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.