Maricon Dans
Credentialing Nurse with Global Experience
Maricon began her nursing career in 1998 as a factory nurse in Cebu, Philippines before moving to hospital nursing. In 2002 she traveled to the Channel Islands of Britain to work for the Board of Health and in 2004, she came to work in Louisville, Kentucky. Travel nursing assignments then brought her to Maryland and Arizona, before she took a staff assignment at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona. In 2008, she returned to Lexington where she had many roles at the University of Kentucky — including as a nurse residency facilitator, staff development specialist, and clinical nurse specialist. She also began additional roles at local colleges as an adjunct nursing instructor. She completed her Master’s of Nursing in 2012 from the University of Phoenix and took post-master’s certificate courses at the University of Kentucky. In 2014, she took on a role as a senior pathway program analyst for the Pathway to Excellence Program American Nurses Credentialing Center in Maryland before becoming the operations manager in 2016. Maricon has been the assistant director since 2019.
Maricon is the recipient of numerous awards and served on dozens of committees as a lead, super user, or member during her career. Her expertise has been part of implementing electronic medical records and supporting bar code administration, health information technology usability, professional development, inter-professional collaboration, NSI and core measures, workforce diversity, tissue viability, risk assessment, and rapid response. During her career she has been invited to co-present about the benefits of positive practice environments in Mexico, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Philippines, and the Netherlands, to name a few.
Last year, in reflection of the challenges for nursing in 2020, she co-presented on the Emotions Behind the Mask for the Philippines Nurses Association and on fostering resilience. She has also commenced her PhD studies at Liberty University.
Watch Maricon’s Nurses You Should Know Video here.
Further Reading
Read more about nursing education in the Philippines here.
Learn about the Philippine Nurse Association of America here.
View the touching tribute to the Philippine healthcare workers who have died in the pandemic here.
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Sources
We sourced the information above from Maricon Dans and LinkedIn.
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