Kaitlin Stolberg, Amy Miele, and Sharon Staples to present poster at American Society of Hypertension annual meeting

Kaitlin Stolberg, RN, Amy Miele, RN, and Sharon Staples, RN will be presenting a poster at the American Society of Hypertension (ASH) annual meeting in May.  Their poster,  “Best Practices in Blood Pressure Measurement Education In an Interprofessional, Health Professions Academic Setting” culminates the training of over 150 students and 30 faculty in the Westbrook College of Health Professions and the College of Pharmacy following their certification as Blood Pressure Master Trainers last fall.

They have worked closely with Stacy Meyer from Maine CDC’s Cardiovascular Health Program, Ruth Dufresne, UNE-CCPH Healthy Maine Partnerships evaluator, as well as Pat Morgan, Ph.D., RN, CNE and Jen Morton, DNP, MPH, RN, from UNE’s Department of Nursing.  Stolberg, Miele and Staples will be graduating from the RN to BSN program in May.

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