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Contact Info, Education..........................................................Page 1

Licensure and Certification, Current Postions...........................Page 2

Professional Experience, Activities.........................................Page 3

Computer Training and Skills, Awards.....................................Page 4
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Contact Info:

Beth Kandaswamy
Center for Urologic Clinical Trials
MMC 394, Mayo D-510
420 Delaware St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612-624-7792
Email: brand138@umn.edu

Education:

**2000-present University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Master of Nursing in Health Systems Administration

Coursework: Research in Nursing which topics included research process/methods appropriate for problems relevant to nursing and critiques of research studies/proposal development

Coursework: Research on Decision Making in Healthcare topics included conceptual models/studies on decision-making about healthcare, formulating research proposals to investigate health care decisions by health care professionals/health care policy makers and patients/clients, or families

Coursework: Introduction to Biostatistics and Statistical Decision Making topics included graphing, data definition and acquisition, classical descriptive and inferential statistics in health field terms, simple Bayesian methods and the analogies to alpha beta errors and errors of omission and commission, random variables and random sampling, probability tables, test statistics, hypothesis construction and testing, methods of estimation, confidence intervals, language of symbols and statistical
mechanics, sampling frames, rates and analytical methods up to the level of chi-square and simple linear regression; plus prevalence incidence, risk ratios and basic epidemiology terms, used SPSS in this course

Coursework: Healthcare Organizational Behavior topics included human behavior in organizations, motivation, leadership, influence of organizational structure, informal group behavior, interpersonal relations, supervision, emphasis on preventing and solving problems among individuals and groups in organizations

Coursework: Financial Management topics included key financial statement concepts for for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, valuation and financial decision making using net present value, internal rate of return and other measures, capital structure and cost of capital, capital budgeting, financial planning, operating budgets, and negotiating price and volume, used Excel in this course

Coursework: Management of Healthcare Organizations topics included the role of the hospital in health services delivery and relationships with other elements of the healthcare system, problems of achieving results with emphasis on governance, medical staff, and the role of the administrator

Coursework: Health and Health Systems topics included sociopolitical, economic, and moral/ethical issues confronting the U.S. public health and medical care system, trends in service, human resource, financing and health services organization, and implications for the public's health

Coursework: Financial Accounting topics included basic principles of financial accounting involving the interpretation of corporate financial statements

**1993-1997 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing
Graduated with distinction
GPA 3.81

Coursework: Applied Nursing Research/ Research Utilization
designed and carried out a research project to develop fundamental
systematic inquiry and to interpret research as it applies to nursing

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Licensure and Certification:

Registered Nurse License-State of MN
Public Health Certification-State of MN

Other Current Positions:

1998-2003 Fairview-University Medical Center, Mpls., MN
Registered Nurse

Accomplishments: Delivered specialized nursing care to solid organ transplant patients, administered immunosuppression and other medications, conducted patient assessments and entered all pertinent data into EMTEC, educated patients and family members about the transplant process/cares, mentored new employees and float staff

Primary Clinical Coordinator of the Multicenter, Randomized, Partially-Blinded Study of the Safety and Efficacy of FTY-720 Reduced-Dose Neoral in de novo Adult Renal Recipients

Clinical Coordinator of the Prospective, Open-label, Randomized Comparative Trial of Mycophenolate Mofetil Versus Sirolimus, with Steroid withdrawal, using a Tacrolimus Based Immunosuppressive Protocol in Pancreas After Kidney Transplantation

Clinical Coordinator of the Prospective, Open-label, Randomized trial of Steroid Avoidance using a sirolimus/tacrolimus based immunosuppressive protocol in Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney transplantation

Clinical Coordinator of the Randomized Trial of Sirolimus and Tacrolimus vs. Cyclosporine and Mycophenolate Mofetil in a Rapid Discontinuation of Prednisone Protocol

Acted as nursing spokesperson for the solid organ transplant unit for FUMC's documentation committee, developed new and modified current documentation forms that met the transplant unit's needs and also fulfilled JCAHO standards, worked with the nurse manager in ensuring proper nursing documentation on the solid organ transplant unit, presented the unit's documentation findings and changes implemented during nursing staff meetings

Represented the solid organ transplant nursing staff on the nursing practice committee, worked with the nursing practice team and the nurse manager to develop and implement inservices to meet the learning needs of the nursing staff, worked with this team in developing a continuing education curriculum to meet the requirements of nursing skills needed to provide care on the solid organ transplant unit

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Professional Experience:

Bethesda Lutheran Care Center, St. Paul, MN
Registered Nurse

Accomplishments: Led the nursing care team, which included Licensed Practical Nurses and Nursing Assistants, to ensure the administration of medications, treatments and safety measures to the residents, served as a liaison between nursing staff, administration, family members, and residents, collaborated with physicians, ancillary services, other multi-disciplinary healthcare workers, family and residents to achieve patient outcomes, conducted case-mix level of patients for Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement, coordinated, implemented, and updated patient care plans

Professional Activities:

Novartis Summit Meeting, New Mexico, June 2002

Third Annual Joint Meeting of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons and the American Society of Transplantation, Washington, D.C., April 2002

The Cutting Edge-New Frontiers in Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, March 2002

Steroid Free Immunosuppressive Regimens: Exploring New Options in Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, Dallas, November 2001

Transplant Immunosuppression 2001: The Complete Care of the Transplant Recipient, Minneapolis, October 2001

56th Annual Congress of the Japanese Society of
Gastroenterological Surgery, Akita, Japan, July 2001

8th World Congress International Pancreas and Islet Transplantation Association, Innsbruck, Austria, June 2001

Second Annual Cutting Edge: New Frontiers in Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, April 2001

7th Congress of the Brazilian Organ Transplant Congress, Vitoria, Brazil, March 2001

National Meeting of the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations, San Diego, January 2001

International Congress of the Transplantation Society, Rome, Italy, August 2000

Minneapolis Transplant Congress, Post-transplant Immunosuppression: New Paradigms, Minneapolis, October 1999

25th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American society of Transplant Surgeons, Chicago, IL May 1999

Critical Care Cluster Courses, FUMC, January 1999
· Hemodynamic monitoring theory and skills
· Neurological disorders and assessment
· Cardiac conditions and medications
· Renal assessment and GI disorders
· Multi-System organ failure and Shock
Organ Transplant Seminar, FUMC, January 1999
Care of the Pediatric Patient Seminar, FUMC, December 1998
Management for Nurses Seminar, Bethesda Care Center, August 1998
· Leadership
· Corrective Action
· Employee Evaluation
Accessing Hospice Care Seminar, Bethesda Care Center, August 1997
Supporting Rehabilitation Services, Bethesda Care Center, July 1997

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Computer Training and Skills:

Introduction to Excel 2000: start Excel, understand the Excel screen display, move efficiently around an Excel workbook, enter constants and formulas, use the paste function option, format data to improve the appearance of worksheets, save and open files, print data, use toolbars and shortcut menus to improve efficiency

Excel: Intermediate Skills: format worksheets effectively, create styles and templates, do conditional formatting, use data validation, work with named ranges, sort data, use AutoFilter, work with subtotals, work with comments, use the past function feature to perform additional functions, audit worksheets, customize toolbars, customize Excel's default settings

Excel and Statistics: use the histogram analysis tool, use the Chart Wizard, create a column chart, create a pie chart, use the past function of Excel for statistical functions, use print preview, adjust margins, add headers and footers

Introduction to PowerPoint: understand the PowerPoint screen display, create a basic presentation, save and open files, use spell check, print a presentation, apply a template to the presentation, format text and bullets, format backgrounds, insert clip art, use the Slide Master, create a custom template

SPSS 9.0 for Windows: inputting data, modifying data, subsetting data,
making charts, running basic statistics, running linear regression, working
with output, setting preferences, running stepwise analyses

FCIS: add columns to the screen and tools to the toolbar, describe and
maintain information on the patient information tab, describe and maintain
information on the summary tab, order entry using the orders
tab, worksheet, requisition form, add, view, submit and cancel on orders
worksheet, maintenance actions on sample orders, act in response to alert
messages

Awards:

Received Lion's Club of Hibbing Scholarship
University of MN Freshman Merit Scholarship
Hibbing's Winter Frolic/Centennial Queen Scholarship
Iron Range Co-op Scholarship
Interests and Activities President of Medical Explorers, 1992-93
Mentor in Women in Science and Engineering, 1993-95
Vice President of Alpha Tau Delta Nursing Fraternity, 1996
Member of University of MN Nursing College Board, 1995-97
Member of American College of Health Care Executives, 2000-present

Volunteer:

Experience Candy striper at St. Lukes Hospital, Duluth, MN 1993-95
Muscular Dystrophy Exercise Program, Duluth, MN 1994
Boys and Girls' Club Art Program, Duluth, MN 1994
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, Bloomington, MN 1999-2002

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