April 2006
CURRICULUM VITAE:Paulette Jean Whitfield, RN, MSN, ANP
4806 Windbell Dr.
Belton, Texas76513-0853
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PERSONAL DATA:
Business Address:Scott and WhiteHospital
Department of General Surgery, Desk 4A
2401 S. 31st Street
Temple, Texas 76508
EDUCATION:
Postgraduate:Texas Women’s University
Denton, Texas
PhD, Nursing 8/2008
Postgraduate:TexasA & MUniversity @ Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, Texas78412
Completed Adult Nurse Practitioner 5/94
Graduate:TexasA & MUniversity @ Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, Texas78412
Attended: 1/92 – 12/93
Graduated: 12/93 w/MSN
Undergraduate:University of Mary Hardin Baylor
Belton, Texas76513
Attended: 9/82 – 5/88
Graduated: 5/88 w/BSN
Undergraduate:CameronUniversity
Lawton, Oklahoma
Attended: 5/68 – 5/69
Graduated: 5/68 w/ADN
EMPLOYMENT:
4/82 to present Scott and WhiteMemorialHospital and Clinic, Temple, Texas
1/98 to 5/99Instructor for postgraduate FNP students at TAMU/CC
5/00 to presentBariatric Coordinator with three Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgeons, one additional NP, and multiple residents.
9/94 to 9/00Adult Nurse Practitioner in General Surgery Clinic with seven General Surgeons, three General Surgery Chief Residents and fifteen residents.
9/88 to 9/94Nurse Clinician in General Surgery Clinic with seven General Surgeons, three General Surgery Chief Residents, and fifteen residents.
4/82 to 9/88Charge and Staff nurse on medical/surgical units
5/86 to 9/88
8/01 to presentCPR instructor
11/81 to 3/82CaryMedicalCenter; Caribou, Main
Hospital, Supervisor for 65 bed acute care center
5/80 to 6/81 KeeslerUSAFMedicalCenter, Keesler AFB, Mississippi, Cardiopulmonary Nurse Consultant
6/74 to 6/81A variety of settings as medical/surgical intensive care staff nurse
3/70 to 5/74St. Joseph’s Hospital, Ft. Worth, Texas
Charge nurse and staff nurse on medical/surgical and neurosurgical intensive care units
6/68 to 2/70Comanche County Memorial Hospital, Lawton, Oklahoma, Staff nurse on medical/surgical and intensive care units
SOCIETIES:American Nurses Association
Texas Nurses Association
AmericanAcademy of Nurse Practitioners
Sigma Theta Tau
Scott & White Nursing Alumni association
Heart of Texas Nurse Practitioners
Central Texas Nurse Practitioners
Texas Nurse Practitioner
LICENSURE / CERTIFICATIONS:
Texas Registered Nurse & ANP License
ANA certified as Adult Nurse Practitioner
Bariatric Nurse certified
CPR certified
CPR instructor certified
PUBLICATIONS
Nurses’ experiences of caring for postoperative bariatric surgery patients.
Bariatric Nursing and Surgical Patient Care. Vol 3, # 4 2008. p291-303.
Obesity hypoventilation syndrome: what is it? How is it treated? Is there a cure:
BariatricNursing and Surgical Patient Care. Vol 4, # 2 2009. 109-113.
RESEARCH
Primary investigator: The lived experiences of nurses caring for postoperative bariatric patients. Pilot study completed 5/05. Currently writing dissertation so can complete the study.
Primary investigator: Prospective study regarding the effects that smoking, obesity, neoadjuvant chemotherapy, steroid use and diabetes has on post-operative wound complications following breast surgery for breast cancer. . (1998)
Primary Investigator: Retrospective chart review regarding the effects that smoking, obesity, neoadjuvant chemotherapy, steroid use and diabetes has on post-operative wound complications following breast surgery for breast cancer (1994-1997)
Co-investigator: Level of knowledge that nurses have regarding pain management of acute and chronic pain. (1993-1996)
Co-investigator: Difference in patient comfort between soft plastic and hard plastic nasogastric tubes (1991)
Research Assistant: Open vs. laparoscopic cholecystectomy – a comparison of postoperative pulmonary function (1991)
PRESENTATIONS
Central Texas Nurse Practitioner Conference: Complications and treatments of bariatric surgery patients. February 2010
Health Unit Coordinator Education Day presentation: The good, bad, and ugly of bariatric surgery. August 11, 2009.
Presentation to nursing internship July 22, 2009 re: bariatric surgery
S & W research presentation: Lactation patterns of postpartum women following bariatric surgery research project. July 9, 14, 23
VA Nursing Research Day: Nurses’ Experiences of Caring for Postoperative Bariatric Patients. May 1, 2009
2006 – present Bariatric Lectures to NPs, RNs, LVNs, Unit Clerks, students 2-4 times a year. Includes research findings, complications & risks of bariatric surgery, general information regarding bariatric surgery criteria.
Monthly information presentation of the bariatric surgery program at Scott & White Clinic/Hospital (June 2000-2004).
Poster Presentation on pilot study findings re: lived experience of nurses caring for postoperative Bariatric surgery patients at the International Nurse Practitioner Conference. 2005
Presentation of pilot study findings: Lived experience of nurses caring for postoperative Bariatric surgery patients x2 to Evidence Based Practice Research Conference. 2005
Presentations regarding care of postoperative bariatric surgery patient to nursing staff 2000, 2003.
Care of Bariatric Postoperative Patient presentation at Clinical Conference 2002.
VA Research and Scott & White Research Conference: Breast Cancer Surgery risks and complications (1998).
Poster Presentation of breast surgery postoperative complications at the Ana Laura Cole Lectureship (1997)
Medical Surgical Certification Review (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000)
Oncology Certification Review (1996)
Trends in the care of the surgical patient: STC-5 staff nurses all day conference (1995)
The general surgery patient – postoperative management of drains and open wounds (1995, 1994, 1990): Two workshops sponsored by Scott & White Home Health Care. Three in-service to staff nurses.
Teaching needs of the general surgery patient (1994, 1995): Clinical conferences for LVN students
Case Presentation: Chronic pain in a postoperative patient (1994): The pain focus nursing group.
The care of Davol drains (1992): LVN conference sponsored by Scott & White Nursing Education and Research
Presentation of the general surgery clinician role (1989): Marketing Fair sponsored by Scott & White Nursing Education and Research.
Care of the patient with chest tubes and those using the PCA pump (1989): Clinical conference for LVN students.
Career Goals
Long-Term
- Develop and carry out research projects within general surgery department, focusing on bariatric surgery patients
- Increase teaching experience with distance education nursing students
REFERENCES
Richard Symmonds, Jr., MD, FACS
Division of General Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery
TexasA & MUniversity
Scott & WhiteHospital and Clinic
2401 South 31st Street
Temple, Texas 76508
Mary Pat Lamden, RN, PhD
Director of Clinical Staff Development
Nursing Education and Research
Scott & WhiteHospital and Clinic
2401 South 31st Street
Temple, Texas 76508
Sandra K. Oliver, RN, CNS, PhD
TempleSite Coordinator, TexasA&MUniversity at Corpus Christi
Temple Site Coordinator, TWU PhD program
Scott and WhiteHospital and Clinic
2401 South 31st Street
Temple, Texas 76508