Ms. Ify E. Ezeobele’s education includes a Master’s of Science degree in Nursing from UTMB Galveston; Master of Science degree in Health Education from Texas Southern University, Houston; Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from UT-Health Science Center, Houston. She is a Registered Nurse, an Advanced Practice Nurse and a Board Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist in Psychiatric/Mental Health since 1995; also, a Certified Anger Resolution Therapist from the Center of Anger Resolution Inc, Houston. She is currently at Texas Woman’s University College of Nursing Houston pursuing a PhD in Nursing.

CURRENT ROLE:

She is a Senior Nurse Manager for three general adult units with 71 beds at UT-HCPC and has worked for UT-HCPC for over 16 years.

Her experience in psychiatry includes six years of Child/Adolescent, 2 years Geriatric Nursing and eight years in general Adult, all at UT-HCPC.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY :

Ms. Ezeobele, has 29 years of nursing experience. Her career started in Nigeria where she worked at the General Hospital, Aba, as a Registered Nurse and a Midwife. It was then that she found nursing to be fulfilling and felt the need to expand her role. She moved to the United States in late 1979 and began to expand her nursing experience in Houston. She worked as a staff nurse at Raleigh Hills General Hospital in 1981. She continued to expand her nursing role at the Texas Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR), Houston, at Houston International Hospital (HIH) and a supervisor at Chatter Hospital Sugarland. She became a part-time Nursing Instructor with the Houston Community College Associate Degree in Nursing, Associate Degree Nursing Evening Program from 1992 to present.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Her scholarly accomplishments were the publications of her Qualitative Research article in the Geriatric Nursing Journal, October 2002, Volume 23, Number 5, titled, “Health and Meaning: A Perspective of Geriatric Hispanic Women”; and also her published article on the AMN HealthCare on-line Journal, October 2003, titled “Mentoring of Graduate Nurses in Psychiatric Mental Health Setting”.

• Manchester Who’s Who recognition as an Honored Executive Member 2003/2004.
• Nominee for President Award for Mentoring Women, December 2003
• Texas Woman’s University-College Nursing Award for Publications, April 2003 and April 2004
• UT-HCPC Certificates of Appreciation for publication, June 2003