6th International Conference on
Palliative Care Medicine & Hospice Nursing

I am a doctor of nursing practice student (DNP) at Rhode Island College.

Nursing Practice

Damla graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Midwifery from Dumlupınar University in 2013 in Turkey. Afterwards undergraduate education, she started master’s degree in Gynaecology Nursing at Gaziantep University in Turkey. Damla's midwifery career began Maternity Unit at state hospital in Turkey and she worked as a maternity unit supervisor midwife for a year. During this process, she won a scholarship by the Republic of Turkey the Ministry of Education, which provides the opportunity to master's and doctoral course abroad. She ended clinical experience lasting four years in total, to get a master's degree in England. In September 2019, she completed the Msc Advanced Midwifery Practice at Anglia Ruskin University. Damla is a Phd student with a background in midwifery who specialises in Complex Childbirth, Holistic Midwifery Education, Holistic Midwifery Practices, Fear of Childbirth, Caesarean Section Birth, Qualitative Research and Critical Literature Review Methods. Damla’s PhD will focus on the relationship of the new mentoring system, which plays an important role in midwifery education, and culturally diverse students.

Midwife/Researcher

Kathleen is an RN-BC, CCM, CRRN and a Fellow with the American Academy of Nursing. She holds Master’s Degrees in Nursing, Healthcare Administration and most recently a Jurisprudence Degree in Healthcare Law, Policy and Management from Texas A & M University School of Law. Kathy has authored countless healthcare articles and books while also presenting worldwide on healthcare issues such as the Opioid Epidemic, Nursing and Case Management Ethics, Social Determinates in Healthcare and the most recent for the United Kingdom on “The Pandemic; Treat Endings as Beginnings”. Kathleen is the Owner/CEO/President of Fraser Imagineers and began her nursing career in the Hospital including Emergency Department, Labor & Delivery, Director of Nursing and created a complete Case Management Department. As a patient and nurse advocate for over 4 decades, the pandemic inspired her to enter Law School to make an even greater impact on the Nursing and Healthcare Industry.

Family Nursing,

Jarrett Jedlicka currently serves as Vice President, Healthcare Advisory for Ceridian in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Leveraging his extensive experience in Healthcare, Jarrett is responsible for working with Healthcare executives and leaders to understand their business challenges and bring forward strategic solutions to address them. Prior to joining Ceridian, Jarrett held several senior positions at leading Healthcare & technology organizations, most recently as Principal for Healthcare at SAS Institute.

Nursing Practice

Susanne Raeburn has completed a Master’s Degree from Aberdeen University. She has over 30 years of nursing management experience in different organizations and is now in the lead of digital standardized nursing documentation through Europe.

Customer Relationship Management

December 2017, Francis was awarded Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) Honoris Causa by the Commonwealth University. Francis is a Credentialed Mental Health Nurse and the Executive Director of Positive Wellness Recovery Centre (PWRC) and the President of the Mental Health and Well-being Foundation based in Ghana and Australia. Francis has over 30 years’ experience as a Mental Health Nurse across public and private health care settings. (PWRC) provides comprehensive and integrated mental health support, counselling, psychosocial rehabilitation, music and dance therapy, hypnosis for healing, nutritional bites and reintegration into society. Francis has presented at National and International Conferences including locations in Australia, UK, Finland, Canada, Singapore, Ghana, Senegal, Malaysia and Dubai, UAE.

Nursing Research