STUDENT PROFILE
Taking Nurse Leadership into the OR By Rochelle Broder-Singer
John Paul “JP” Moyle had been a registered nurse for nearly 17 years when he decided to advance his nursing practice. He had already worked in intensive and critical care units in his native Philippines, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, and the U.S. before entering the B.S.N.-D.N.P. Nurse Anesthesia Track at the School of Nursing and Health Studies in 2021. The crucial leadership role certi ed registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) play in the operating room (OR) was a signi cant factor in Moyle choosing this specialty. “You will be the one at the head of the bed, monitoring the patient minute by minute, second by second,” he says. “You are the one making sure the patient is comfortable, making sure the surgery is done safely.” After earning his B.S.N. at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Moyle worked in Philippine Heart Center’s surgical ICU, the medical ICU at Dubai’s Rashid Hospital and Trauma Centre, the critical care unit in Toronto’s North York General Hospital, and the cardiovascular ICU of Detroit’s Henry Ford Hospital. Moyle notes that during the time he spent obtaining his Canadian nursing license, he took a nurse assistant position. It was a humbling experience that helped him to develop a deeper appreciation of “how important every team member is in providing quality health care for a patient,” he says. Moyle’s dedication to his patients was recognized with nursing awards from both North York and Henry Ford hospitals. At Henry Ford, he also served as a preceptor and chaired the education and practice committee. “You have to step up, you have to lead,” he says. “It is important that your voice is heard and you’re acting on it. That makes a difference in providing quality care to the patient.”
Photography by Mitchell Zachs
Awesome Job, Grads! Fall Awards 2022
The School of Nursing and Health Studies Awards Ceremony made a vibrant return to the Shalala Student Center December 15, filling the auditorium with cheers, hugs, selfies, standing ovations, and even a few tears of joy. The individual awardees were Premoboere Okoinyan, D.N.P. ’22, Kaylene K. Baugh, D.N.P. ’22, Sandra Rosenberg, P.M.H.N.P. ’22, Danielle N. Bibelheimer, A.B.S.N. ’22, Erin L. Domash, A.B.S.N. ’22, and Adriana Eliese Grewe, B.S.H.S. ’22. At the event, over 200 newly minted graduates in the following academic programs also were recognized: Doctor of Nursing Practice, Master of Science in Nursing, Post-Master’s Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Certificate, Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Bachelor of Science in Health Science, and Bachelor of Science in Public Health.
Moyle is hopeful that VR will be proven an effective—as well as a cost- cutting and time-saving—alternative to traditional malignant hyperthermia simulation trainings. To gather evidence, he will out t participating CRNAs with Oculus Quest VR headsets. These practitioners will have to instruct avatars within the virtual OR scenario, much as they would fellow clinicians. Pre- and post-training tests will determine the experience’s impact on learner knowledge, skill, and con dence. Positive results could lead to more VR simulation use in CRNA training. Moyle cites many reasons he wanted to earn his doctorate at SONHS. Chief among those as an LGBTQ person of color was the diversity and inclusiveness of the school and University. “University of Miami does not just tolerate diversity— they celebrate diversity,” he says. “My success as a student relies on that, on being celebrated for who I am.” After graduating this December, Moyle plans to relocate to the U.S. with his Toronto- based husband because Canada doesn’t currently have nurse anesthetists. With characteristic vision, Moyle forecasts, “Maybe I will be the one to bring it there.”
Moyle continues to lead at SONHS, where he is his class representative and a scholar focused on advancing virtual reality (VR) simulation education. “JP is very innovative and has embraced the mentorship role,” says Dr. Greta Mitzova-Vladinov, Nurse Anesthesia
Program director. Last year, he presented a poster with Mitzova- Vladinov and classmate Daphnie
Andre at the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology Congress. Their presentation, “Virtual Reality Simulation for OR Clinical Exposure for Novice Anesthesia Learners,” showed high levels of acceptance among learners for VR technology.
This year, Moyle was awarded a Jackson Memorial Hospital research grant to implement a
quality improvement project. Moyle will build on his doctoral work to examine the use of VR simulation for training nurse anesthetists to address malignant hyperthermia crises in the OR. Malignant hyperthermia—an uncommon but severe reaction to certain anesthesia drugs—is largely unpredictable and potentially fatal, making preparation for its occurrence vital for CRNAs.
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