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
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MOT, University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences
BA in Psychology, Georgia Southern University
Research Interests
Onsite injury prevention
Ergonomics
Ms. Cremer is full time faculty at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences. She teaches a variety of classes throughout the curriculum including application courses Clinical Applications of Adulthood and Geriatrics. As well as she manages the OT aspect of the Probono clinic on campus. Ms. Cremer has worked as a clinician in a variety of settings ergonomics/prevention, skilled nursing, long term acute, subacute and outpatient. She specializes in onsite injury prevention. She continues to maintain clinical hours, working in ergonomics, subacute and long term acute settings.