Kathleen R. Douris, APRN-BC, MSN

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Brooklyn, New York 11209

(Cell) 516-***-****

Higher Education:

New York University, Post Master’s Certificate in Palliative Care Advance Practice Nursing (600 clinical hours), May 2002. Distinguished Graduate Award

Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, Hunter College, City University of New York, Gerontological Nurse Practitioner Program (56 credits), M.S. wit. Honors, 1982-1984. Award for Professionalism in Nursing. VA Health Professionals Scholarship.

Baruch College, City University of New York, Graduate Management Major, 1981-1982.

Pennsylvania State University, Pre-Medicine Major, 1977-1978. Bachelor of Science in Nursing with Honors, 1974-197

Recent Professional Experience:

Department of Veterans Affairs, Home Based Primary Care (2 site program),

Program Manager, HBPC, 7/91 to 2011 and includes concurrent Primary Care. Clinic Nurse Practitioner, 1995-1997 Staten Island and St. Albans; Nurse Practitioner, HBPC, 2/85-8/87; 5/88-6/91, 2011-present.

Department of Veterans Affairs, Bronx, NY Nursing Home Care Units and

Intermediate Care Nurse Practitioner, 8/1987 – 5/1988

Calvary Hospice, Bronx, New York. On Call Weekend RN. 10/2002 to 1/2006.

Madonna Residence, Nursing Home Weekend/Relief Supervisor, Brooklyn, NY, 8/1982-1/1985.

Staffbuilders, of New York, Home Care Supervisor, 1/83-6/83; Per Diem Nurse, 2/79-1/198

Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York. Night Assistant Director of Nursing, 8/1981-10/1982. Emergency Department RN, 9/1980-8/1981.

Gracie Square Hospital, New York, NewYork. Assistant Unit Care Coordinator,

5/80-9/80. Staff Psychiatric RN, 9/79-4/80.

Loeb Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation of the Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center Bronx, New York, Rehabilitation Nurse, 6/1978-7/1979.

Grant Proposals:

Adopt-an-Elder Project Co-Director, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, 1982-1983. Community based project with church, Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.

Teaching Experience:

Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, City University of New York Guest Clinical Lecturer, 1995, 1996 Graduate GNP

Adjunct Clinical Instructor fall 1984; Spring 1988-1992. Seminar Leader, graduate ANP program Fall, 2017.

New York University, guest lecturer, topics in Geriatrics and Palliative care, 2002-2004.

New York Geriatric Education Consortium, 2002 to 2005, lectures on Pain Management and the Elderly for nursing home staff.

College of Staten Island, City University of New York Adjunct Instructor, Fall, 1998; Spring and Fall 1999.

Medgar Evers College Adult Education, City University of New York Geriatric Nurse Technician (GNT) Instructor, 1993-1994 Health Assistant Instructor, 1992-1993.

Long Island University, Adjunct Instructor, Med Math for Nurses, Fall 1984.

Local 144/Peter Ottley Institute, Instructor, Summer, 1984, NY, NY

Pharmacy for Nurses, Nurse Refresher Course

Staffbuilders of New York, Instructor, Nutrition for Home Health Aides (HHA); Drug Misuse in the Elderly, 1981.

Medical Aid Training School, HHA and Nursing Assistant Instructor, Brooklyn, New York, 1979-1981.

Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Instructor, 1981-1987

Pennsylvania State University, Educational Opportunity Program Peer Tutor-Work Study, 1975-1

Certification/Training/Continuing Education:

Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS), provider, New York State Heart Association, 2007 to present.

National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers, Certified Geriatrric Care Manager, 2000-2010.

Adult and Gerontological Nurse Practitioner Certifications and RN License, New York State, 1978 to present. Gerontological Nurse Practitioner and RN.

American Nurses Credentialing Center, Board Certified Gerontological Nurse Practitioner, 1984 to present.

Patient Review Instrument (PRI) Assessor New York State, 1987-present .

Older Adult Rating Scale (OARS) Training, Arawak, NYC 1984.

Consultations:

How to find your first Nurse Practitioner position. Hunter-Bellevue Graduate School of Nursing, annual lecture, 1996-1999.

Seminar on Successful Aging; Little Sister of the Sick Poor, Walden, New York, 1993.

Nutritional Assessment of the Elderly, Hunter-Bellevue GNP’s, 1988, 1989.

Creative Specialists, Inc., Videotapes on Biological Changes in Aging, 1986-1987, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

American Journal of Nursing: Continuing Education Series on Assessing the Elderly, September and October 1985, and updates.

Academic/Professional Honors:

Employee of the Month: New York Harbor VA Health Care System. April 2019 .

New York University: Distinguished Scholar Award, Post Master’s program Palliative Care May 2002.

VA Health Professionals Scholarship funding: 2001-2002, NYU.

Selected/funded for participation in first National VA Conference on Pain

Management and Palliative Care, 11/99.

Selected for Leadership VA for 1998: National VA leadership development program.

GlaxoSmithKline NP Award to participate in the University of Southern California Center of Excellence in Health Care Management: Management Development in Business Institute Program in Health Care, April, 1997.

Nominated for Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leadership Award, 1995.

Whoo’s who in American Nursing, 1990-2010.

Nominated for Nurse Practitioner of the Year, New York State Coalition of Nurse Practitioner, 1992, 1993 by NP colleagues.

Paper selected for nomination from Hunter-Bellevue Graduate School of Nursing for U.S.

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary’s Awards for Innovations in Health Care,

Topic: Fall and Accident Prevention for the Elderly, A Comprehensive Approach . 1984

Professionalism in Nursing Award, Hunter-Bellevue Graduate School of Nursing, 1984.

Veterans Administration Health Professionals Scholarship for Graduate Study (one of ten awards nationally), 1982-1984

Sigma Theta Tau, National Honor Society in Nursing, 1977

Kunkle Scholarship, AFU Scholarship, and United Steelworkers of America Scholarships, 1974-1977

American Legion State Essay Contest First Prize, State of Pennsylvania : 1973 Read Essay and Presented at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Convention, 1973.

Publications/Writing:

Reviewer for Federal Practitioner,, Past reviews for Journal of Palliative Medicine and Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care .

Coauthor with HBPC NP colleagues: House Calls are Alive and Well. Nursing Spectrum, August 26, 2003.

Media Review : Toolkit for Nursing Excellence at End of Life transition. Journal of Palliative Medicine, Vol. 6, No. 3, June 2003.

Home-Based Primary Care for Dementia: Project AHEAD. Advance for Nurse

Practitioners, January, 2003, 50-52.

Myths about Midwives. NursingSpectrum). Spectrum, May 2007.

When you suspect elder abuse. Advance for Nurse Practitioners, April, 1999.

Geriatric Assessment and Holistic Care of the Elderly Rehabilitation Client, Journal of Rehabilitation Nursing, October-November, 1991.

Managed Care in NYS, Coalition of Nurse Practitioners, The Communiqué, 9/1991.

Coauthor. Collaborative Practice Agreement, Hospital Based Home Care Nurse Practitioner/Physician, The Communiqué, 9/1991

Professional Activities:

Mentor for Pennsylvania State University Nursing Student, 2016- 2018

English Conversation Group Volunteer Leader, Brooklyn Public Library, October, 2011 through April, 2012.

Patient and Staff Safety: Organized NYC Fire Department Fire Prevention. programs for VA Home Based Primary Care sites (1/5/2011) and St. Albans Community Living Center staff, 2/10/2011, 11/17/2011.

Attended Conference on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), San Francisco, 9/25/09.

Created orientation manual for Home Based Primary Care program assistants for use at all three sites of New York Harbor, April, 2007.

Developed and presented V-tel program for New York Harbor VA staff and veterans on Medicare Part D, Prescription Drug Coverage, November 18, 2005

AbstractAbstract accepted for presentation at first VISN 3 Hospice Veterans Partnership Seminar, Saratoga, New York, March 17-18, 2005. Topic: Home Based Primary Care Best Practices with Community Hospices.

Speaker for Geriatric Research and Education (GRECC), VISN 3, Bronx VA on End of Life and Palliative Care in the Home and Project AHEAD, 2004-2006.

Organized first New York Harbor VA participation in New York City 20th Annual

Mayor’s Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease, Jacob Javits Convention Center, 2004, 2005.

Faculty/Speaker for national satellite teleconference/media program on Project AHEAD, to advance the care of veterans with dementia, 2004.

Selected for participation in national VA workgroup to define standards for. hospice and palliative care for veterans, Washington, DC, 2002-2003.

Professional Activities:

Presentation for 6 th Annual Patient Centered Care Symposium, New York Harbor VA,

December 4, 2003. Topic: End of Life Care in HBPC- Home Based Primary Care.

Arranged for VISN 2 Advanced Illness Care Coordination (AICC) presentation for New York Harbor VA staff, 1/23/04

Presentations on Palliative Care and on Dementia for case managers and staff of Health Insurance Plan (HIP) of New York, 2002.

Speaker on pain and the elderly for the New York Consortium for Geriatric Education, 2002 to 2005. Arranged for NY Consortium presentations on pain management and the elderly, skin care and behavior management (Geriatric Nursing update) at the St. Albans VA Extended Care Center, May 2003.

Co-presenter for interdisciplinary EPEC program at Brooklyn Campus, NewYork Harbor, Lecture on advance care planning, April 2003.

Presented VA resources for the Dakota Group, a faith based, not for profit group

committed to aiding homeless people with drug and alcohol addiction issues, Staten Island, New York, 1/11/03.

Wrote VA Virtual Learning v Lessons: Project AHEAD 2001-2002 and End of Life Care in HBPC 2003.

Presentation on End of Life Care in. Home Based Primary Care: VA National

Conference on Pain and Palliative Care, Alexandria, VA, 3/03.

Co-presenter at 5 th Annual NY Harbor VA Conference on Patient Centered Care, New York, NY, Topic: HBPC: The best kept secret in health care. 11/02.

Faculty for Project AHEAD, national VA program to improve care for veterans with dementia, 2000-2004.

Advisory Committee member, Advanced Practice in Home Care Nursing New York. )University, 1999-2001.

Organized Tri State Nurse Educators, Clinical Nurse Specialists, and Nurse Practitioners Seminar for 9/15/95, Speaker on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, St. Albans VA.

Russian Hospice Exchange Program, Participant and Speaker/School of Nursing in Moscow and St. Petersburg, organized by Cabrini Hospice, 3/199

Speaker on Health Careers, Lafayette High School, 4/95; Girl Scouts of America, 1994

Volunteer Nurse Practitioner, Decatur-Clearpool Public School, Brooklyn. Nuh.Speaker on Asthma Management, 1994-1995, camp program.

HIV/AIDS Education, Topics for students and parents, 1993-1995, St. Patrick’s School

First New York City Veterans Stand-Down, November 11, 1994

Organized Team Development Seminars, 6/94 and Consultations, 9/94 for Brooklyn and St. Albans VAMC by Dr. Gloria Heineman, Buffalo Department of Veterans Affairs Interdisciplinary Team Training.

Hospice Consultation Team Task Force, Brooklyn VA Medical Center, 1992.

New York State Coalition of Nurse Practitioners, Greater New York Chapter: Board Member, 1991-1993; Journal Club Editor, 1987-1990.

Poster Session: New York State Coalition of Nurse Practitioners Annual Convention.‘Hospital Based Home Care: A Unique Practice Setting for Nurse Practitioners’, 10/91.

Planning Committee for Northport VA Regional Medical Education (RMEC), Pain Management Conferences, 1991.

Nurse Practitioner Mentor Program: Development and Implementation, Department of Veteran’s Affairs, Hospital Based Home Care 1991.

New York Academy of Medicine: Speaker: Pain Management and the Elderly/Nursing Care, Conference on Geriatric Care, 1985.

Professional Interests:

*Community based care for the elderly *Public health and health care delivery systems (ruraland urban) ; Palliative Care

*Telehealth and Computer Applications

*Medical Care Home development.

*Mentoring/coaching of interdisciplinary staff

*Public Speaking, Leadership Development

*Education, all levels

*Access to Health Care, Disparities in Health Care; care of the underserved

Functional Assessment/Geriatrics

Team Development

Home and Community Based Care and Hospice Development

Pain Management

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