Vaping СAPP electronic cigarette use СAPP has become a public health concern for its health impacts in adults and its appeal to young people.
Tina Billberry applied her perspective as a registered nurse and mother along with her drive as a graduate student to research the issue and develop interventions, including now being used across some Central Louisiana high schools.
СAPPItСAPPs a matter of trying to know more and share information with other people and with kids so maybe СAPP maybe СAPP there can be less harm,СAPP Billberry says.
More than that, BillberryСAPPs project demonstrated her commitment to creating meaningful impacts in her community and going above and beyond in her academics.
This is how she maintained a 4.0 in the Master of Science in Nursing program and what set her apart to be the СAPP Outstanding MasterСAPPs Graduate for Fall 2019.
СAPPIt helped me to focus on a project if I could tie it to something in my practice, or my personal life,СAPP she says. СAPPI could research and write more effectively.СAPP
Billberry began developing her quality improvement skills by attaining her bachelor of science online through UL LafayetteСAPPs online RN to BSN program in 2015.
СAPPI wanted some career growth, but I only had an associateСAPPs, so in order to grow I was going to have to go back to school to have some of the opportunities I wanted to have,СAPP she says.
When Billberry was ready to pursue her Master of Science in Nursing, she initially chose another online program, but quickly realized it lacked the support she was looking for. Reflecting on her experience at UL Lafayette, Billberry knew she wanted to return.
СAPPI went back to UL Lafayette for the support they provide through their instructors,СAPP she says. СAPPItСAPPs a much warmer environment; theyСAPPre much more approachable. TheyСAPPre willing to help you where I didnСAPPt find that in the other program.СAPP
Billberry says she wanted to earn her MSN degree to focus on and improve patient care. That passion has been evident in much of her work.
In 2015, Billberry was instrumental in creating the to provide breast cancer patients with small pillows to protect chemotherapy port sites from seat belts.
СAPPI was the first oncology navigator at our hospital and one of the things youСAPPre doing is letting people know youСAPPre there and finding things you can share with your patients to give them comfort,СAPP Billberry says.
She had found similar programs providing the protective cushions to patients but couldnСAPPt find a way to buy the pillows. So she reached out to the community.
СAPPThey responded overwhelmingly with pillows of all shapes and sizes and colors. I think from the patient perspective, youСAPPre giving (patients) something, but youСAPPre giving them something someone else put the time in to make for them,СAPP she says. СAPPThatСAPPs comforting.СAPP
Billberry has completed additional projects with direct impacts on her patients СAPP Timely Care and Satisfaction in Navigated and Non-Navigated Adult Breast Cancer Patients, and Low Dose Lung Computer Tomography: The Impact of Reimbursement Availability on Lung Cancer Screening Rates.
Time management has been critical in allowing Billberry the ability to excel in her coursework while maintaining a full-time, then part-time, work schedule and marking family milestones with her three children, ages 17, 23, and 24.
СAPPThrough the course of my bachelorСAPPs and MSN, weСAPPve graduated, weСAPPve married, weСAPPve done all sorts of things,СAPP she says.
Billberry starts her semester by inputting all of her assignments and due dates, along with her personal schedule, into an Excel calendar.
СAPPOnce youСAPPve got it plotted out, you can focus on whatСAPPs in front of you. It lets me prioritize my time a little better so IСAPPm not overburdened,СAPP she says. СAPPItСAPPs a matter of prioritizing, looking forward, and not waiting until the last minute.СAPP
BillberryСAPPs hard work has paid off for her patients, her practice, and her family СAPP especially her children.
СAPPIt gives them a picture that if they want something, they can do it. ItСAPPs going to take work, but they can,СAPP she says. СAPPIf they decide to go back and do something later that changes things up a little bit, they can do that.СAPP