As we celebrate Nurses Month, we at USAHS wanted to get a sense of what a typical workday is like for a nurse manager. We asked alum Ahnnya Slaughter, DNP, to tell us all about a day in her life. Dr. Slaughter graduated in 2021 from USAHS’ Doctor of Nursing Practice program, the Nurse Executive role specialty.
Coming from a military family, she began working at a VA hospital in the Los Angeles area 30 years ago as a critical care RN. “Veterans deserve the best care,” she says. “My calling wasn’t to be in the military. This is my way of being able to serve the country.”
Over the years, she worked her way up, through positions such as informatics specialist, deputy nurse executive, and director of clinical staff development. She began Read more
PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of the Pacific
Master of Physical Therapy, University of California San Francisco
BA in Sports Medicine from University of the Pacific
Research Interests
Impact of drug therapies on physical rehabilitation
Osteoporosis risk factors and interventions
Neuroplasticity of the brain in the presence of neurotransmitters post-stroke
BACKGROUND
Dr. Burke-Doe specializes in pediatric physical therapy and brings more than 20 years of physical therapy experience to her position. Prior to joining the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences, she served as an assistant professor at California State University, Fresno. Dr. Burke-Doe has also served as rehabilitation director for Regency Healthcare and physical therapist in various hospital and private clinic environments including Rady Children’s Hospital, Dameron Hospital, Crestwood Behavioral Health, Inc., and Sunny Days, an early intervention provider.
She published Physical Therapy Case Files: Neurological Rehabilitation (McGraw-Hill, 2013), and contributed most recently to several works including, The Color Atlas of Physical Therapy (McGraw-Hill, 2015), Pathology Implications for the Physical Therapist (Saunders Elsevier, 2015), and Neck Pain: Causes, Diagnosis and Management (Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, 2011).
Dr. Burke-Doe holds a California Physical Therapy License and is a California Children’s Services paneled physical therapist, certified grant writer, and certified grant reviewer. She is also certified by Flinders University in Chronic Condition Self-Management. She is an active member of several professional organizations, including the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) and the California Physical Therapy Association (CPTA), and is on a number of state and national committees, including the CPTA Education Committee and the CPTA Delegate.
