Experience

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  Africaid zvandiri

  • Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

  • Regional Head of Programmes

    • May 2015 - Present
    • Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

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  Human Resources for Health

  • Kigali, Rwanda

  • Advisor to the Director of Nursing

    • Jan 2013 - Jul 2014
    • Kigali, Rwanda

    Refining policies and procedures for nursing staff, improving documentation and accountability, reviewing and reconfiguring staff to patient ratios, and coordinating between hospital management and nursing staff. Wrote and taught didactic and clinical courses to the first bachelors in midwifery program in rwanda

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  Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic

  • New Rochelle

  • Senior Clinician

    • Aug 2011 - Dec 2012
    • New Rochelle

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  Commonwealth Health Center

  • Director of Nursing

    • Jan 2010 - Jan 2011

    *Responsible for the overall operation and function of the nursing department, comprised of approximately 200 nursing staff. *Directly supervised 13 unit managers, providing training, evaluation, and programmatic support.*Collaborated within multi-disciplinary teams to attain grants and other funding opportunities for this small, geographically isolated government hospital.*Utilized key quality indicators to assess high risk areas and established quality assurance/risk management work plans within the hospital. *Planned and organized a Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner training for 12 clinical and 50 non-clinical participants. *Managed the medical office within the Department of Corrections, overseeing nursing and medical care, ensuring training and compliance, and modifying policies and procedures.

  • Certified Nurse-Midwife

    • Mar 2008 - Jan 2010

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  Strong Midwifery Group, University of Rochester

  • Rochester, NY

  • Certified Nurse-Midwife

    • Jul 2005 - Jan 2008
    • Rochester, NY

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  North Country Hospital

  • Newport, VT

  • Certified Nurse-Midwife

    • Feb 2003 - Jan 2005
    • Newport, VT

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  United States Peace Corps

  • Peace Corps Volunteer

    • 1994 - 1996