Anna Ferris

Anna Ferris was HDO Health’s second SkillBridge intern as an Army Nurse Captain based out of Fort Bliss, Texas.

She transitioned from a six-year active-duty military career in the Army Nurse Corps to the civilian sector in the summer of 2023. Anna is a three-and-a-half-year Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Scholarship Recipient and Distinguished Military Graduate of the University of North Dakota. She received her commission into the Army Nurse Corps upon completing a Bachelor of Science in Nursing with a Minor in Military Science. Before interning with HDO Health, Anna concluded work as a Board Certified Inpatient Behavioral Health Nurse and Interim Inpatient Behavioral Health Unit (IBHU) Supervisory Nurse Clinical Nurse Officer in Charge (CNOIC) at William Beaumont Army Medical Center (WBAMC)(2019-2023). Her previous duties and assignments include: WBAMC Medical and Behavioral Restraint Trainer Officer in Charge (2021-2023), Fort Bliss, TX; Defense Health Agency Telehealth WBAMC Nurse Liaison (2022), Fort Bliss, TX; COVID-19 Medical-Surgical Augmenting Nurse (2020-2022), WBAMC, Fort Bliss, TX; Influenza Vaccination Campaign Manager (2021), Fort Bliss, TX; Interim Peripheral Vascular Clinic Nurse Manager (2021), WBAMC, Fort Bliss, TX; and Medical-Surgical Nurse on a specialized medical-surgical, oncology, and palliative care unit (2017-2019), Madigan Army Medical Center (MAMC) Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM), WA. Anna’s Army education includes the AMEDD Basic Officer Leadership Course in 2017, Clinical Nurse Transition Program (CNTP) in 2017, U.S. Army Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Course (Honor Graduate) in 2019, and the Army Nurse Case Manager Course in 2021.

Anna returned remotely to the University of North Dakota for graduate school and expects to obtain her Master of Science in Nursing as an advanced practice nurse after completing her time on active duty. While attending school, she will work part-time in Patuxent River, Maryland and Huntsville, Alabama, for her business Hope Box Photography in addition to working PRN as a registered nurse.

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