SCHOLAR DIRECTORY

Rosario v Sanchez obtained a Masters of Science in Nursing degree with a concentration in Forensic Nursing from Monmouth University. After completing her degree, she practiced forensic nursing as a certified sexual assault examiner for the sexual assault response teams (SART) in Essex and Monmouth county in New Jersey. She served as a staff and preceptor for new staff. Ms. Sanchez also held an Assistant Coordinator position for the SART in Monmouth county and a sexual assault nurse examiner program educator at Monmouth University. Ms. Sanchez is currently enrolled in the PhD in Nursing program at Rutgers University after transferring from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is committed to becoming a leader in her field and pursuing a career in both research and academia on completion of the doctoral degree. Her career and research goal is to look at the different systems of service that encounter human trafficking victims and identify the gaps to provide an innovative research based methodology relevant to this vulnerable population and change health policies regarding the care and identification of human trafficking victims. Ms. Sanchez program of research denotes the importance of the spectrum of trauma of the adolescent victims’ lived experiences of human trafficking to explore the victims’ spectrum of victimization and promote evidence-based trauma informed care principles.

I am currently a doctoral student in the PhD program at the University of Delaware. As a Clinical Nurse Specialist on a Progressive Care Unit I developed an interest in the decision making patterns that influence adherence to treatment plans in patients with heart failure. In reviewing the literature there seemed to be a need to explore patient perceptions in management of symptoms of heart failure. Prior to becoming a doctoral student I was an adjunct faculty member for the School of Nursing at Wesley College for seven years. My love for teaching and mentoring nurses, along with my desire to conduct research made pursuing a PhD as the next logical step in my career trajectory. Most recently I have begun to mentor an at risk high school student through the ASPIRA program and a student nurse scholarship recipient from the National Association of Hispanic Nurses. As President-Elect for the Delaware Chapters of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses and the National Association of Hispanic Nurses reflect my interests in the clinical setting as a critical care nurse and in the community in serving the needs of the members of the Hispanic Community in Delaware. I have been nominated several times as a Top Nurse in Delaware Today in the Advanced Practice Role category.

I am a third year PhD student at the University of Washington (UW) School of Nursing. I received my Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the UW, Bothell in 2002 and Master of Nursing in Community Health Nursing with a focus of Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing (OEHN) from the UW, Seattle in 2014. I also completed the Graduate Certificate for Advanced Practice Environmental Health in the School of Nursing from the UW, Seattle in March of 2016. I currently work as a home health nurse. My other clinical experiences include five years of bedside care on an orthopedic unit in Japan and 13 years of practices on a medical-surgical unit in Washington State. In addition to my professional and academic activities, I volunteered at a Buddhist organization for five years where I led a young women group that was responsible for monitoring the safety of members when they were participating in meetings and activities at the facility.

Ms. Savage is pursing her PhD in Nursing at the University of Kansas with a concentration in Informatics and Patient Safety, while working as a part time graduate teaching assistant. Her research interests include human factors and workarounds, specifically with barcoding technology. Additionally, Ms. Savage is the Associate Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Virginia. She has 20 years of clinical nursing, quality, patient safety and leadership experience, with progressive leadership roles. Ms. Savage received her BSN from The Catholic University of America and her MSN in Nursing Administration from George Mason University. She holds post graduate certificates in Patient Safety, Quality Improvement and Outcomes and is a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt. Ms. Savage holds professional certifications as an Advanced Nurse Executive (NEA-BC), a Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) and a Project Management Professional (PMP). In 2001, Ms. Savage won the Virginia State Centinneal Nurse Award for excellence in nursing and leadership as a newly practicing nurse. Ms. Savage has volunteers at the State and National level in quality and process improvement, serving as President of the Virginia Association for Healthcare Quality in 2013. Most recently, Ms. Savage is serving on the National Association of Healthcare Quality’s Education Commission and recently accepted the position of Conference Chairperson for the 2017 National Education Conference.