It is a pleasure to continue to serve on the Board of the New Mexico APNA chapter. I've been a Registered Nurse for 30+ years, 28 of those years in Psychiatry/Behavioral Health. I have been an advanced practice Nurse Practitioner for 14 years, board-certified in Adult Behavioral Health, and the owner of the Kolomeir Clinic, an adult outpatient full-service psychiatric clinic in the Northeast Heights of Albuquerque. My MSN degrees are in both Adult Health and Adult Psychiatric Mental Health. The Kolomeir Clinic offers an integrative approach to psychiatry.
I am a graduate of the Tibetan Medicine Institute under the tutelage of Dr. Pasang Arya, and a 2nd year student of Jyotisha under the tutelage of Komilla Sutton.
My MBA is focused in management. I served on the board of the New Mexico Organization of Nurse Executive (NMONE) Board as a member-at-large in 2008-09, and, in that capacity, learned how important it is to draw on the experience of nurses throughout New Mexico, not just within the urban hubs.
I also served in the Army Nursing Reserve Corps as a 2nd Lieutenant, with a mission to improve suicide assessment in the military.
As a researcher, I presented at the 2003 South West Nursing Research Conference. I spent 11 years at Presbyterian Kaseman Behavioral Health inpatient hospital in beautiful Albuquerque, and during that time crafted the Presbyterian statewide initiative on suicide assessment/management, and other policies and procedures for the psychiatric hospital. I also served on the Bernalillo County Behavioral Health Initiative in 2014. I am currently a member of Behavioral Health Local Collaborative 2, Bernalillo County.
Evidenced-based practice, integrative approach, creating awareness of what "psych" Nurse Practitioners do, and attracting nurses into our discipline are a big part of my vision for the New Mexico APNA chapter.