CURRICULUM VITAE:



April 2006

CURRICULUM VITAE: Paulette Jean Whitfield, RN, MSN, ANP

4806 Windbell Dr.

Belton, Texas 76513-0853

© 254-913-7820

O) 254 724 2593

(F) 254 724 5473

Email: pwhitfield@swmail.

PERSONAL DATA:

Business Address: Scott and White Hospital

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: Texas A & M University @ Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi, Texas 78412

Completed Adult Nurse Practitioner 5/94

Graduate: Texas A & M University @ Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi, Texas 78412

Attended: 1/92 – 12/93

Graduated: 12/93 w/MSN

Undergraduate: University of Mary Hardin Baylor

Belton, Texas 76513

Attended: 9/82 – 5/88

Graduated: 5/88 w/BSN

Undergraduate: Cameron University

Lawton, Oklahoma

Attended: 5/68 – 5/69

Graduated: 5/68 w/ADN

EMPLOYMENT:

4/82 to present Scott and White Memorial Hospital and Clinic, Temple, Texas

1/98 to 5/99 Instructor for postgraduate FNP students at TAMU/CC

5/00 to present Bariatric Coordinator with three Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgeons, one additional NP, and multiple residents.

9/94 to 9/00 Adult Nurse Practitioner in General Surgery Clinic with seven General Surgeons, three General Surgery Chief Residents and fifteen residents.

9/88 to 9/94 Nurse Clinician in General Surgery Clinic with seven General Surgeons, three General Surgery Chief Residents, and fifteen residents.

4/82 to 9/88 Charge and Staff nurse on medical/surgical units

5/86 to 9/88

8/01 to present CPR instructor

11/81 to 3/82 Cary Medical Center; Caribou, Main

Hospital, Supervisor for 65 bed acute care center

5/80 to 6/81 Keesler USAF Medical Center, Keesler AFB, Mississippi, Cardiopulmonary Nurse Consultant

6/74 to 6/81 A variety of settings as medical/surgical intensive care staff nurse

3/70 to 5/74 St. Joseph’s Hospital, Ft. Worth, Texas

Charge nurse and staff nurse on medical/surgical and neurosurgical intensive care units

6/68 to 2/70 Comanche County Memorial Hospital, Lawton, Oklahoma, Staff nurse on medical/surgical and intensive care units

SOCIETIES: American Nurses Association

Texas Nurses Association

American Academy 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:

Bariatric Nursing 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

1. Develop and carry out research projects within general surgery department, focusing on bariatric surgery patients

2. Increase teaching experience with distance education nursing students

REFERENCES

Richard Symmonds, Jr., MD, FACS

Division of General Surgery

Associate Professor of Surgery

Texas A & M University

Scott & White Hospital and Clinic

2401 South 31st Street

Temple, Texas 76508

Mary Pat Lamden, RN, PhD

Director of Clinical Staff Development

Nursing Education and Research

Scott & White Hospital and Clinic

2401 South 31st Street

Temple, Texas 76508

Sandra K. Oliver, RN, CNS, PhD

Temple Site Coordinator, Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi

Temple Site Coordinator, TWU PhD program

Scott and White Hospital and Clinic

2401 South 31st Street

Temple, Texas 76508

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