Registered nurse since 1994. Worked in acute care hospital nursing as a staff nurse in labor/delivery/recovery/postpartum and medical surgical nursing. Began career as a nurse educator in 2003 and have taught many subjects in the baccalaureate nursing program first at a small Mennonite liberal arts college and now at Newman since 2014. Courses taught include Maternal/Newborn, Leadership, and Research/Evidence Based Practice. Married with 3 children and 3 grandchildren
Kansas Newman College
Associate Degree Nursing, 1994
Southwestern College
Bachelor's Degree Nursing, 1999
Fort Hays State University
Master's Degree Nursing - Administration, 2011
American Sentinel University
Doctor of Nursing Practice - Educational Leadership, 2016
- Nursing research/evidence based practice Maternal
- Newborn nursing Professional Development
- Leadership
- Nursing Education
- Diversity in Nursing
- Professionalism in Nursing
- Co-Presenter Epsilon Gamma at Large Chapter Evidence Based Nursing Conference
- Increasing Hispanic Representation in Nursing-Spring 2015 KSNA Membership Assembly
- Attitudes of Associate Degree Nursing Students Toward the Value of Completing the Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing
- Fall 2016 Poster Presentation at Chi Eta Chapter Event
- Attitudes of Associate Degree Nursing Students Toward the Value of Completing the BSN in Nursing
- Spring 2018 Chapter Reviewer: Maternal Newborn Success: A Course Review Applying Critical Thinking to Test Taking. F.A Davis. Summer 2012
- Member Epsilon Gamma at Large Chapter of Sigma
- Member ANA/KSNA KSNA
- Education Committee Member of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church and involved in several ministries.