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Curriculum Vitae
 Dr. JANICE MARIE JOHNSON-UMEZULIKE
Lee College
P. O. Box 818
Baytown, Texas 77522
(281) 425-6412 (WORK)
281-425-6520 (FAX)

PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVES

To teach in a Masters or Doctorate Nursing Program at a college or university.

To become a successful business owner.

EDUCATION

DNS (Doctor of Nursing Science), Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 1997.

MN (Masters in Nursing), Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 1989.

BSN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing), McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana, May 1984.

HONORS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

Lakewood Hospital Auxiliary Nursing Scholarship, 1979-1984.

Inducted into Sigma Theta Tau, Honor Society of Nursing, April 1990 – present.

College Teacher of the Year Award in Nursing at Southern University, School of Nursing, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, May 1993.

**Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers 2002, 2005, 2006-2007.

**Honored in Who’s Who Among American Nurses (2006 Edition)

**Honored in Biltmore Who’s Who Among Executives and Professionals “Honors Edition 2006/2007”

**Honored as a Spotlight Employee of the Month for March/April 2006 by Compliance Review Services, Inc., Houston, Texas.  Published in “Compliance Chatter, Vol. 3, Issue 2”.

**Honored as one of the top 20 nurses in the State of Texas by Texas Nurses Association District 9 on November 15^th 2007.

NCLEX COURSE REVIEWS DEVELOPED

** Dr. Johnson-Umez – NCLEX Review Course – 2 day review course for RN graduates that focuses on information needed to pass the NCLEX exam.

(Developed March 2003). (course in effect at present)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

**Professor-Associate Degree Nursing Program (Medical/Surgical Area), Lee College, Baytown, Texas, August 22, 1994 - Present.

**CE Instructor for Lee College Continuing Education Course (IV Therapy), January 1997 - Present.

**Educational Consultant for Compliance Review Services, Inc., Houston, Texas, May 2002 – Present. 

**Educational Consultant (per contract) for a variety of surrounding nursing agencies in the state of Texas. 

Coordinator of Bayshore Computer Training Course for Nursing Students and Faculty at Lee College, Baytown, Texas, Fall 1998 – Fall 2000.

Consultant and Per-Visit RN, Home Care Resources, Houston, Texas, February 1998 - April 1999.

Per-Visit RN, Care One Home Health Agency, Houston, Texas, December 1994 - October 1995.

Assistant Professor - Medical/Surgical Area, Southern University School of Nursing, Baccalaureate Nursing Degree Program, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, January 6, 1992- July 29, 1994.

Staff Development Specialist for Global Management Home Health Agencies in Baton Rouge, Plaquemine, and Gonzales, Louisiana. Provide updated in-services to staff consisting of LPNs, RNs and nurse aides, September 23,1992-July 29,1994.

Staff PRN Nurse, Orthopedics/Pediatrics and E.R., Medical Center of Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Responsible for coordination of care for 5-8 patients, October 10, 1991-July 29, 1994.

Instructor - Medical/Surgical Area, Diploma Nursing Program, Baton Rouge General Medical Center, School of Nursing, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, October 29, 1990-October 9, 1991.

Staff PRN Nurse, Orthopedics/Pediatrics, Medical Center of Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Responsible for coordination of care for 5-8 patients, March 27, 1991- July 29, 1994.

Clinical Nurse Specialist, Orthopedics/Neurology, and Adjunct Clinical Nursing Instructor, Baton Rouge General Medical Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, January 8, 1990 -October 29, 1990.

Staff and Charge Nurse - Orthopedics, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, April 1986-December 1989.

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Capitol Area Society of Health Educators, 1989-July 1994.

**Sigma Theta Tau, International Honor Society of Nursing, 1990-Present.

National Association of Orthopedic Nurses (NAON), 1990-1998.

Louisiana Health Education and Training Society, 1990 - July 29, 1994.

Louisiana State Nurses Association, 1992-1994.

National Black Nurses Association, Inc. and American Society of Pain Management Nurses, 1993-1998.

Texas Junior College Teachers Association, March 1995- 1998.

**National League of Nursing Member- August 2002-Present

MEMBERSHIP ON PROFESSIONAL BOARDS

**Selected as a Board Member (Secretary Elect) for The Greater Houston Area Health Education Center of Houston, Texas, December 17, 2002-Present.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Assisted in developing an education tool at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans, Louisiana to evaluate preoperative teaching for their patients. This tool is being used at this present time at their facility, 1989.

Developed the first exit and transfer interview at Baton Rouge General Medical Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Exit questionnaire and follow-up letter also developed for the employee once resigned, 1990.

Assisted in the development of and participated in the first Charge Nurse Course at Baton Rouge General Medical Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1990.

Consultant for APIE charting at Lane Memorial Hospital, Zachary, Louisiana, February, 1991 - March, 1991.

Program on Wound Management taught to Home Health Nurses of Home Health Options Inc. in Plaquemine, Gonzales, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was awarded 3.1 continuing education units (CEU) credits as approved by the State Board of Nursing, April 1993.

Assisted in and wrote a proposal for a clinical lab at Health Care Options Inc. of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, January 1994-February 1994.

Assisted in the development of a Diabetes Nurse Specialty Program for Health Care Options, Inc. of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, February, 1994 - June 1994.

Analyzed and critiqued private medical charts for Global Management Inc. of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Performed as a consultant for problems noted within the private medical charts. Provided a detail in-service for RN and LPN Staff that addressed problems seen in medical charts in the areas of documentation and legal aspects of nursing. Staff consisted of RNs and LPNs of Health Care Options Inc. of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, June 1994 - July 1994.

Assisted in developing a clinical evaluation tool in which students will receive a letter grade for clinical at Lee College, Baytown, Texas, December 1994.

Helped to co-sponsor a live videoconference from Howard University in Washington, D.C. Live videoconference focused on Healthy People 2000 Progress Review for Black Americans. The purpose of this live conference was to identify health problems and possible solutions in communities, October 1998.

Developed nursing issue topics for Honors component for Nursing 1801/1802 courses at Lee College, Baytown, TX, Summer 1999.

Developed the first nursing mastery Level 2 medical/surgical course for students to take in the summer to help them improve on test taking skills, Summer, 1999.

Conducted a test-taking seminar for Associate Degree Nursing Students at Lee College to improve their test taking skills, October 5, 1999.

Developed multimedia project - Nursing Care of the Neurologically Compromised Client, February 2000.

Selected as a site visitor for Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to review the Associate Degree Nursing Program, LVN Program, and Surgical Tech program at Houston Community College, in Houston, Texas, February 14-16, 2001.

**Developed the first test-taking technique course for Associate Degree Nursing students at Lee College (COSS 0300 – Study skills for nursing students) by use of Perkins grant money and is presently teaching the course every semester to enable those students who consistently perform poorly on exams to be able to improve their test scores utilizing test taking techniques, May 3, 2001 – Present.

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

-Pain and Pain Management in the Elderly

-Adult Health Nursing

-Orthopedics

-Curriculum and teaching

-Staff Development

-Medical Surgical Nursing

-Documentation

-Consultation (Nursing, Legal Aspects of Nursing, Home Health Nursing)

- Test-taking techniques

PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES

** Selected to serve on a Project Advisory Group for distance learning project through a Perkins Grant through the Coordinating Board of Texas.  This advisory group will be assisting in developing a distance learning Re-entry RN nursing course which will be delivered through the web utilizing Virtual College of Texas.

**Elected by the college president to serve as an active member of the Lee College Steering Committee to oversee task forces designed by the college.  Will be serving a term of 3 years, January 2002 – present.

PROFESSIONAL/COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Presenter on topic “Choosing a career in nursing” to Junior High School students of Horace Manor High School in Baytown, Texas.  Presentation was conducted for Project Gear Up  in association with Lee College in Baytown, Texas. – June 11, 2003 , Sterling Library, Baytown, Texas.

**Mentor of Nursing Honor Students, Fall 2000-Present.

Presenter at Career Fair on Nursing for School to Career Partnership Tri County at Lee College, Baytown, TX. Career Day was given for high School students, January 1999.

**Mentor for Lee College Freshman Level Students in Nursing, LVN or RN, 1997-Present.

Southern University School of Nursing, Student Nurses Association Advisor, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1993- Spring 1994.

Editor of Southern University School of Nursing, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Newsletter, Southern University Nurses Notes, 1993-Summer 1994.

Member of ad hoc committee on Articulation (RN to BSN program) (LPN to RN program), Spring and Summer 1994.

Appointed as representative for Allied Health to serve as member of Honors Committee at Lee College, Baytown, Texas, Fall 1994 - 1997.

Presenter at Career Day 2008 to junior high school students at Alice Johnson Jr. High School - February 22, 2008.

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Total Hip and Total Knee Surgery, St. Tammany Parish Hospital, Covington, Louisiana, July 31, 1990.

APIE Charting, Lane Memorial Hospital, October 4, 1990.

Principles of Cast Application and Traction, Chapter National Association of Orthopedic Nurses, Ochsner Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 17, 1990.

Scoliosis (a 15-minute T.V. program and live presentation), Baton Rouge Centroplex Health Fair, WBRZ Channel 2, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, October 19, 1990.

Assisted in giving a presentation on Preoperative Evaluation Tool, St. Patrick Hospital, Garber Auditorium, Lake Charles, Louisiana. Presented tool to members of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Chapter (Kappa Psi), November 7, 1990.

Orthopedic and Surface Trauma Emergencies, Emergency Certification Course, East Jefferson Hospital, Metairie, Louisiana, February 4, 1991.

Neuro and Musculoskeletal Assessment, National Association of Orthopedic Nursing Convention, San Antonio, Texas, May 20, 1991.

Guest speaker at LSNA District Nurses Meeting, Woman's Hospital, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Presented information on Masters and Doctoral programs at LSU Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 9, 1992.

Preoperative, Intraoperative, Postoperative, and Rehabilitation nursing interventions of patients having Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement Surgery, LSU Medical Center, Tiger Room, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 28, 1993.

Presenter at program, Stomping out Breast and Prostate Cancer, Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, Baytown, Texas, October 3, 2001.

Presenter at Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Program given by Bible way Fellowship Baptist Church Nursing Ministry, Houston, Texas, October 14, 2001.

**Presenter and developer of Conference – Jurisprudence-The Inside Track to Becoming a Successful Legal Nurse Consultant.  Presented in Las Vegas Nevada (Oct. 6-7, 2005).  Next conference presentation will be January 12-13, 2006 in Houston, Texas.  This conference will be ongoing and offered each year to Legal Nurse Consultants.

RESEARCH CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Presenter at the Southern University School of Nursing, Dr. Lucille Davis, 3^rd Annual School of Nursing Research day.  Theme: “Research Initiatives for the 21^st century:  Reducing Health Disparities in Vulnerable Populations.  Research topic presented was on A Comparison of Pain Perception Between Elderly African-Americans and Caucasians- January 24, 2003, Baton Rouge, LA.

CE COURSES DEVELOPED AND APPROVED BY THE TEXAS BOARD OF NURSE EXAMINERS

** Jurisprudence Course for Nurses  (7.7 contact hours)  – Developed March 2004 and is currently being offered through Compliance Review Services, Inc. of  Houston, Texas.  This course is listed under the Texas BNE website under courses that meets board stipulations.

PUBLICATIONS

Johnson, J. M., Meeker, B.,& Rodriguez, L. (1992, March). A Comprehensive Analysis of Preoperative Patient Education. Today's O.R. Nurse, 11-18.

Johnson-Umezulike, J.M. (1995, Spring/Summer). Controlling the Pain: A Study of the Effects of Acute Pain Management Teaching on the Postoperative Pain Perception of Elderly African American Patients. The Nursing and Allied Health Journal for Minorities,3(1), 22-25, 38.

Johnson-Umezulike, J.M. (1997). Comparison of Pain Perception Between Elderly African Americans and Caucasians (Dissertation Unpublished).

Johnson-Umezulike, J.M. (1999,Summer). A Comparison of Pain Perception Between Elderly African Americans and Caucasians. Nursing Connections, 12(2), 5-12.

Johnson-Umezulike, J.M. (2000). Summary of research findings on pain perception of elderly African Americans and Caucasians featured under people section in Reflections of Nursing Leadership, Second Quarter, 2000.

NURSING TEXTS REVIEWED FOR PUBLISHING COMPANIES

** Fundamentals of Nursing, Standards and Practice, (2^nd ed.). (2002) by Sue C. Delaune and Patricia K. Ladner.  Publishing company – Delmar.

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