2018 Board Nominations Slate Board of Directors
Kahlil Ahmadi Demonbreun, DNP, RNC-OB, WHNP-BC, ANP-BC DNP, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston SC MSN, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston SC BSN, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC Diploma in Nursing, Henry Ford Hospital School of Nursing
Current Position Women’s Health Medical Director William Jennings Bryan Dorn VAMC Columbia, SC
NCC Certification Women’s Health Care Nurse Practitioner Inpatient Obstetric Nurse
Other Certification Adult Nurse Practitioner
NCC Involvement Currently on the Board of Directors WHNP Content Team Member, 1994-1997 and 2011-2014 NCC Nominating Committee Member, 2004-2005, 2008 and 2011
Candidate Statement Please accept this letter affirming my interest in continuing to serve on the Board of Directors for The National Certification Corporation (NCC). As a practicing Certified Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, former NCC Women’s Health Care Nurse Practitioner Content Team member, and current Board Director I hold a sound appreciation of the vital role that NCC plays in promoting the positive health of women across the lifespan.
The sustained effort of the NCC and its national credentialing programs for nurses, physicians and other licensed health care personnel in the areas of Women’s Health assures that practitioners are credentialed at the highest level for practice.
In recognizing this commitment to leadership, I seek the opportunity to continue to serve on the Board, which would allow me to further contribute mission of the NCC.
Tara Jane Muir, MSM, JD
Current Position PRN Contract Attorney Mt. Pleasant, SC
NCC Involvement Currently Public Member on the Board of Directors
Candidate Statement As a public member of the NCC board, I would welcome the opportunity to be a part of the collaborative effort amongst healthcare professionals in improving the quality of healthcare in the midst of rapidly changing healthcare laws and practices. As an attorney specializing in healthcare law, wife of a Neonatologist, daughter of a Pulmonologist and nurse practitioner, and mother of a five year old, I bring to the table practical knowledge as well as an educated and unique perspective of the healthcare system. Progressive times call for a higher standard in regard to continuing medical education, licensure, and specialty certification. In raising the standard of care, a synergic approach to ever changing healthcare needs is paramount. The NCC provides a critically important avenue for achieving these goals.
Certified Nurse Representative to the Nominating Committee
Tami Wallace, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC Clinical Quality Improvement Specialist Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Clinical Instructor
Current Position Clinical Quality Improvement Specialist for the Tennessee Initiative for Perinatal Quality Care
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Monroe Carrell Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Nashville, TN
Clinical Instructor School of Nursing Vanderbilt
Quality Improvement Specialist Division of Neonatology Vanderbilt
NCC Certification Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
NCC Involvement Certified Nurse Representative to the Nominating Committee 2017
Candidate Statement I am writing to express my interest in a position on the Nominations Committee for the National Certification Corporation. I am a long term supporter of certification and its validation of nursing specialty knowledge. Certification has demonstrated benefits for patients, for employees and for the institutions which employ them. The process of recertification assures that nurses maintain their mastery and make continuous learning a life habit. It is important that the important charge of certification corporations be protected by a group of dedicated professionals with a wide range of not only clinical experience, but experience in education, quality and advocacy. I have been a long term advocate of maternal child nurses. My experience as a neonatal nurse, a manager of a labor and delivery unit, and my role as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP) give me a unique understanding of the range of skills and knowledge needed to care for mothers and their infants. In addition to my clinical experience, I have accepted roles in professional organizations that have continued to widen my areas of experience. I am currently a member of the Council of Neonatal Nurse Practitioners, a part of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN). In that role, I chair a task force for the creation of quality metrics for the NNP and I work on the recruitment and retention task force. I also volunteer for the American Academy of Pediatrics and work on a taskforce attempting to assure risk appropriate care for every newborn. I believe these connections, experiences, and skills make be uniquely qualified for your Nominations Committee. I thank you for your consideration!