Patricia J. Thornton, RN; BGS, BSN 612 Huntridge Drive Columbia, MO 65201 Home: (573) 442-2495 Office: (573) 882-0222 E-mail: thorntonp@missouri.edu

EDUCATION
University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	August 1998 - Present Master's in Nursing Science - Midwifery anticipated graduation May 2001
University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	September 1997 - July 1998 Bachelor's Degree Science in Nursing
University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	June 1993 - December 1996 Bachelor's Degree in General Studies Journalism/Advertising & Art
Lincoln University Jefferson City, MO	September 1976 - May 1978 Associate Degree in Nursing
University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	September 1973 - May 1976 College of Education Course of Study: Physical Education

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Teaching Associate S448 Sinclair School of Nursing University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO 65211-4120	July 1998 to Present
Coordinate recruitment efforts for the RN to BSN Outreach Distance Education program Researched, designed and wrote N190 course. Responsible for update each semester Monitor, collect, and provide guidance to students for completion of N190: Individual Study the Professional Nurse Portfolio Market all programs for the Sinclair School of Nursing Liaison the School of Nursing with clinics, hospitals, and other health care settings to establish and maintain clinical experiences for students (1998-1999) Assist students in development of preceptor relationships and clinical experiences (1998-1999) Research curriculum, clinical practice, and business sector information to keep the RN to BSN program on an advanced trajectory to assure leadership in education Coordinate marketing efforts with Dr. Bill Sheehan and Nancy Johnson, MA to increase enrollment in graduate programs Serve as Student Advocate for the RN to BSN students Design and advise development of marketing literature and process

Patient Recruiter for the Clinical Research Unit Department of Internal Medicine School of Medicine University of Missouri-Columbia One Hospital Drive Columbia, MO 65212

January 1997 to July 1998

First marketer hired to develop and initiate patient enrollment program for research studies Liaison for referral relationships with physicians, providers, and communities Designed advertising and all promotional materials. Worked with the IRB for approval Represented the CRU and Internal Medicine at health fairs, conferences, community practice and organizational meetings Designed and produced website for unit; helped secure e-mails accounts for Internal Medicine residents Wrote, produced, and narrated an educational film for a 700 participant clinical trial Provided education and information to participants, physicians, nurses, and other providers in greater than 100 mile referral area Increased participants enrolled to 100% in clinical trials

Staff Nurse Labor and Delivery High Risk Referral Center University Health Sciences Center One Hospital Drive Columbia, MO 65212

November 1994 - January 1997

Responsible for all levels of care - antepartum, labor and delivery, recovery Circulator in operating suite for cesarean section, tubal ligation, and emergency hysterectomy Educational and clinical support to nursing, midwifery, medical students, and residents Experience with complications such as: trauma, substance abuse, sickle cell anemia, eclampsia, cardiac, diabetes, fetal loss, HELLP syndrome, cystic fibrosis, oncology, and HIV Responsible for neonatal resuscitation and surgical recovery

Staff Nurse Pediatric Intensive Care Unit - Level III Trauma Center Serving newborn through 19 years of age University of Missouri-Columbia One Hospital Drive Columbia, MO 65211-4120

February 1993 - Fall 1995

Provided medical, surgical, neurosurgical, cardiac, and oncology care Responsible for hemodynamic and neurological monitoring, play therapy, patient and family education and support Experience with severe gastrointestinal management, post-transplant, child abuse, MVA and watercraft trauma, congenital defects and repair, gunshot wounds, post-suicide attempt care, organ harvesting, neurological post injury and surgery

Staff Nurse Labor and Delivery, Postpartum, and Newborn Nursery Boone Hospital Center 1600 E. Broadway Columbia, MO 65201	December 1992 - November 1994
Responsible for all levels of care, fetal monitoring, pitocin and magnesium drips Circulator for surgical suite - cesarean section and tubal ligation, postsurgical recovery care Patient and family education

Clinician I Surgical Intensive Care 12 bed unit - open-heart, trauma, and complex surgical cases Boone Hospital Center 1600 E. Broadway Columbia, MO 65201	August 1992 -December 1992
Responsible for hemodynamic invasive monitoring, ventilator management, circulation support such as intra-aortic balloon pumps, and all types of drainage systems Provided first-line treatment in airway management, drugs, IV drips, defibrillation and stabilization until the arrival of a physician Requested by unit manager to join team due to critical staff shortage for a temporary basis

Marketer Interim Home Health Care Columbia, MO	May 1992 - August 1992
Responsible for promoting services to all providers in surrounding county service areas Worked as a contract nurse for Callaway Hospital in Obstetrics

Staff Nurse I American Red Cross Pheresis Team 1511 S. Providence Road Columbia, MO 65201

March 1991 - May 1992

Responsible for apheresis of single-donor platelet collection Released products to area hospitals for patients utilizing HLA, ABO/Rh systems Performed hospital apheresis treatment for a variety of critical care patients with such illnesses as sickle cell crisis, white cell crisis of leukemias, and plasma exchange for neurology ailments Worked as a nurse in whole blood collections for large community blood drives as needed Assisted with federal certification of Jefferson City Apheresis Center by the FDA

Marketing and Patient Service Representative Physician's Home Health Network 619 North Providence Road Columbia, MO 65201

June 1989 - February 1991

Provided customer service to patients and providers in a 22 county service area Responsible for education and the development of referral relationships Researched, designed, and produced an informational marketing brochure Developed sales displays utilized at conferences and meetings Liaison to develop and open the Jefferson City territory and office Served as a resource person for community health groups such as Mid-Missouri AIDS Project Increased patient visits by skilled nurses 68%, home health visits by 43%, and combined discipline visits by 33 % the first year of service

Independent Dealer, Home Water Filtration Systems National Safety Association	January 1989 - June 1989
Sold in home water filtration systems as an independent dealer. Supervised sales team of five people with sales of $25,000 in six months

Physician's Assistant Dr. Kimberly Jamison Nephrology and Hypertension Associates 1701 E. Broadway Columbia, MO 65201

October 1988 - January 1989

Assisted the establishment of a new physician practice Duties included: providing assistance to the physician during rounds, tracking messages, lab results, staff questions, patient needs, prescription refills, and insurance processing information Responsible for organization of office flow of patient visits, obtaining lab specimens, vital signs Provided patient education on lab testing, medications, diet, and exercise

Staff Nurse II Weekend Program Obstetrics- Labor and Delivery, Postpartum, and Newborn Nursery Boone Hospital Center 1600 E. Broadway Columbia, MO 65201	October 1987 - October 1988
Performed all aspects of patient care in all areas Responsible for pediatric unit for coverage as needed First to sign up for this new program designed to stabilize stafFind for the weekend

Physician's Assistant Dr. William Kellar Winkelmeyer Nephrology and Hypertension Associates 1701 E. Broadway Columbia, MO 65201	October 1987 - October 1988
Duties were the same as listed previously for Dr. Jamison

Utilization Review Coordinator/Admitting Nurse Boone Hospital Center 1600 E. Broadway Columbia, MO 65201

May 1986 - October 1987

One of three registered nurses possessing varied skills and clinical experience hired to research, develop, write procedures and implement this program Facilitated patient admissions to enhance physician/patient and family/hospital relations Performed preadmission/admission screening for proper financial reimbursement Coordinated hospital programs such as outpatient observation and early morning admissions Coordinated early referrals to appropriate hospital departments such as Social Work and Patient Assistance Provided education to nursing and medical staffs on issues of changing Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance protocols, and ICD systems Coordinated referrals to physician advisors, hospital stay denials, monthly on-site PRO reviews Participated in quality assurance activities Conducted in-service presentations for medical, nursing, and ancillary departments on utilization issues Performed chart reviews on Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance holders to ensure efficient patient care

Clinician II Surgical Intensive Care Boone Hospital Center 1600 E. Broadway Columbia, MO 65201	December 1984 - May 1986
See previous description with Clinician I

Head Nurse Boone Hospital Center 1600 E. Broadway Columbia, MO 65201

July 1983 - December 1984

Responsible for management, scheduling, and job evaluations for 26 employees Responsible for facilitating nursing and medical staff interpersonal relations, writing policy and procedures, and staff education Responsible for unit for clinical consultation and/or stafFind assistance 24 hours per day Wrote program, designed room, and arranged publicity for Sibling Visitation Program. Provided follow-up service study Revised crash cart, central supply exchange cart system, and charting system to ensure smoother, cost effective, safe nursing care Initiated, planned, and provided CPR certification program in unit with 97% completion by nursery staff Wrote program for post-partum telephone service to evaluate in-hospital care and to provide postpartum support, answer questions, and referrals to physicians as needed Active participant in hospital public relations activities such as: Children's Festival, preschool health education, sibling visits, and prenatal tours Developed name for child car seat safety program - BLISS - Babies Live in Safe Seats Board member and speaker for Pediatric Potpourri, a state-wide conference for nurses and physicians on the health and safety concerns of children

Staff Nurse II Obstetrics - Labor and Delivery, Postpartum, and Newborn Nursery Boone Hospital Center 1600 E. Broadway Columbia, MO 65201	May 1978 - July 1983
Responsible for all levels of care in all three areas Served as charge nurse for 2 years Coordinated shift stafFind, patient care assignments, and managed problems with nursing, medical staff, patients, and families

COMMUNITY PROJECTS
Art for Patients and Families Ellis Fischel Cancer Center Graduate Student Service Learning Project	Winter 2000
Art activities will be provided as a form of recreation, communication, and exploration to patients and their families Goals: to reduce stress and provide a pleasant means of coping with illness, treatment, and recovery from the cancer experience
Activities Director The Bosnian Project: Teachers as Therapists Dr. Arshad Hussain, Professor of Child Psychiatry University of Missouri School of Medicine Unicef Humanitarian Council	July 1995 and July 1996
Served as coordinator of all services to participants in month long courses to train teachers, counselors, and psychiatrists to provide post-trauma care to the children of the Bosnian war and the Oklahoma City bombing Planned, coordinated, and implemented housing, meals, health care, transportation, recreation, travel and translation assistance for thirty participants both years Participants arrived in Columbia in 1995 for the first training directly from the war zone in Bosnia. The Oklahoma City teachers arrived shortly after the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building Provided 24 hour-a-day assistance to the participants for a myriad of needs interfacing with academic, medical, and community resources Worked with journalists to provide television, newspaper, and publication coverage of the project on a local, regional, and national basis

PRESENTATIONS
"Attachment Theory and Supportive Newborn Physiologic Sensory Capability"

• Presented to Midwifery students Fall 1999

"Patient Recruitment for Clinical Trials - What Works"

• Presented to principal investigators, physicians, research nurses, IRB members of the University of Missouri-Columbia Health Sciences Center in May 1998
• Presented to principal investigators, physicians, and research nurses of Ellis Fischel Hospital in July 1998
• Researched, written, produced and presented by Patty Thornton, RN, Patients Recruiter for the Clinical Research Unit

"Zanimivir, Patient Information for an Influenza Clinical Trial" film

• Researched, wrote, and performed in educational film for 700 participant influenza clinical trial
• Approved by the Institutional Review Board and the sponsoring pharmaceutical company

"Do You Suffer from Menopause Meltdown?"

• Produced informational patient brochure on clinical trial for Dr. Jan Swaney, Principal Investigator

CONFERENCES
"Art Therapy Frameworks - A Sense of Place"
30th Annual Conference of the American Art Therapy Association
November, 17 -21, 1999
Orlando, FL

• Attendee and member of the AATA

"Bac to the Future"
AACN National Conference on Baccalaureate Education in Nursing
November 1998
San Antonio, TX

"Thinking Globally: Product Development, Registration, and Marketing in the New Millennium"
34th Annual International Meeting of the Drug Information Association
June 6 -11, 1998
Boston, MA

• Attendee and member of the DIA

DEVELOPMENT
"Writing Intensive Program Training"
January 4 - 6, 1999
Campus Writing Program

"Building Your Teaching Portfolio"
3rd Provost's Faculty Development Retreat
May 13 - 14, 1999
Program for Excellence in Teaching

"New Faculty Development Seminar"
September 24 - 25, 1998
Program for Excellence in Teaching

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American College of Nurse Midwives - Member
American Art Therapy Association - Member
University of Missouri-Columbia Alumni Association - Member
University of Missouri-Columbia Nurses Alumni Association - Board Member 1999/2000
Graduate Nurses Association - President 1999 - 2000

PUBLICATIONS
Thornton, P.J. (2000) Letter to the editor. Nursing Science Quarterly, Theory, Research & Practice, 13 (1), 86-87.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Aird-LeMone Scholarship	Awarded Spring 1999 for Fall 1999
Bobby Joe Waggoner Memorial Scholarship	Awarded Spring 1999 for Fall 1999

AWARDS

Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges	1999 -2000
First Year Master's Student Nominee	Spring 1999
Extension Team Teaching Award Nominee	Spring 1999