About Joy McIlvaine
Joy is a dedicated scholar, leader, and practitioner of holistic health, nursing professional development, Asian medicine, and spirit-mind-body healing modalities.
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Professional Bio
Joy McIlvaine is a holistic healthcare provider with years of experience as nurse director, leader, educator, consultant, and practitioner.
Joy McIlvaine, MS, RN, NPD-BC, ANP-BC, L.Ac. is a Nursing Administrator in New York City with responsibilities in Nursing Quality, Standards, and Professional Practice. Previous positions were the Director of Nursing of Quality, Standards and Practice in Patient Care Services and a Nurse Professional Development Specialist after serving as a staff nurse. Previous to her nursing experiences, Joy graduated with a master’s degree in Oriental Medicine from the Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College, Berkeley, CA and is a Licensed Acupuncturist, Herbalist and Asian bodywork practitioner. Since moving to New York, she graduated with a master's degree as an Adult Nurse Practitioner from Columbia University, NY. Joy is currently enrolled in a Doctor of Education (EdD) program in Nursing Education at the American College of Education, IN.
Joy's vision includes honoring the embodiment of the spiritual journey through integrative healthcare modalities. Her special interests include quality processes and sustainable outcomes by building nurse resiliency, utilizing self-care strategies and integrative/holistic nursing models including acupressure through the Japanese Art of Jin Shin Jyutsu (a “Self-Help” acupressure style). Her research focuses on the healthy and self-aware nurse bringing the best care to the patient’s bedside.
Jin Shin Jyutsu
The purpose of this portfolio is to showcase various elements of nursing leadership and nursing education expertise. Whether from a communication plan, to facilitating groups, to proceeding through an accreditation self-study program, there are multiple examples in this portfolio to exhibit a range of tools. Joy McIlvaine, MS, RN, NPD-BC, ANP-BC, L.Ac. has a proven record of leadership capabilities through a history of multiple leadership positions and influence in quality, standards, and practice using evidence-based practice principles. The portfolio page displays nine projects that highlight this expertise.
There are nine projects to exemplify Joy’s leadership capabilities. In project 1, a personal and professional accounting of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) allow for an honest understanding of where Joy can excel and where the next steps in professional development are possible. Project 2 shows a Venn diagram with an understanding that different accreditation organizations each have their own strengths. Depending on which accreditation organization is used at a specific academic institution, Joy can adapt to any of the guidelines knowing that that the common feature is continuous quality improvement. The third project displays a code of ethics which is a foundation to guide all leadership activities. Project 4 shows a faculty learning needs assessment and this defines the gap in knowledge of a group. This naturally leads to project 5 to build a faculty professional development learning activity and this helps guide educational leaders to plan for next steps in accreditation. It is imperative to establish a communication plan with executive leadership through summaries, and this is seen in project 6. A grant proposal process is a described as a summary overview and is described in project 7. Communication of changes and development of programs for improvement are found in projects 8 and 9 which show a sample newsletter for faculty and an email announcement describing a timeline for development of structural improvements. Together these portfolio projects exhibit a range of skills, and capabilities that Joy can share with any healthcare organization or academic nursing program.
Joy McIlvaine can be a resource to future employers or as a consultant to provide insight on next steps for an academic nursing faculty professional development program. She is at a point in her professional development where she is available to healthcare organizations and academic medical centers to provide her expertise. Feel free to contact Joy if you have any questions on how Joy can help you.
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Location: New York, NY