Gloria Graham

Gloria Graham has 24 years’ experience as a Registered Nurse receiving a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing from Berea College in Berea Kentucky and a Master’s of Science in Nursing from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio.  She is currently enrolled at the Mount St. Joseph University working towards a Doctorate of Nursing Practice in Healthcare Leadership, with expected graduation in May of 2015.  Gloria is the Clinical Materials Specialist for Supply Chain Management at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, a large urban, 500+ bed pediatric academic medical center.  Her clinical background includes experience as a staff nurse on a Neurosurgical unit and in the Emergency Department which is a Level 1 Trauma Center.  Over the past seven years, she has had a unique opportunity to mesh her clinical expertise with supply chain management at the health system level.  In the position with supply chain, she is involved in the clinical value analysis process and other supply chain activities related to patient care, quality and safety.  Some of her responsibilities include, but not limited to, responsibility for facilitating the introduction of new products and continuously monitoring current products to ensure that they are safe and effective for patient use.  Gloria also consistently interacts with staff hospital wide through one on one relationship as a committee participant, or in a committee leadership role in carrying out resource and change management functions.  She is an active participant with the hospitals shared governance committees such as Nursing Professional Practice, CPR Committee, Monitor Oversight and Blood Borne Pathogen Exposure Committee.  She has presented at the Association for Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals (AHVAP) Annual Conference, Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management (AHRMM) Annual Conference, Cook Medical Sales meeting and Q1 Productions Education Conference.  She is also involved with major committees both on a local and national level through professional associations. As an internal liaison to both clinical and non-clinical staff and speaker on supply chain topics at local and national conferences, she has been able to share how nursing and supply chain partner with each other for improved patient care and safety.