Secretary

Current Position

Director of Nursing, Lisa Dean Moseley Foundation Institute for Cancer & Blood Disorders
Nemours Children’s Health Wilmington, DE 

APHON Membership

APHON Member Since 2005

Local Chapter Membership

Education

• DNP, 2023, Villanova University, Villanova, PA
• MSN, 2018, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
• BSN, 2013, Gwynedd Mercy College, Gwynedd Valley, PA

Contributions

APHON National

• Professional Development Committee: Vice-Chair 2022-23, Member, 2019 – present  
• APHON Transitions Committee Member, 2023 
• Poster Abstract Reviewer, 2023 
• Chemotherapy/Biotherapy Provider Program Committee: Member, 2020 – present  
• Local Chapter Committee: Member, 2019 – present 
• APHON Pediatric Chemotherapy/Biotherapy Provider Program: Instructor, 2009 – present 
• Nominating Committee: Chair 2016-17, Member 2015 – 2017  
• Primary Author Educational Program: Resource for Ancillary Staff, 2021 
• Annual Conference 
  • Leadership Workshop “Leadership Development: Application to Practice and Skill Development”, 2022. Co-facilitated Leadership Workshop 46th Annual Conference & Exhibit
  • Co-Presenter, Podium Presentation, “The Future of Nursing: 2020-2030 What We All Need to Know”, 2022. Podium presentation 46th Annual Conference & Exhibit 
  • APHON Town Hall Facilitator/Co-Moderator, 2020, 2021
  • Co-Presenter, Podium Presentation, “It’s Time to Expect More: Developing Leadership at All Levels,” APHON Annual Conference, 2019 
  • Co-Moderator, Panel Discussion on PHD/DNP, 2017 
  • Town Hall Co-Moderator, Discussion on Nurse Managers, 2016 
  • Poster Judge, 2015 
  • Co-author, Poster Presentation: “Chemotherapy Safety: Interdisciplinary Improvement and Innovation,” 2014 
  • Primary author, Poster Presentation, “Implementation of Weekly Town Hall Meetings on a Pediatric Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit: A Patient and Family-Centered Care Initiative,” 2012  
  • Town Hall Co-Moderator, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, 2012 
  • Town Hall Co-Moderator, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, 2011 
  • Primary author, Poster Presentation, “Building Team Performance in the Outpatient Hematology/Oncology Setting,” 2011 
  • Co-author, Paper presentation, “From Nurses’ Station to Bedside: Changing the Setting of Patient Handoff,” 2010  
• Publications 
  • Primary Author, APHON Counts, “Local Chapters: Resiliency and Response,” 2021 
  • Primary Author, APHON Counts, “Self-Care and Resilience: Giving to Ourselves What We Give to Others,” 2020 
  • Primary Author, APHON Counts, “Balancing Safety and Staffing: Evidence-Based Staffing Measures,” 2017 

Local Chapter

• First State Chapter
  • Treasurer, 2017 – 2020  
  • Director of Membership Activities, 2014 – 2017  
  • Regional Conference Planning Committee, 2011 – 2019 
  • President, 2007 – 2013  

Other Nursing Leadership

• Professional Organizations 
  • American Organization of Nursing Leadership (AONL)   
  • American Nurses Association (ANA)                                       
  • Delaware Nurses Association (DNA)    
• Presentations 
  • Podium presentation, 2023. “The Future of Nursing: 2020-2030 What We All Need to Know” NY Metro, Long Island, New Jersey APHON Regional Conference 
  • Oral Presentation, 2023. “The Future of Nursing”. Sigma Kappa Gamma Chapter – Stony Brook, NY 
  • Poster presentation, Co-Author,: “Moving Standardized Handoff to the Bedside,” Nursing of Children Network (NCN) Regional Conference, 2021 
  • Co-author, poster presentation: “Chemotherapy Safety: Interdisciplinary Improvement and Innovation,” 4th Annual Regional Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses Conference, 2015 
• Recognition 
  • Leadership Recognition: University of Delaware, Nursing Alumni Network 2020 STARS Award, 2020 
  • Nemours/AI duPont Hospital for Children, Transformational Leadership Nurses Week Award, 2014 
  • Nursing Spectrum Excellence Awards, National Nurse of the Year Winner Clinical Care, 2007  
  • Delaware Excellence in Nursing Practice Award, State Winner Acute Care, Delaware Nurses Association, 2007