Nursing

Melanie Jade Boulerice is the founder at Nomadic Nurse Agency in the Montreal area, providing health care services to those in need – right in their homes. She has been a practicing registered nurse for seven years in the emergency room as well as in psychiatry. A graduate of John Abbott College followed by a BScN degree at St. Francis Xavier University, and is currently a teacher for the OIIQ exam workshops through John Abbott...

Dr. Daihnia Dunkley, also known as "Dr. D.," is originally from Jamaica, West Indies, and has resided in New York since the early 90's. In the span of her 15-year nursing career, Dr. Dunkley has worked extensively in the arena of maternal-child health and is an experienced nurse leader with a demonstrated history of working in both hospital and community healthcare, as well as academia. She has now transitioned to a full-time academic role, as...

Lizbeth Rodriguez is Emergency Room Travel Nurse working in the Los Angeles area. She graduated first with her ADN from a local community college and began her career in Perioperative nursing, then after deciding to pursue a future as a Nurse Educator she chose to switch specialties and began working as an Emergency Room Nurse as well as finishing her BSN from Chamberlain University. When the lockdowns began in March 2020, she decided to leap...

Eugene completed his BSN from California Baptist University in Dec. 2014 and received his RN license in May 2015. He worked at Corona Regional Medical Center in both the Medical/Surgical/Telemetry Unit & the Progressive Care/Pediatrics Unit from 2015-2017. He also worked at Loma Linda University Children's Hospital in the Acute Care Pediatric Unit from 2017-2020. He completed his MSN- Family Nurse Practitioner at CBU in May 2019 and received his FNP-C license in Dec. 2019....

Terri Thompson earned her DNP from Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, CA. She has specialized as a labor and delivery nurse, at a high risk tertiary hospital, for 23 years. She has taught full- time, in higher education for 8 years and is an Associate Professor at California Baptist University, Riverside, CA. She is the Faculty Advisor for the Preconception Peer Education club on campus, an advisor for the Office of Minority Health,...

Lorraine Arriola Shields has been in Nursing for 40 years. She received her Bachelor and Master’s degrees at the UCLA School of Nursing and her Doctoral degree at Vanderbilt University. Her primary area of focus is Neonatal nursing. She is a board certified Neonatal Nurse p\Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist. She has served as faculty at California State University San Jose School of Nursing and at California State University Monterey Bay. She is currently an...

Aliza Ben-Zacharia, PhD, DNP, ANP-BC, FAAN Dr. Ben-Zacharia is a full-time faculty and an assistant professor on a tenure track at Hunter College and is the Co-Director of the Research/EBP fellowship at the Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing (PSON). At Mount Sinai PSON, she oversees the Phillips Fellowship Program, a formal interdisciplinary program comprising mentorship, collaborative research projects, and enhanced clinical rotations at The Mount Sinai Hospital. She is a board certified ANP with...

Isabella is a 3rd year biology major at Cairn University, works as both a CNA and medical assistant (MA), and serves as the President of the Health Sciences Club at her school. She has experience in blood cancer research, having a first-author publication in the works. Isabella has also shadowed many physicians and providers in several specialties of medicine. She is passionate about sharing her story and helping other premed students succeed in their journey!

Dr. Krystal Privette is a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) at Duke University Medical Center and an Assistant Professor at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. With nearly a decade of clinical anesthesia experience, she specializes in both local and general anesthesia, providing comprehensive perioperative care across diverse patient populations. Dr. Privette earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice from Duke University School of Nursing and completed her anesthesia training at the Raleigh School of...