J. CECILIA KJELLSTRAND, RN, BSN, BA

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Eugene, OR 97501

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New York State Registered Nurse, License 621718-1

NURSE EDUCATOR

Nurse with more than 20 years of successful clinical, education, and program administration experience. A compassionate motivational leader who advances patient outcomes, access to care, and overall patient wellbeing by developing and implementing programs, education, and providing patient-centered and evidence-based care. Flexible, with an aptitude for generating successful results in traditional and non-traditional environments. A civic-minded advocate seeking to improve life quality across communities.

Extensive knowledge of multiple sclerosis, injection training, sexually transmitted disease and family planning.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Patient Education – Injection training – Advocacy - Research Implementation

Operations Leadership - Program Direction - Project Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, New York City, NY. February 2023-July 2023. Research nurse on NIH funded study exploring COVID vaccine hesitancy in marginalized populations (IV drug users).

NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGENE, Brooklyn, NY. –February 2019- December 2022. Public health nurse II in the Office of School Health at high schools as CATCH nurse, most recently at Our Lady of Perpetual Help elementary school, Brooklyn, NY.

- Administered COVID vaccines at health department sites January - April 2021.

TEVA NEUROSCIENCE, Brooklyn, NY, and Walla Walla, WA Certified Training Nurse, January 2016- February 2019, and Walla Walla, WA, August 2006 - May 2007 – Provided education and homebased training on self-administration of subcutaneous injections to multiple sclerosis patients. Monitor data and make recommendations to management based on observational data .

INVENTIV HEALTH, for ALLERGEN PHARMACEUTICALS March 2015 - October 2015. Certified Nurse Educator to practitioners about a new IUD product and its insertion.

METROPOLITAN JEWISH HEALTH SYSTEMS, Brooklyn, NY Community Health Nurse – Long Term Care, 2009-2010 - Conducting home visits and care management as key a member of the kidney transplant and dialysis team.

DEPT. OF SOCIAL/HEALTH SERVICES, Walla Walla, WA Community Outreach Nurse – Community Service Office/Planned Parenthood, 2003-2007 - Educated and care for patients as Family Planning Nurse. - Advanced family planning efforts by creating programs to provide financial help to patients in need. - Prescribed hormonal contraception under physician’s supervision.

ANNEX TEEN CLINIC, Minneapolis, MN,

- Clinical Director, 1997-2000 - Led organization providing extensive public and patient education services in the areas of family planning and sexually transmitted diseases. - Advanced clinic’s operations by hiring/training five-person staff and advising 100+ volunteers. - Boosted clinic quality by overseeing operations, analyzing statistics, and implementing programs.

- Special Projects Manager and Interim Clinical Director, 2000-2002

RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS

NATIONAL TEEN PREGNANCY RESEARCH CENTER Designed research goals and methods for pilot clinic – Annex Teen Clinic - as part of the research team for a CDC-funded preliminary longitudinal study of sexually transmitted diseases delivered by the Center for Adolescent Health at the University of Minnesota.

MINNESOTA DEPT. OF HEALTH Implemented STD infection research study at Annex Teen Clinic. Generated a high percentage of research subjects.

EDUCATION & LICENSURE

BSN, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Consortium Scholarship & Johns Hopkins Alumni Award Grant

BA, Philosophy/Ethics Concentration, Minor, Peace and Global Policy Studies, New York University, New York, NY Dean’s List, Honors in Philosophy, Magna Cum Laude

PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS

“What Makes a Teen Friendly Clinic,” Teenwise Minnesota Conference, 2001

“Hepatitis B Vaccination: Etiology of HBV and Who is at Risk,” Annex Teen Clinic Volunteer Training, 2000

“Ethical Conflicts in Renal Replacement Therapies,” with Carl M. Kjellstrand, MD. Optimal Treatment Strategies in End-Stage Renal Failure, Oxford University Press

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT/VOLUNTEER

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY RESTORE, Prep Room Associate, Kingston, NY February 2014- July 2016 - Raises money for Habitat for Humanity by repairing and improving donated furniture for sale.

HIGH MEADOW SCHOOL, Stone Ridge, NY Volunteer Changemakers Club Leader, January 2014-June 2015 - Co-founder and leader of weekly after school club that empowers elementary school students to gain information about and express their views on sustainability and social problems. - Encourages students to engage with world leaders, including President and Michelle Obama and Governor Cuomo, all of whom recognized the club with letters in response to petitions.

P.T.A. (Parent Teacher Association)

- Co-president, Brooklyn Urban Garden School, September 2015-July2016.

- Secretary, Center for Early Childhood Development – PS1, Brooklyn, NY September 2010-July 2011

A.S.P.C.A. (Association for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) Dog Walker, Walla Walla WA, September 2002- April 2004

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