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Christicel Okeke

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Nominee

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Finalist

1x

Winner

Bio

BSN Registered Nurse II with a strong educational background and professional experience in critical care, emergency, psychiatry mental health, and home healthcare settings. Noted throughout my career for consistently providing high-quality patient-centered care with compassion, diligence, and wholeheartedness, in fast-paced hospital environments to various populations and ages across the lifespan. Adept at managing routine and complex medical and psychiatric conditions and committed to improving patient outcomes through comprehensive patient care and education. I aim to pursue the role of a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner driven by the desire to tackle mental health disparities, notably among African-Americans and Veterans in the United States, primarily Texas state. Through servant leadership, excellence, accountability, and diversity, all patients can and will be served with inclusivity and equity.

Education

The University of Texas at Tyler

Master's degree program
2024 - 2027
  • Majors:
    • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
    • Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions

North Carolina Central University

Bachelor's degree program
2020 - 2021
  • Majors:
    • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Bachelor's degree program
2015 - 2018
  • Majors:
    • Biology, General

Miscellaneous

  • Desired degree level:

    Doctoral degree program (PhD, MD, JD, etc.)

  • Graduate schools of interest:

  • Transfer schools of interest:

  • Majors of interest:

    • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
    • Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
    • Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
    • Psychology, General
  • Not planning to go to medical school
  • Career

    • Dream career field:

      Mental Health Care

    • Dream career goals:

      Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

    • Emergecy Medicine RN

      Duke Regional Hospital
      2022 – 2022
    • Critical Care RN

      Methodist Medical Center
      2022 – 20242 years
    • Psychiatric Registered Nurse

      Nursing
      2024 – Present12 months
    • RN FIELD CASE MANAGER, PRN

      Home Health
      2023 – Present1 year

    Research

    • Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields, Other

      UNC Charlotte Vivarium — Research Assistant
      2016 – 2016
    • Biology, General

      UNC Charlotte — Research Assistant
      2016 – 2016

    Arts

    • Afrikawi

      Dance
      2016 – 2016

    Public services

    • Volunteering

      Elevation Church — Love Week Volunteer
      2017 – 2017
    • Advocacy

      Duke School of Nursing — LEAHP Panelist
      2024 – 2024
    • Volunteering

      UNC Charlotte — Homelessness Awareness Week Volunteer
      2017 – 2017
    • Volunteering

      UNC Charlotte — Poverty Simulation Volunteer
      2017 – 2017
    • Volunteering

      Samaritan's Feet — Volunteer
      2017 – 2017
    • Volunteering

      North Carolina Central University Vaccination Clinic — Nursing Student Volunteer
      2021 – 2021
    • Volunteering

      North Carolina Central University — Nursing Student Volunteer
      2021 – 2021
    • Volunteering

      Dallas Life — Soup kitchen volunteer
      2023 – 2023
    • Advocacy

      Duke University's: Leading to Equitable Access to Health Professions — Student Scholar
      2021 – 2021

    Future Interests

    Advocacy

    Volunteering

    Philanthropy

    Entrepreneurship