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Vivi French, MBA, RN, BSN

Congratulations to ViVi as the new 2004-2005 President-Elect for Southeast Texas Chapter ARN!

Current Employment:  Director of Nursing and Director of Operations of Cameo Caregivers.

Owner and President of Compass Health Services, LLC – Nurse Consultant Business.

 

Director of Nursing for care of all clients in a personal care company providing full range of personal home care services to clients in the Houston Metropolitan area.

ARN Member since:              May 2004

SETX Chapter ARN Member since:     May 2004

SETX Chapter ARN Involvement:        President Elect 2004-2005

                                                                      (Started as Two-Year Board Member)

                                                                      Newsletter Chairperson – 2004

                                                                      Membership Co-Chair – 2004

 

Why did you decide to join SETX Chapter ARN?

ViVi writes, “ After attending one meeting, I was very impressed with the caliber of the educational programs and the camaraderie of the group of nursing professionals. My lifelong interests in rehabilitation found a home in the mission of this organization.”

 

Community Involvement: 

“I am currently a Deacon in the Heritage Presbyterian Church, as well as a Stephen Minister of the same church.  I have volunteered for several Habitat for Humanity projects in the past two years and other community projects.”

Awards Received:            Recently named Texas Small Businesswoman of the Year.

Exceptional Accomplishment:   Valedictorian of nursing class, Methodist Hospital School of Nursing.

                                                            Graduated Summa Cum Laude BSN program.

                                                            Sigma Theta Tau – ASU Tempe, Arizona

                                                            Published several articles – AORN Journal

Also – Wife, Mother of three sons, Grandmother of two grand-daughters!

Previous Experience:           

ViVi writes, “In the most recent years, I was a Director of Nursing and then an Administrator of a long-term care facility which included a very busy skilled unit and rehabilitation unit.  Since moving to Houston, I have also been the Executive Director of two Assisted Living Communities, and then worked as a Geriatric Care Manager.

Presently I am the Director of Nursing for a personal care company and work daily with geriatric clients where I am constantly involved with their return from hospital or facility to home, working with home health companies to assist them to return to the highest functional level possible.

In addition, I am the owner and President of Compass Health Services.  We provide nursing consultative services in the home.  Our mission is to assist each person to live in their home with dignity and quality of life.”

Hobbies, Special Interests:    “I really love to read, enjoy playing with my grandbabies, I love to dance and sing.  I enjoy gardening, swimming and walking my sweet dog.  The joy of my life has been to be the mother of wonderful children who are whole and successful, and now the grandmother of two wonder-filled granddaughters.  I am married to a loving man who loves life and laughs a lot and is my very best friend.” 

Anything else that you would like to share?

“One of my sons was severely brain injured in a MVA at the age of 14.  We were told he would never recover, that he would be on life support forever.  Well, every cell in my body said that would not be so!  That once brain injured child is about to complete his Graduate Degree, is the webmaster for my company’s website, and is a sensitive, creative accomplished person.  He is my best rehabilitation experience!  I stopped working for over a year after his accident and we did every therapy known – physical, occupational, spiritual – dance, music, art, etc.  He had to relearn everything from talking to crawling to walking.  From adding to subtracting to Romeo and Juliet.  He smelled weird things that weren’t there – he manifested behaviors and spoke words that I never knew that he knew!  We cried together, laughed together, got frustrated together!  He is a poster child for rehabilitation and is 100% recovered.

Never, never, never, never give up!

That is his motto… and it has been mine as well.

 

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