BRENDA GOULD, DNP

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EDUCATION

WALDEN UNIVERSITY Minneapolis, MN

Doctorate in Nursing Practice in Administration (DNP) 2016

Research area: Preceptorship Programs in Healthcare

Thesis: Decreasing Attrition of Novice and Newly Hired Professional Nurses

Award: Magna cum laude

Inducted: Sigma Theta Tau International, Phi Nu Chapter

UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX Phoenix, AZ

Masters’ in Science of Nursing/Education (MSN/ED) 2012

Education in Nursing Effectiveness

Awards: Cum Laude

Inducted: Sigma Theta Tau International, Omicron Chapter

GOLDEN GATE UNIVERSITY San Francisco, CA

Masters’ in Public Administration/Health Services Education (MPAH) 1990

Administration Sciences Education in Hospital Management

Awards: Cum Laude

Inducted: Sigma Theta Tau, Omicron Chapter

NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY Norfolk, VA

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) 1986

Elective specialization: General Nursing Skills

Future focus: Public Health Nursing

Awards: Cum Laude

WORK EXPERIENCE

ACADEMIA

COPPIN STATE UNIVERSITY Baltimore, MD

Assistant Professor (Community Heath Education and Promotion ) 2016-2022

Aug 2022 12 month faculty

Senior Level courses

Led 75+ students complete increasing their knowledge-base in N430 Community/Public Health “health education and promotion” with clinical laboratory experience.

Led 100+ students increase knowledge-base: Nurse Leadership, Nursing & Law, Nursing Ethics with Senior Practicum laboratory experience in Community Health Nursing (my expertise).

Multi-culturalism & Ethics course suggested as taught in previous university

Average teaching evaluation score was 90%.

40 -50 hours per week; varies with workload, advisement, mentoring, with didactic responsibilities.

NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY Norfolk, VA 9-month faculty

1987adjunct/

FTE- 2010-2016

Instructor (Community/Public Health, Behavioral Health and Multi-culturalism & Ethics)

Conducted 6 different hardware and software labs within the Electrical Engineering undergraduate program.

Experience serving on doctoral dissertation committees/ Taught Maternity, Psych Nursing, Community Health Nursing

Average class size was 25, average teaching evaluation score was over 90%.

Award: University & Community Organizer for 3 consecutive terms from Fall 2014, 15 to Spring 2016

Workload 12 hours per week; varies with advisement, mentoring, with didactic responsibilities.

HEALTH FAIR organizer for annual Norfolk State & Community Wellness Day (Provost -funds)

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Electronics Design, Simulation and Hardware

Microsoft Office

PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERIENCE

Peninsula Health Center

501 J. Clyde Morris Blvd. 1981-86; NDPH promotion

Newport News, VA

Peninsula Health Center is a part of the VA Department of Public Health (VDPH) and has several satellite units throughout the Newport News-York County area. Initially, Charge Nurse Later promoted to Supervisor/Manager. Grant program for Family Planning, federal grant program and OB/GYN programs. Monthly reports (5).

Family Planning clinics were scheduled at outlying sites on specific days a week. Each site had a full ancillary staff and the RN travelled, as the physician.

Norfolk Department of Public Health (16y career)

830 Southampton Blvd 1986-2005 Norfolk, VA PHN Supervisor/Ns Manager

The Norfolk Department of Public Health (NDPH) is a part of the Virginia Department of Public Health (VDOH). Promoted as Public Health Nurse Supervisor/Manager for the Pediatric Clinic. NDPH is a metropolitan setting with multiple sites.

Promoted: As Public Health Nurse Supervisor/Manager, multiple Health Department facility. Started as Charge Nurse (3 years) in Family Planning in I served for 16 years in VA Department of Public Health service. The pediatric clinic setting provided clinical staff of 24 in two outlying clinical sites with the physician stationary at the site for full-day. Serving metropolitan population health. Reviewed staff blueprints and smartsheets for healthcare delivery: patients’ assessments, screenings and treatment for General Medical services, Maternal services, Pediatric medical services and Dental services. Developed polices and procedures, monthly meetings with educational piece every two months and monthly record review via rotating nursing staff. Submitted monthly reports. Wellness and Healthy projects. We provided patient-centered healthcare.

The clinic flow was always a challenge. Always trying to create the best patient-mix with staff coverage in serving the population we served. Efficiency is the goal.

Involved the City mayor with a partnership with our Pediatric initiative of increasing health education in the lobby were parent-child waited. We were able to provide large TV consoles each site lobby: sending monthly pediatric education topics on large discs of new material that lasted eight-hours of varied information daily. Surveys from the parents gave us high marks.

A local artist donated a mural depicting an aquarian scene at the registration desk and “little ones” occupied themselves touching the walls of fish and sea plants.

Executed staff training and team-building exercises at both sites, and hiring staff. This FTE position allowed the autonomy to meet the goals and objectives of the clinic under the Virginia Department of Public Health.

NAVAL HOSPITAL. PORTSMOUTH NAVAL HOSPITAL Portsmouth, VA

Civilian Non-military Company Sterling

Name at that time Brenda F Gould (Johnson). GS system as Registered Nurse. The position served veterans and their dependants, Internal medicine unit and another time Womens’ Health (Gestational Obstetrics courses, Labor & Delivery and nursery follow-up). Quality Improvement

HOSPTIAL

Navy Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) 2006 Portsmouth, VA

620 John Paul Jones Circle

Sterling Medical, clinical provider for navy. Managed the Women’s Health Unit the hospital. Providing health care delivery-evidence-based and on obstetrics unit and labor and delivery (L&D) in obstetrics, accu-checks equipment utilization for gestational diabetes maternity patients, newborn care classes. Later, managed a clinical team on Tobacco Cessation for all Navy personnel who smoked. Held classes on docked ships, navy classrooms on shore day and evening and on mobile units (Winnebago) parked at the navy docks.

Bedside-L&D, clinics-classrooms-Navy Carriers- provide nursing care where ever needed.

CORRECTIONAL NURSING-PRN Agency 2005-2010

Correctional Nursing (PRN-Nurse Supv) Chesapeake, VA

801 Sanderson Rd.

>Indian River CC

A Department of Corrections State prison (DOC) level 2 minimum security prison for men. Supervisor with a civilian staff providing nursing care via blood draws, PPDs on all new inmates, wound care, first aid, accu-checks, insulin daily, DNA testing, LPNs administered medications, refer to hospital for emergent care minimal care. Submitted reports. PRN Status.

>Greenville-Sussed County Correctional (PRN) Sussex-Jarrett, VA

Department of Corrections State prison (DOC) level 3 maximum security prison for men. As Supervisor/manager, providing care through nursing team via blood draws, PPDs on all new inmates, wound care, first aid, accu-checks, insulin daily, scheduled surgery on premises, DNA testing, local hospital for emergent care, RN-LPN provided hospital care and medications.

2021-Gov Northam in Virginia abolished Capital Punishment. Submitted nursing reports. PRN status.

Riverside Regional Hospital 1981

500 J. Clyde Morris Blvd,

Newport News, VA

Riverside Regional Hospital is known to provide the state of the art in healthcare delivery. Med-surgery unit in previous hospital then, labor & delivery unit and NICU. Later accepted a position on the Mother-Baby unit. All units required patient education information and strategies to provide mother care and infant nourishment routes (breastfeeding or formula) for healthy outcomes.

As Charge Nurse, I developed with nurse manager a staff rotation schedule in review of hospital safety, equipment checks, OSHA, CPR, universal precautions, etc., maintenance of nursing skills during calendar year. The nursing staff were required to have completed their employee checklist regarding updating and maintaining nursing skills prior to annual employee review. Med-surg unit and Telemetry Unit, as charge nurse with assignment on day/evening shift. On telemetry unit, assigned serious cardiac condition patients before discharged to step-down.

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital

2015

600 Gresham Dr

Norfolk, VA

Serving as a destination medical center in the Mid-Atlantic. Nurse Education readiness to bring nursing students from the university to med-surg., dermatological and wound care unit, nurse care in radiology with intravenous contrast dyes, behavioral health rotation. One on one patient care and EVMS physicians rounds and discuss the patient teaching required.

GRADUATE STUDIES

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

WALDEN UNIVERSITY Minneapolis, MN

Graduate Research

Identified a research problem in the field of Healthcare, developed research plan and milestones, and successfully completed the project within the expected timeline with a high degree of independence.

Executed rigorous study and software models with uncompromised accuracy.

Developed the soft skills of working with a research team and hospital administration teams having a broader goal, and escalating project needs to relevant administrative units.

The thesis work established early in the nursing category at the Annual Graduate Conference.

ATLANTIC-CAREPLEX REGIONAL HOSPITAL

Research Internship

Developed a evidence based theoretical approach to study preceptorship complex nursing healthcare readiness from a design-pattern perspective and proposed a system developing independent app innovation the hospitals.

Analyzed present hospital buddy-system to preferred preceptorship programs and markets for this booming improvement for Professional Nurses and constructed to optimized a model for established start-up perspective.

The summarized thesis helped the start-up to shape their strategic partnerships with local healthcare service providers with clinic settings, as more and more hospitals adopt the program expanding their community target markets and training for their novice and newly hired Professional Nurses.

EXTRA NURSING ACTIVITIES

Baltimore County Coalition, Drumcastle, 2018

Occupational Health Nursing; Member of AAOHN;2021 evaluating safety; possible contact with chemicals and treatment, variability of health promotion and injury prevention; epidemiology triad, workplace hazards and exposures

American Public Health Association,[APHA] Nursing Section Leader, 2009-on-going

MNA, 2018-ongoing

CHI ETA PHI NURSING SORORITY, INC-Transferred to: Gamma Chapter, Baltimore 2017

SIGMA THETA TAU, NU PHI Chapter, 2015

State level for 1983 Health Educator appointment in Virginia site in DOH.

Remind students of timeline to progress in achieving their academic markers

Advisor for assigned students to stay focus …its’ their commitment to their goal…the degree.

Assist mentoring for the successful learning and development needs of students earning their degrees in a distance learning environment

Responsible for planned interaction with Drumcastle Government internships with Chief Quality Improvement ofc. students regular appointments according to policy and initiate (as needed) by specific colleges or programs). Support continuing research development:

. Encourage excellence in all coursework projects

Individualize and monitor their progress regarding their coursework schedule.

PUBLICATIONS/CONFERENCES

1. Gould, Desiree & Gould, B (2021)., “Hidden Problem: Infertility Among Black Women” JOCEP publisher: Northeast Atlantic Region

2. Gould-Johnson, B. (2015) “Decreasing Attrition of Novice and Newly Hired Professional Nurses Through Preceptor” Walden University, Minneapolis, MN

3. Gould-Johnson, Brenda “Health Policy: Tobacco and Public Health Nursing (2014), Health Sciences Walden University: Minneapolis, MN

Conferences:

American Public Health Association Conference: [COVID (2021-22)],2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2009

Active * Public Health Section Committee (elected 2015 forward)

ANA-Virginia NA, 2011

ANA-Maryland 2019

NLN Conference, 2018 in San Diego, CA

TECHNOLOGICAL TRAININGS

1.Microsoft Office

2.Various webinars covering nursing leadership 2010- present

3.Grant Writing Seminar -Maryland

4.Blackboard platform and Turnitin

5.Share point, Teams by Microsoft, Playposit, Discussion Board, etc.

6.Nurse Tim webinars and University of Maryland Seminars (four times a year)

7.Webex-Zoom platforms

8.Online teaching certificate-distant learning.

AWARDS AND HONORS AND SERVICE

American Public Health Association Conference, APHA--PHN Section – 2010- present

Nursing Section member, 2017 ongoing

AAOHN, American Association of Occupation Health Nursing, 2021 to present

Maryland Grant Fellowship - 2017-19, Baltimore, MD

Tidewater Tech, Teacher of the Year, 2001 Norfolk, VA

Sigma Theta Tau : UOP -previous Omicron Chapter / Walden University: Phi Nu Chapter, 2015- present

Johns Hopkins, Hepatitis C Coalition -2018 ongoing

Baltimore County Health & Human Services Coalition, 2018 to present

Maryland, Governor Hogan Appointed me to Board of Barbers, a 5 year appointment, 2019 ongoing

EXPERIENCE

PARK WEST HEALTH CENTER Baltimore, MD

with CSU: 1. CLINICAL with COPPIN STATE U. Jan 2017 - Fall2022

Organized a 3 Students on in 10 successful projects solving real life problems-Garden

Students: Health education and promotion: peds, internal medicine, women health issues.

Volunteered to work with program.

BALTIMORE CITY [volunteered]

2. SDOH (Social Determinants of Health Committee)

Meetings with Baltimore City Officials and contribute and organize task.

Zoom meetings when Covid19 arrived. 2019-2022

Nursing Membership

-Maryland Nurses Association Member

-CHI ETA PHI SORORITY, INC Member

-Gamma Chapter-Baltimore, MD Member

Previous: Eta Chapter-Norfolk, VA Offices: Grammatus (2 years) and Historian (1year)

Sigma Theta Tau—Phi Nu Chapter

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