Scholarly and Creative Activities
Summer Stipend Award for completion of meta-analysis of
available research studies on genetic based differences in
response to long-term use of bronchodilators in children with
asthma. ($4500, 2006)
CIRM Seed Grant Research Proposal
submitted with Dr. M. Myers (P.I.), October, 2006
($400,000)
Recipient, California State
University Outstanding Teaching Award, 2008, Long Beach,
California
FEDERAL TESTIMONY/ FEDERAL
GRANTS:
Testimony presented on behalf of
Federal Appropriation of Educational Funds for Nurse
Anesthetists to U.S. Congressional Appropriations
Committee(Chaired by Congressman Natcher‑KY) Washington, D.C.
May, 1992
Testimony presented on Health
Care Reform and Medicare Payment, for the American Association
of Nurse Anesthetists to the Physician Payment Review Commission
appointed by the U.S. Congress, 1994.
Nurse Anesthesia Traineeship
Grant for Manley Cummins School of Nurse Anesthesia, Dothan,
Alabama, Awarded and funded 1987‑1990 ($15,000)
Nurse Anesthesia Faculty
Development Grant, Awarded and funded, 1988, 1989 ($18,000)
Nurse Anesthesia Traineeship
Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
awarded and funded in 1998 ( $11,800) and 1999 ($13,600)
OTHER SPEAKING ACTIVITIES:
Graduation Speaker, Richland
Memorial Hospital School of Nurse Anesthesia, Columbia, South
Carolina, August, 1990
Graduation Speaker, Manley
Cummins School of Nurse Anesthesia, Dothan, Alabama, August,
1992
Graduation Speaker, Kaiser
Permanente School of Nurse Anesthesia/Califomia State
University, Long Beach, 1994
Graduation Speaker, University of
California/Los Angeles Program in Nurse Anesthesia, 1994
Graduation Speaker, Southern
Illinois University Program in Nurse Anesthesia, 1995
CONSULTING EXPERIENCE/OTHER
CREATIVE AND COMMUNITY ENDEAVORS:
Raleigh School of Nurse
Anesthesia, Raleigh, N.C. Preaccreditational Feasibility Project
July 1989 ‑ February, 1990 ( Included evaluation of resources,
curricular development, university liaison, administrative
policy and procedure development, budget analysis and planning,
preparation of appropriate documentation and participation in
on‑site pre‑accreditation visit by the Council on Accreditation
of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs/Schools
Spartanburg Regional Medical
Center, Spartanburg, South Carolina Departmental Stability
Review and Analysis of Readiness for Preaccreditational
feasibility Project June, 1990
Southern Illinois University,
Edwardsville, Ill. Nurse Anesthesia Program Transition to
Masters Degree Program ‑ Discussions on Masters level Research,
September, 1993.
Acted as co‑coordinator with
Alice Takahashi, RN, MSN in the development, and cooperative
presentation by the Nursing Department at California State
University, Long Beach and the California Board of Registered
Nursing of a workshop for advanced practice nurses in October,
1998. Over 600 advanced practice nurses attended.
Member of three graduate thesis
committees within the Nursing Department, California State
University, Long Beach, 1997‑1998
Member of seven graduate thesis
committees within the Nursing Department, California State
University, Long Beach, CA, 1998-1999.
Member of four graduate thesis
committeees within the Nursing Department, California State
University, Long Beach, CA, 1999-2000.
During AANA presidency developed
and implemented the Young Writer's Workshop, 1994
Eucharistic Minister to the Sick,
St. Catherine's Catholic Church, Laguna Beach, Ca., 1998 to
2003.
Board Member, California Family
Life Center, Hemet, CA, 2000-2005
Board Member,
National Charities Foundation, Pennsylvaia Furnace, Pennslyvania
1995-present |
