 |
Tamara Otey, MSN, RN Clinical Assistant Professor
|
| Phone: |
901-678-2043 |
| Fax: |
901-678-4906 |
| E-mail: |
totey@memphis.edu |
| Office: |
110 Newport Hall |
|
 |
Teaching
Tamara Otey currently instructs Foundations of Nursing Practicum for the Fall and
Spring semesters. On occasion, she has taught during the Summer semester in Expanding
Family Practicum and Population Focused Nursing Practicum.
Service:
Tamara Otey is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International, and she serves on the Board
of Directors of the Beta Theta Chapter-at-Large as the Faculty Counselor for the University
of Memphis. She is also a member of the Curriculum Committee for the Loewenberg School
of Nursing.
Scholarship:
While completing her MSN program in 2003, Tamara developed an interactive CD-rom on
HIV prevention and information for African American female adolescence. She continues
to update her CD-rom presentation to include male and female adolescence and both
HIV and STD prevention. Tamara serves her community by giving this presentation to
youth groups from churches and community projects.
Tamara has lead a medical missions’ team of five (Three RN’s, one FNP, and one Dental
Hygienist) from Temple of Deliverance Church of God in Christ to Port Harcourt, River
State, Nigeria in October 2007 & September 2004. They went to work with the medical
missions’ team (Four physicians, two nurses, and ten nursing students) from Kingdom
Life Gospel Church in Port Harcourt. The Nigerian team, lead by Dr. Norbert Unamba,
lack access to most medical supplies including stethoscopes, sphygmomanometer, Fetal
Doppler, thermometers, and glucose monitoring machines. The citizens of Port Harcourt
lack access to medical care and medications. Tamara and her team members take as many
medications and medical supplies as possible. They also train the Nigerian medical
team on proper usage and operating procedures of the medical supplies and medication.
They provided medical services in churches and outside in the community and treated
approximately 100 patients a day. They treated large numbers of patients with high
blood pressure, hyperglycemia, and malaria. The focus also was on maternal patients
because Nigeria has the third largest maternal mortality rate in the world. Their
goal is to build a free outpatient clinic in Port Harcourt.
Practice:
Tamara has been a Registered Nurse since 1985 with experience in Oncology, Obstetrics,
Newborn care, Home Health, and Discharge Planning / Case Management. Her love is Community
Nursing.
More:
Tamara Otey is the proud mother of adult children, Reuben and Sable Otey.
|