I have been a Registered Nurse for the past 24 years. I commenced my role as an Advanced Practice Nurse in the Primary Health Care setting in 2010. I am one of the Vice Presidents for the Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) and President for the Jamaica Association of Nurse Practitioners (JANP).
I represented the Caribbean on the International Council of Nurses Nurse Practitioner /Advanced Practice Nurse (ICN NP/APN) Health Policy Subgroup from 2017 to 2019. I joined the ICN NP/APN Core Steering Group in 2019 and have been the Global Membership Officer since 2021.
I co- authored the Guidelines on Advanced Practice Nursing 2020, Guidelines on Prescriptive Authority for Nurses 2021, A Global SWOT Analysis of Advanced Practice Nursing : Policy , Regulation , and Practice and the Nurse Practitioners and Nurse Anesthetists : The Evolution of the Global Roles .
I was one the first International Ambassadors for the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). I was selected to serve as an Editorial Board member for the Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (JAANP) in 2022 and was inducted as Fellow for the AANP in June 2023.