Denise
started out her nursing career in the Newborn Nursery but
quickly progressed to Public Health which allowed more opportunity
for developing stronger relationships with
clients and really seeing them in their own setting as opposed
to the hospital experience. Towards the end of her 18 year
Public Health career she developed interests in Herbal medicine
and meditation. She left Public Health because she disagreed
with the amount of immunizations that was given to very
young infants/children. In 1997 she switched to Employee Health
Nursing where she does a wide variety of jobs and her employees
have choices in relation to their own vaccines and screenings.
This has been a job with a lot of personal growth and certifications
and is very enjoyable. She also backs up the Infection Control
nurse as needed.
Through-out this career change she been quietly nudged back
to her belief in Complementary medicine and has really enjoyed
some of the positive and quick results she has seen with aromatherapy.
She has taught some classes for the employees of her clinic
and the Behavioral Health Manager would like her to start
offering basic aromatherapy classes. Her goal would be to
incorporate the use of a few essential oils into the injury
protocols for her employees. She would also like to be able
to incorporate the antibacterial and antiviral properties
of the oils. To this aim, she is going to work with her lab
technicians to set up culture and sensitivity testing to show
the antimicrobial efficacy of the oils to staff and
physicians.
Denise completed the Clinical Aromatherpy course in August
of 2004 and passed her certification exam in March 2005. She
became an instructor for course in May 2005.
Denise is happy to travel nationally and internationally
to teach.
Denise
started out her nursing career in the Newborn Nursery but
quickly progressed to Public Health which allowed more opportunity
for developing stronger relationships with
clients and really seeing them in their own setting as opposed
to the hospital experience. Towards the end of her 18 year
Public Health career she developed interests in Herbal medicine
and meditation. She left Public Health because she disagreed
with the amount of immunizations that was given to very
young infants/children. In 1997 she switched to Employee Health
Nursing where she does a wide variety of jobs and her employees
have choices in relation to their own vaccines and screenings.
This has been a job with a lot of personal growth and certifications
and is very enjoyable. She also backs up the Infection Control
nurse as needed.