Alicia Mae LePard 2530 Wolff Rd Gillette, WY 82718 307-687-7803 alepard@vcn.com Education (Because learning takes a lifetime) Doctorate in Nursing Practice (DNP) beginning September 2010 University of Massachusetts - Boston Post Masters Certificate - Family Nurse Practitioner September, 2010 University of Massachusetts - Boston Post Masters Certificate Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Saint Louis University St. Louis, MO January, 2009 Master of Business Administration - Healthcare Master of Science Nursing Nursing Administration University of Mary Bismarck, ND December, 2006 Master of Science Nursing (Nursing Education) University of Mary Bismarck, North Dakota, Gillette Campus December, 2004 Post Masters Certificate in Nursing Informatics Excelsior College Albany, New York September, 2004 Master of Science in Nursing (Clinical s Management) Excelsior College Albany, New York January, 2003 Bachelor of Science - Nursing The University of the State of New York, Regents College November, 1998 Applied Associates of Science - Nursing The University of the State of New York, Regents College March, 1993 Licenses and Certification (Because sometimes, you just have to prove you know what you know) License: A.R.N.P - State of Wyoming with prescriptive authority R.N. - State of Montana C.N.P. State of South Dakota with prescriptive authority R.N. State of Colorado R.N. State of Missouri Current Certifications: ANCC Board Certification, Advanced Diabetes Management, Nurse Practitioner ANCC Board Certification, Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner, Geriatric Nurse Practitioner ANCC Board Certification, Advanced Diabetes Management, Clinical Nurse Specialist ANCC Board Certification, Nursing Informatics Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE)
American Heart Association ACLS Instructor American Heart Association PALS Instructor Emergency Nurses Association ENPC Instructor Advanced Burn Life Support Crisis Prevention Intervention Instructor Fundamentals of Critical Care Support Professional Experiences (Because sometimes, you just have to do it to learn it) Nurse Practitioner Rapid City Regional Hospital, Nocturnist Nurse Practitioner Campbell County Clinics Internal Medicine Campbell County Memorial Hospital Gillette, WY July 2011 to present Part Time February, 2011 to present Full Time Associate Lecturer, University of Wyoming BRAND September, 2010 RN, Staff ECD and ICU, PRN Memorial Hospital of Sheridan March 2010 to May 2011 RN, Certified Diabetes Educator, House Supervisor Campbell County Memorial Hospital, Gillette, WY. September 1998 to Present Certified Diabetes Educator (2000 present), Program Coordinator, American Diabetes Education Recognition (2006 present), Supervisor for Diabetes Education, Cardiopulmonary Diagnostics and Rehabilitation (2003-2005), former staff RN in the Emergency Care Department (1998-2001). Ad hoc to the Health Care Information s set up of the MEDITECH Patient Care Module (1999-2000, 2009). House Supervisor PRN (2008-present) PICC Team Member (2009 - present) Staff RN, PRN Campbell County Memorial Hospital, Gillette, WY 2006 2009 Crook County Medical Services District Sundance, WY Oct. 2004 to November 2007 Diabetes Program Coordinator, Certified Diabetes Educator, Staff RN Custer Community Hospital, Custer, South Dakota April 1996 to April 2005 Acute Medical Surgical, Emergency and OB staff functions. Diabetes Education, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Duties to include assisting in the creation and maintenance of policies and procedures and forms used for documentation Charge Nurse, Staff RN Pioneer Manor, Gillette, Wyoming August 1995 to January 1997 Staff RN in a long-term health care facility including charge nurse duties and staff supervision of shift Patient Care Coordinator/RN Northeast Wyoming Hospice. Gillette, Wyoming March 1995 to January 1996 RN responsible for the home health care and coordination of hospice care given to the terminally ill. Coordination of services between a multi disciplinary care team, supervision of on call RNs CNAs, and HHAs.
RN/Paramedic/Training Coordinator Raytheon Services Nevada, Johnston Atoll Health Clinic, Johnston Atoll, APO, AP November 1990 to January 1995 RN responsible for OP clinical care, ER, Inpatient clinical care in medical and trauma cases. Occupational health care monitoring, staff development coordinator to include OSHA required training, certification training, staff ongoing education, AHA CPR Education Coordinator, heat stress surveillance monitoring and the medical management of chemical incidents and accidents. Paramedic Holmes and Narver, Inc. Johnston Atoll Health Clinic May 1990 to November 1990 Paramedic, to include medical assistant functions in a three physician outpatient setting. Performed pulmonary function testing, 12 lead EKG testing, audiometry; both manual and microprocessor techniques, and vision testing including non-contact tonometry, phlebotomy, triage and assessment. Emergency medical care of medical/trauma as relates to the paramedic level of certification, occupational surveillance monitoring of heat stress and specialized training in the actions and care of acute nerve agent poisoning. Paramedic/ Interim Training Coordinator Mercy Medical Services, Las Vegas, Nevada. September 1987 to April 1990 Paramedic, Field Training Officer, and Interim Training Coordinator responsible for the emergency care and transportation of the sick and injured as related to the paramedic scope of practice. Functioned as Field Training Officer and conducted EMT training as well as ongoing education to EMT and Paramedic level providers. Advanced Life Support Instructor Southern Region EMS Council, Inc, Anchorage, Alaska. June 1985 to September 1987 Instructor providing basic, intermediate and advanced emergency medical services training small villages in the southern half of Alaska. Specialized in mobile trauma training techniques, IV therapy, Air Medical Evacuation and Hazardous Materials training. Paramedic Jackson EMS, Inc, Jackson, Michigan March 1983 to June 1985 Paramedic in an advanced life support ambulance service. Field Training Officer, Training Coordinator. Paramedic, ALS Supervisor, Training Coordinator Riverside Ambulance Service, Pontiac, Michigan April 1981 to March 1983 Other (Because sometimes you need to try other things ) 2011 - Coordinator) Northeast Wyoming Medical Reserve Corps (Volunteer) Disaster Management Assistance Team, Colorado-3, National Disaster Management (Speaking) Wyoming State EMS Conference Diabetes An Update; Environmental Emergencies 2010 - (Speaking) Wyoming State EMS Conference - Diabetes, Thyroid and SpO2 monitoring (Volunteer) Disaster Management Assistance Team, Colorado-3, National Disaster Management
2009 - (Teaching) Rio Salado LPN to RN bridge program, Clinical Instructor (Volunteer) National Nurse Response Team, Western Division, National Disaster Management 2008 - (Speaking) Wyoming State EMS Conference Diabetes Emergencies (Speaking) Razor City Respiratory Conference Noncompliance (Speaking) The Diabetes Center Diabetes Day 2008 (Volunteer) ANCC, Informatics Standard Setting Panel 2007 - (Peer Reviewer) American Association of Diabetes Educators (Speaking) 4 th Annual Razor City Respiratory Conference. Gillette, WY. (Speaking) The Diabetes Center, Gillette, WY. Diabetes Day 2007. (Speaking) EMS University Gillette, WY. Diabetes Disasters, Mentoring the New Medic 2006 - (Speaking) Emergency Nurses Association, National Conference, San Antonio. (Speaking) 3 rd Annual Razor City Respiratory Conference. Gillette, WY. Pulmonary Effects of Diabetes and Exubera Inhaled Insulin (Speaking) The Diabetes Center, Gillette, WY. Diabetes Day 2006. Stand Up and Be Heard (Speaking) EMS University Gillette, WY. Environmental Emergencies (Teaching) Campbell County Memorial Hospital, HRSA grant Nursing Recruitment and Retention. Diabetes Educator track, ICU/ER track, OB track (Peer Reviewer) American Association of Diabetes Educators 2005 - (Teaching) Sheridan College, Gillette Campus, Guest Instructor (Award) March of Dimes Nurse of Year, Nurse Educator/Faculty (Volunteer) DHHS, Hurricane Katrina relief, Chief Nursing Officer, Nevada-1 (Award) Wyoming Nurses Association, Clinical Excellence Award (Speaking Engagement) State of Wyoming Annual Diabetes Conference, Women and Diabetes (Speaking Engagement) EMS University, Gillette, WY Professionalism (Speaking Engagement) The Diabetes Center, Gillette, WY. Diabetes Day 2005. When diet and exercise aren t enough. (Teaching) Campbell County Memorial Hospital, HRSA grant Nursing Recruitment and Retention. Diabetes Educator track, ICU/ER track, OB track (Award) Excelsior College Alumni Association, the Carrie Lenburg Nursing Award (Induction) Sigma Theta Tau, Tau Kappa chapter as a Nursing Leader 2004 - (Paper Presentation) Design and Implementation of a Diabetes Website. Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics. University of Maryland School of Nursing. (Teaching ) Facilitator. University of Mary. Information s for Managers. 3 credit graduate course (Teaching) Campbell County Memorial Hospital, HRSA grant Nursing Recruitment and
Retention. Diabetes Educator track, ICU/ER track, OB track 2004 - (Committee) Wellness, Health Information Technology Grant Project (Speaking Engagement) Crazy Horse Memorial Conference Center. Making Diabetes Education Work: Invite your clients to move to a new level of self management (Conference Coordination) Taking Diabetes to the Next Level: Treating for Life. Crazy Horse Memorial Conference Center. (Speaking Engagement) The Diabetes Center. Gillette, WY Diabetes Day 2004. Self Management of Diabetes Requires Interaction. (Speaking Engagement) EMS University, Gillette WY Medical Emergencies (Grant) Wyoming Department of Health Diabetes Prevention and Control Program. Website design and implementation. www.ccmhdiabetes.net (Grant) South Dakota Department of Health Diabetes Prevention and Control Program. Red Dress Day. Lunch with an Educator series and Conference for professionals. 2003 - (Teaching) Facilitator, University of Mary. Information s for Leaders. 3 credit undergrad course (Committee) Information Security (Speaking Engagement) Wyoming Diabetes Conference. Pumps, Pens and Other Gizmos (Speaking Engagement) The Diabetes Center. Pumps, Pens and Other Gizmos (Grant) Wyoming Department of Health Diabetes Prevention and Control Program. Created a self-study program for medical professionals that awards 12 hour of continuing education (Award) NurseWeek Nursing Excellence Awards 2003. Finalist in Innovation and Creativity for development of nursing self study course in diabetes 2002 - (Speaking Engagement) Wyoming Diabetes Conference. Pattern Management (Grant ) Wyoming Health Resources Network Inc Professional Education Series (Speaking Engagement) The Diabetes Center. Basal and Bolus Insulin 2001 - (Project) American Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Pulmonary Rehabilitation certification for Custer Community Hospital awarded (Guest Lecturer) GNUR488 Loyala University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing. Implementation of a HIS (Grant) Wyoming Health Resources Network Inc. Patient Education Series (Speaking Engagement) CCMH Diabetes Center Conference. Pattern Management (Speaking Engagement) Wyoming Diabetes Control Program. Self Management of Diabetes Complications (Project) Coordinated Custer County Diabetes Screening in accordance with Governor Janklow s Initiative. 2000 (Speaking Engagement) Keeping In Step with Diabetes. Exercise Safely With Type 1 Diabetes (Publication) From the Eyes of a Student: Distance Learning, FITNE HealthNet, 2000 Publications Organophosphate Poisoning The Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS); September 1993: (Coauthored with Phillip Daniels, EMT-P) Tricks from the Teach,The Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS); March 1987: The Care and Feeding of a Paramedic,Emergency Medical Services; May 1981: