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Laureen A. Otto
CURRICULUM VITA
Laureen A. Otto
P.O. Box 4161
Halfmoon, NY 1265
Phone: 518.221.3384
Fax: 240.255.8374
November 2002
EDUCATION
New York University, Doctoral Student, 2000 to Present
New York, New York
Research and Theory Development in Nursing Science
Research Area: Military Nursing History
University of Maryland at Baltimore, MSN, 2000
Baltimore, Maryland
Nursing, Concentration: Health Policy
Winona State University, BSN, 1994
Winona, Minnesota
Nursing
Minneapolis Community College, ADN, 1987
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nursing
Luther College, BA, 1982
Decorah, Iowa
Biology and Psychology
MILITARY EDUCATION
Officer Advanced Course, 1998
Intensive Care Nursing Specialty Course, 1997
Combat Casualty Care Course, 1997
Officer Basic Course, 1994
PROFESSIONAL LICENCES/CERTIFICATIONS
Nursing License, Public Health Nurse Certification; States of Minnesota and New York
Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC)
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
May 2001 to June Lecturer, Nurse Malpractice Workshops/Nurse Delegation
2002: Workshops/Bioterrorism and Disaster Preparedness Workshops;
Nursing Continuing Education
New York State Nurses Association
Summer 1999: Guest Lecturer, SPSS demonstration and survey research implications;
Two-credit graduate level “Working with Large Databases”
School of Nursing, Graduate School
University of Maryland at Baltimore
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
New York State Nurses Association
Sigma Theta Tau International, Upsilon Chapter
American Association for the History of Nursing
Eastern Nursing Research Society
American Public Health Association
Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy
Association of Military Surgeons of the United States
AWARDS
2002: New York University Division of Nursing Research Assistantship
2000: New York University Division of Nursing Doctoral Fellowship Scholarship
1999 to 2000: Maryland Senatorial Health Scholarship
1994: Membership Invitation to Sigma Theta Tau International
PUBLICATIONS
Dill, M., Salsberg, E., Wing, P., Rizzo, A., Krohl, D., Fields, A., Moore, J., Tsao, H., Marzan, G., Myers, V., Acoma, C., Beaulieu, M., Szczepkowski, C., Forte, G., Dionne, M., Ayers, M., and Otto, L. (2000.) HRSA State Health Workforce Profiles. Rockville, Maryland: Bureau of Health Professions, National Center for Health Workforce Information & Analysis, Health Resources and Services Administration, DHHS.
Johantgen, M., Otto, L. & Papa, P. (1999). Sandtown-Winchester school-based health center parent survey – Spring 1999. Unpublished manuscript, University of Maryland at Baltimore, School of Nursing.
Otto, L. (1995). Healing after Vietnam: Diane Carlson Evans’ story. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 21(5), 473-4.
RESEARCH INVOLVEMENT
Sep 2002 to Full-time Doctoral Student
Present Part-time Research Assistant
Division of Nursing, New York University
Nurse Workforce Research, New York State Nurses Association –
“Ethnic Disparities in the Nurse Workforce”
Oral History Research – “Transcript Analysis of a Retired Army Nurse Corps Leader”
Sep 2000 to Full-time Doctoral Student
May 2001: Part-time Research Assistant
Division of Nursing, New York University
Quantitative Nurse Workforce Research
Summer 2000: Nurse Workforce Data Analyst
Center for Health Workforce Studies, State University of New York,
Rennselaer, New York
Fifty-state Nursing Workforce Profile for Federal Government’s
Department of Health and Human Services
Spring 2000 Research Associate, Graduate Practicum
Office of Science Policy and Public Liaison, Division of Extramural Activities
National Institute of Nursing Research
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Summer 1999: Independent Study, Database Design and Analysis
University of Maryland at Baltimore
“Sandtown-Winchester School-based Health Center Parent Survey”
Summer 1997: Independent Study, Oral History Research
University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, Texas
“Emerging Leadership Styles of Brigadier General Lillian Dunlap”
1996 to 1997: Research Assistant Volunteer, Data Coder
Nursing Research Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center,
Washington, D.C.
“Medic’s Perceptions of their Desert Storm Experience”
1993 to 1994: Independent Study, Study Replication
Winona State University and Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
“Vital Sign Protocols within Neurosurgical and Orthopedic Surgery Settings”
WORK EXPERIENCE
Sep 2002 to Research Assistant, Division of Nursing
Present: Nurse Workforce Research, New York State Nurses Association
New York University
New York, New York
May 2001 to Associate Director, Practice and Governmental Affairs Program
June 2002: Nursing Practice Expert and Health Policy Analyst
New York State Nurses Association
Latham, New York
Sept 2000 to Research Assistant
May 2001: Quantitative Nurse Workforce Research,
Division of Nursing, New York University
New York, New York
2000 to Present: Rank of Captain; Clinical Staff Nurse,
Surgical Intensive Care Unit
U.S. Army Reserves, 348th General Hospital
Albany, New York
Summer 2000 Nurse Workforce Data Analyst, Health Workforce Profile Group
Center for Health Workforce Studies,
State University of New York,
Rennselaer, New York
1998 to 2000 Clinical Staff Nurse, Surgical Intensive Care Unit
U.S. Army Reserves, 2290th U.S. Army Hospital
Walter Reed Army Medical Center,
Washington, D.C.
1996 to 1998 Clinical Charge Nurse, Medical Telemetry
Veterans Administration Medical Center
San Antonio, Texas
1996 to 1998 Clinical Staff Nurse,
Cardio-Thoracic Surgical Intensive Care Unit (1997 to 1998)
General Surgery (1996 to 1997)
U.S. Army Reserves, 5501st U.S. Army Hospital
Brooke Army Medical Center,
San Antonio, Texas
1994 to 1996 Clinical Charge Nurse, General Medicine
U.S. Army Reserves (Active Duty)
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington, D.C.
1995 to 1996 Historian Staff Volunteer
Office of the Army Nurse Corps Historian
U.S. Army Center of Military History
Washington, D.C.
1994 to Present Project Volunteer
Vietnam Women’s Memorial Project
Washington, D.C.
Summer 1993 Charge Nurse,
Chemical Health Observation Unit
Hennepin County Medical Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota
1991 to 1993 Charge Nurse
Skilled Nursing Unit
Assisi Heights
Rochester, Minnesota
1989 to 1990 Assistant Director of Nursing
Comfort Home Health Care
Rochester, Minnesota
1987 to 1994 Nurse Case Manager and Consultant
Health Counseling Services
Minneapolis, Minnesota