HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM, Detroit, Michigan                                                                      November 2012 to present

Center for Health Promotion And Disease Prevention, RN Community Wellness Team

 

• Provide Heart Smart screenings, a comprehensive cardiovascular health risk analysis based on lifestyle, blood pressure and fasting blood glucose screening, lipid profile, BMI, 12-lead EKG, and vascular disease screening using Carotid Intima Media Thickness (CIMT) testing.

• ​Provide an overview of findings and implementation of wellness planning as part of a Lifestyle Enhancement Visit at the Women’s Heart Center in Midtown Detroit. This visit includes a “Bod Pod” evaluation, treadmill stress test for fitness assessment, and nutrition counseling. 

• Provide worksite and community biometric screening.

• Provide worksite and community flu vaccinations.

• Health Information resource for the "Ask the Nurse" desk at community and corporate health fairs.

• Provide health and wellness presentations at community and corporate events.

• Provide face-to-face, one-on-one health coaching at work sites, as part of their Employee Wellness Program.

• Introduced successful strategies to help overcome barriers to healthy lifestyles through health education.

• Involved in a research study with endopat testing in individuals with no known cardiovascular disease. Project title: "Defining the Role of Endothelial Function Assessment using Endopat in Cardiovascular Risk Screening: Comparison to Traditional Risk Assessment Tools and CIMT testing (IRB No. 9612).

 

BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN, Detroit, Michigan                                                 August 2010 - October 2011

Employee Wellness Coordinator/RN

 

• Successfully planned, developed and implemented an employee wellness program. 

• Worked with IT and HR management to develop an employee wellness portal.

• Successfully planned, developed and implemented a week-long health fair designed to educate, encourage, and inspire employees to embrace healthier lifestyles.

• Acquired a new cafeteria vendor that focused on healthier nutritional choices.

• Introduced Door-to-Door Organics, a local organic food delivery service, to the company and coordinated successful delivery to our Head Office in Detroit, and the branches in Ann Arbor and Lansing.

• Introduced Walkingspree (a corporate wellness provider) to implement a company-wide pedometer program - 66% of employees (4,620) joined Walkingspree within one month of implementation.

• Introduced online health education programs for employees -1450 employees earned a $50 wellness reward for completing 3 behavior change/wellness reward courses

• Organized, coordinated, and managed flu shots, blood drives, and weight watchers at work programs.

• Rewrote the policies and procedures for workers compensation, emphasizing the roles of the third party advisors, wellness coordinators, security, environmental health and safety, and clinics.

• Worked with Security and Employee Labor Relations to develop policies and procedures for medical accommodations, alcohol/ substance abuse, emergency procedures, and special parking accommodations.

 

ST. JOSEPH MERCY OAKLAND, Pontiac, Michigan.                                                                December 2007 - August 2010.

ST. MARY’S MEDICAL CENTER, Long Beach, California.                                                 December 2006 – December 2007.

Staff Nurse, Telemetry:

 

• Used the principals of assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation to deliver quality care to cardiac and stroke patients.

• Coordinated with interdisciplinary teams on a daily basis to plan, direct, and manage, patient care.

• Educated patients and their family members on health care needs and the significance of lifestyle changes on physiological functioning.

• Cardiac Rehabilitation.

• Mentor for nursing students.

• Nurse preceptor.

 

OAKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Farmington Hills, Michigan                                                 August 2000 – April 2006.

Physical Education Building Manager; Group Fitness Instructor, Continuing Education

 

• Managed the day-to-day operations of the Physical Education Building; this included membership sales, room rentals, staffing, customer service, and community activities.  

• Performed computerized “MICRIFIT” fitness testing on students and community members (i.e. blood pressure readings, heart rate analysis, cardiovascular fitness, strength and flexibility measures, body fat, lung capacity, and nutrition advice).

• Revived the college’s group fitness classes in the continuing education program by introducing and teaching two new fitness classes five days a week; starting with 8-10 students per class and averaging 30 students per class within one year of teaching.

• Worked extensively with post cardiac and stroke patients, and clients with hypertension, diabetes, and osteoporosis, to develop and maintain rehabilitation schedules.

• Organized monthly wellness information seminars.

 

MOORE FITNESS, London, England                                                                                                                        1994 – 2000.

Self Employed, London, UK:

 

• Group fitness instructor and coordinator, The Peak Health Club, Knightsbridge, London.

• Lead and managed a team of 35 group fitness instructors.

• Worked on a contract basis providing Personal Training, Sports Massage, and Group Fitness to numerous corporate companies based in the City of London.

 

 Education

• Oakland University, Rochester, MI, 2014

  • Bachelor of Integrative Studies – magna cum laude: Double minor:

    • Wellness, Health Promotion and Injury Prevention, and Exercise Science

• Oakland Community College, Farmington Hills, MI, 2006

  • Associate, Applied Science (Associate Degree Nursing: ADN) - summa cum laude.

  • Associate, Business Administration (ABA) - summa cum laude.

  • Associate, Liberal Arts (ALA) - summa cum laude.

 

 

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