J. Michelle Moccia

Biography

Nurse Practitioner Michelle Moccia is the program director of Michigan’s first-ever Senior ER Center, which opened in July 2010 at St. Mary Mercy Hospital. Michelle has been a Registered Nurse (RN) since 1975 and a Critical Care Registered Nurse since 1983, shortly after earning the RN of the Year award at Annapolis Hospital in Wayne, Michigan. She has devoted more than three decades of her life to emergency room nursing, nurse training and the partnering with EMS agencies, community groups and senior care centers to promote the wellness and special care needs of seniors. Her passion for leadership and teaching others how to care for seniors and other emergency room patients has led to dozens of speaking engagements locally and nationally, as well as being published multiple times in national medical journals. In 2013, Michelle earned the Distinguished Alumna of the Year Award from Eastern Michigan University Nursing College of Health and Human Services and the Excellence in Clinical Practice Award from the Great Lakes Chapter of Gernontological spelling Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association; Community Award (2014) National GAPNA. She currently holds a monthly group "STARForUM" (Safe Transition of All Residents For yoU and Me) working with professionals in Aged-Care Facilities, Home Health Care (licensed and unlicensed); Social Workers, Case Managers, Hospice, EMS, ER nurses, and other professionals passionate in improving transition of care and the health of our population. (or something like this) Background and Training: Doctorate of Nursing Practice, Madonna University, Livonia, Michigan Master of Science in Nursing with Graduate Certificate in Health Care Systems, Eastern Michigan University Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, Madonna University, Livonia, Michigan Associates Degree in Nursing, Schoolcraft College, Livonia, Michigan Geriatric Emergency Nursing Education and Geriatric Resource Nurse Certification Professional Membership: Chair of Chapter Leadership for National GAPNA Past-President of Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses’ Association Great Lakes Chapter Member of Special Interest Group "Hospice and Palliative Care" National GAPNA Member of Special Interest Group "Long Term Care: GAPNA Member of Special Interest Group "Research Committee" GAPNA Member of Michigan Nursing Action Coalition Member of MPRO Consumer Advisory Pane Michigan Nurse Practitioner Association (MICNP) American Association of Critical Care Nurse Emergency Nurse Association Chairperson Education/Research, Care Transitions Coalition Southeast Michigan Committee

Research Interest

Geriatric Emergency Nursing Education Geriatric Resource Nurse Certification