Joy Pape RN BSN CDE WOCN CPT CFCN

202 South Glenwood

Columbia, Mo. 65203

Phone (573) 874-5285 Fax (573) 874-9946

New York City, NY-917-806-1945

Qualifications

Over 20 years experience as a Registered Nurse in Hospital, Residential Care, Outpatient, Public Health, and Home Health Settings. Expertise includes Diabetes Education (Certified Diabetes Educator-CDE), Insulin Pump Training (Certified Pump Trainer-CPT), Consulting, Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nursing, Board Certified Foot Care Nurse-Foot Care, Home Health, Marketing, Business Development, Presentations, and Student Mentoring-MEDIA-Radio-TV-Web-Journals

Professional Experience

2000-PresentEnJoy Life! LLC

President

Provides diabetes, insulin pump training, health and weight management, wound, skin, foot care consultation for individuals, organizations and corporations. This includes individual teaching and care, presentations and writing. Contributes to journals and web sites. Medical Advisory Board Member for dLife.Contributing Medical Producer for dLifeTV. Leader-American Association of Diabetes Educators. Columnist for local business journal and national diabetes journal. Provides professional presentations as part of a health education/comedy team, “Laugh It Off” educating, enlightening, and entertaining people about healthy lifestyle choices. These programs are tailor made for the audience…be it health and weight management, diabetes education, insulin pump therapy, specific disease processes, diagnostic and pharmaceutical strategies.

1999-2000 Boone Hospital Center, Columbia, MO

Diabetes Coordinator

Provided diabetes education for patients in inpatient and outpatient settings. Liaison for diabetes care for physicians, staff, inpatient, outpatient, clinic, home health settings. Increased awareness of diabetes and treatment to physicians, staff, and community. Increased patient referrals for diabetes education in inpatient and outpatient setting. Wrote for several hospital wide publications. Increased referrals by

142% in the first nine months.

Diabetes Coordinator

•Assess and educate patients, families and staff about newly diagnosed and longstanding diabetes

•Schedule outpatient and inpatient education

•Program Coordinator and nurse educator teaching about:

•psychosocial aspect of diabetes

•disease process

•treatment plans, meal planning, exercise, medications

•insulin pump training (CPT)

•self blood glucose monitoring

•prevention of complications

•gestational diabetes

•preconception

•diabetes and pregnancy

•reimbursement

•foot screens

•Planned and spoke to monthly diabetes support group for BooneHospitalCenter

•Program Coordinator for American Diabetes Association Recognized Diabetes Self

Management Program at BooneHospitalCenter

•Chairman, Advisory Board for Diabetes Wellness Program at BooneHospitalCenter

•President of Central Missouri Chapter of American Association of Diabetes Educators

1988-1999 Home Care of Mid Missouri, Moberly, MO Home Health Nurse and Nurse Educator

Increased awareness of home health care, diabetes, and enterostomal therapy nursing in the community. Provided networking and education for health care providers. Increased referrals to Home Care of Mid Missouri providing state of the art care.

Certified Diabetes Educator

•Assessed and educated patients and families with newly diagnosed and longstanding diabetes

including

•disease process

•nutritional therapy

•exercise

•self blood glucose monitoring

•medications

•prevention of complications

•choosing and ordering needed supplies •reimbursement

•Professional Advisor for Moberly Area Chapter of American Diabetes Association •Planned meetings for local educational support group

•Frequent speaker for local educational support group

•Educated Physicians and Nursing Staff about recent developments in Diabetes

•Presented at Professional Conferences about Diabetes

•Formed Moberly Area chapter of the American Diabetes Association

•Frequent radio talk show guest on subject of diabetes

•Formed,Past and Present President of Central Missouri Chapter of American

Association of Diabetes Educators

Certified Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurse

Increased awareness of the population of people with ostomies, wounds, and continence problems. Increase in referrals to Home Care of Mid Missouri. People able to live more normal lives with ostomies. Wounds heal at a greater rate and earlier detection of problems. Decreased incontinence, better control, early detection in relation to underlying problem, comfort, improved skin care...Improving quality of life.

Business Development

•Recruitment

•Business growth

•Community involvement

•Board Member United Way of RandolphCounty

•Board Member American Diabetes Association

•Formed and Past President Moberly Area Chapter of American Diabetes

Association

•Frequently featured in newspaper

•Frequent talk show guest on radio regarding diabetes and home health

1986-1992Sam’s Health Mart, Moberly, MO

RN Consultant

•Diabetes screening/education/sales in an outpatient pharmacy setting.

•Wound, ostomy, continence care/sales in an outpatient pharmacy setting.

1987-1991MarkTwainRetirementCenter, Huntsville and Moberly, MO

RN Consultant

•RN Consultant/Long term care facility

1985-1991Columbia Regional Home Health, Columbia, MO

Home Health Nurse

Certified Diabetes Educator/WOCN

•Provided Diabetes Education and Care

•Provided Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nursing care

•Business Development

1985 Randolph County Health Department, Moberly, MO

Public Health Supervisor

•Supervised Public Health Nursing Staff

•Program Planning

•Business Development

1979-1984 Moberly Regional Medical Center, Moberly, MO

•House Supervisor

•Head Nurse/plan/set up of 52 bed surgical unit

•Advisory board of building new hospital

•Nurse Recruiter

•CPR Instructor Trainer

1978-1979University of Missouri, Columbia, MO Nursing Student-Staff Nurse

•Provided nursing care to people in Surgery Intensive Care and Emergency Department

1960-1971St. Louis, MO

•Professional model and dancer

Related Scholarly Activities & Presentations in Diabetes, Weight Management, Low Carb Lifestyle

2001-National Presenter-Laugh It Off! LLC-Health Education/Entertainment or “Edutainment” Team with a professional comedian, providing healthy lifestyle programs for communities and health care professionals.

2001-St. Louis Association for Diabetes Educators, Laugh it Off!St. LouisMO

2002-Illinois Dietitians Association Annual Conference, Laugh It Off!

Keynote Speakers, ChicagoIll.

The Fourth Partners in Diabetes Care Conference, Laugh It Off! Pueblo, CO

Missouri Nurse Practitioners Annual Meeting, Undermoved! Oversized! Overweight!

Controversies in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes from Youth to Adults

Jefferson City, MO

Physician Dinner-Diabetes Update-The Use of Basal Bolus Insulin, ColumbiaMO

St. Louis Forum, A Women’s’ Event- Laugh It Off!St. Louis, MO

St. Louis American Diabetes Association/St. Louis Association of Diabetes Educators

A Joint Community Event Community Event, Laugh It Off!

August and November, WashingtonUniversity, St. Louis, MO

2003-PalosCommunityHospital, Laugh It Off! Traveling with Diabetes, ChicagoIll.

International Women’s Day, Laugh It Off! St. Louis, MO

Mid Missouri Nurse Practitioners Association-Laugh It Off! The Whens, Whys and Hows

Of Insulin Therapy,Columbia, MO

Michigan Organization for Diabetes Educators-Laugh It Off!Marquette, MI

St. Louis Association of Diabetes Educators/St. Louis Dietitians Association Annual

Dinner-Laugh It Off! Creative Teaching Techniques in Diabetes and Weight

Management, St. Louis, MO.

St. Louis Association of Diabetes Educators/St. Louis Dietitians Association, Laugh It Off! Erectile Dysfunction and Sexual Dysfunctions, A Mulitdiscipliary Approach.

St. Louis, MO.

Kansas City Region of the American Association for Diabetes Educators’ annual dinner

Laugh It Off! Humor to Motivate Behavioral Changes, Kansas City, MO

American Association for Diabetes Educators Annual Meeting-Salt Lake City, UT

Two presentations

Insulin Therapy forOptimal Glycemic Control-A Corporate event

Laugh It Off!-A Concurrent Session

The DiabetesCenter-Laugh It Off! Port Huron, MI

DePaul Hospital Center Wellness Center-Laugh It Off!St. Louis, MO

Missouri Biotechnological Association Symposia on Genetics and Disease-Diabetes

Laugh It Off! St. LouisScienceCenter, St. Louis, MO

Gerber Memorial Health Services, Women's Health Fair-Laugh It Off!Fremont, MI

Kilo Diabetes &Vascular Research Foundation Conference-Dinner Presentation for

Faculty. St. Louis, MO

Missouri State Teachers’ Association-Laugh It Off!, St. Louis, MO

American Diabetes Association Diabetes Expo- Laugh It Off! New York, New York

Missouri Biotechnological Association Symposia onGenetics and Disease-Diabetes, Laugh It Off! Diabetes Management. Living With Diabetes Everday, St. Louis Science Center, St. Louis, MO with Dr. Charles Kilo MD, Professor of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine and Chairman of the Kilo Diabetes and Vascular Research Foundationand Dr. Sam Klein MD, Professor of Medicine and Nutritional Science Director, Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University School of Medicine.

2004-Saint Louis Art Fair -WE CAN DO IT! Women Working for Healthier Families.

Laugh It Off! Ready, Set, Cook! featuring Gourmet Chefs Gretchen Morfogen and Marc Felix

Diabetes Camping Association Annual Meeting.Keynote Speakers- Laugh It Off! Having Fun with Diabetes Education. Camp Conrad/Chinnock, located in the Barton Flats area in Southern California Sierra Mountains

University of Washington, Seattle Annual Diabetes Program, Laugh It Off! Having Fun with Diabetes Education.

2005- Get Hooked on Health St. Louis Expo. Laugh It Off! Getting Healthy Can Be Fun! America's Center, St. Louis, MO.

WE CAN DO IT! Women Working for Healthier Families.Laugh It Off! Ready, Set, Cook! Demonstration with Vince Bommarito Sr. and Vince Bommarito Jr. of famed Tony's Restaurant, St. LouisMO-To Be Aired on PBS

Amylin-Lilly Alliance Dinner-Laugh It Off! The Westin Galleria, DallasTX.

Missouri State Teachers Association (MSTA) Annual Meeting, Laugh It Off! On DIABESITY, The New Epidemic. It's Not All About Food. And Laugh It Off!: Teachers Take Care of Yourselves! Tan Tara, MO

WE CAN DO IT! Women Working for Healthier Families.Laugh It Off!"Inside Out Loud" Visualizing Women's Health in Contemporary Art." A multi-media exhibition organized by the MildredLaneKemperArt Museum (formerly the Washington University Gallery of Art) and is the first significant survey of contemporary art to explore critical issues related to women's health. The art show will run from January 21-April 4, 2005.St. Louis, MO.

Annual Diabetes Update for Health Care Professionals.Laugh It Off!Alternative Carbohydrate Diets: Which Diabetics, When and Why?Jefferson City, MO

Wisconsin American Diabetes Association Diabetes Education Conference-

Diabetes Education-A Capital Idea Laugh It Off! Madison, WI

CampKudos-A Diabetes Camp for Children-Laugh It Off! Charlotte, NC

St. Mary Corwin All in OneDiabetesCenter-Laugh It Off!PuebloCO

National Presenter-

2001-2003-The Ultimate Diabetes Course, Professional Educational Services, Inc.

West Virginia, Washington, Oregon, New York, Colorado, Missouri, Michigan

2001-2002-Putting It In Practice with Dr. Barry Sears PhD, Sears Laboratories

Massachusetts, North Carolina, California

1999-Present-Lower Carbohydrate Diets in Diabetes Management-Hype or Help?

Annual Meeting for American Association of Diabetes Educators, OrlandoFLA 1999

ADA-MadisonWI, 1999, ADABirminghamAL 1999, St. Louis MO 2000

1999-2002-The GlucoWatch Biographer, Cygnus Inc., California, Texas, Illinois, Missouri,

Kentucky, Colorado, Arizona, Tennessee, Minnesota, Kansas, New York,

2003 Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Association Annual Meeting

Diabetes Prevention and Management- Atlanta, GA

Kilo Diabetes &Vascular Research Foundation Conference-Lower Carbohydrate Meal

Plans in Diabetes Management, St. Louis,

ADA Expo-For Health Care Practitioners- Lower Carbohydrate Meal

Plans in Diabetes Management, New York, NY

2004-Low Carb Summit-Moderator and Panelist. Denver, CO

Low Carb Summit-Panelist for Childhood Obesity, WashingtonDC.

Carbohydrate Awareness Council-Keep on Keeping On. How to Stay

Motivated. WashingtonDC

2005- Missouri Teachers Association-My Student Has Diabetes: What do I Need to Know?

What do I Need to Do? TanTara, MO

dLife TV-PremierMarch 20, 2005 CNBC

Sister to Sister-Women’s Heart Health Day Event-Emcee-St. Louis, MO

MissouriAlliance for Home Care-Diabetes Management in Home Health

Teleconference

MissouriAlliance for Home Care-This Little Piggy Went to Market-

Foot care for the Home Care Patient-Teleconference

MissouriAlliance for Home Care-Delivering Current Diabetes Management

To the Home Health Patient. Osage Beach, MO

American Wound Care Professional Association Annual Symposium-

Diabetes And Foot Care-What You Need to Know and Teach

To Keep Feet for a Lifetime.-Philadelphia, PA

Diabetes Awareness Program-Sponsored by LifeScan a Division of Johnson

And Johnson-St. Louis, MO

Diabetes Awareness Program-Sponsored by LifeScan a Division of Johnson

And Johnson-Birmingham, AL

American Association of Diabetes Educators-Motivate, Monitor and Measure-

Check Your Blood Pressure-Take 2000 Steps and Call Me in the Morning-

Let’s Get Back to Basics.- A Walking Prescription for Health-WashingtonDC

American Dietetic Association Food and Nutrition Conference & Expo (FNCE)-

Successfully Managing Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. The Ages, Stages,

And Experiences of Women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome from a

Personal and Professional Perspective-St. Louis, MO

Contributor-

2004-Present-Inspirational Messages for

Columnist-

2003-2004- Diabetes Health, formerlyDiabetes Interview- Lower Carbohydrate Options

2005-Present Inside the Box-The Shoe Box

2006-To write monthly Weight Management and Diabetes Column. Diabetes Health Magazine

Writer, Editorial Board-

2002-Present-H. Crimson Publishing, Publishers of Walgreen’s “Diabetes & You”

Writer –

2002-2004-Laugh It Off! A book in progress

2001-2003-Restaurant Reviewer, The Healthy Critic, Columbia Business Times, ColumbiaMO

1999-2000-DiabetesWebsite.com on the subject of Lower Carbohydrate Diets in Diabetes

Management

2005-Present-dLifeTV