Diploma in Nursing
St Luke’s Methodist Hospital Cedar Rapids, Iowa

BSN
Marycrest College; Davenport, Ia

MSN
University of Dubuque; Dubuque, Ia

• Medical surgical nursing


• ICU


• Pediatrics


• Diabetes Care Center


• Neonatal Intensive Care

Level 3

• Has been a nurse for 30 years


• Graduated from Clinton Community College with ADN


• Worked at Genesis Medical Center in various positions with 21 years in the Emergency Department


• In 1998 Graduated from Marycrest International University with BSN


• Received graduate degree from University of Illinois at Chicago


• Was certified as a Family Nurse
Practitioner in 2002, worked for 2 years as a FNP at Community Health Care in Rock Island Illinois

• Have worked at Black Hawk College since August of 2004 teaching Med/Surg concepts in level II

Educational Background:
Associate Degree from Black Hawk College in 1986.
Bachelor Degree in Nursing from University of Illinois at Chicago in 1995.
Master Degree in Nursing Education from Clarke College in 2000.
Medical Surgical Certification

Nursing Background:
I have been a nurse for 20 years. I worked at Genesis Medical Center for the past 19 years. I worked as a staff nurse, charge nurse, assistant nurse manager, and nurse manager of the Cardiac Care Units.
I have worked for Black Hawk College since 2001.

I have been a nurse for 34 years. Most of that time has been in nursing education. I worked for twelve years at Moline Public Hospital School of Nursing. I have taught at Black Hawk in the
Associate Degree Nursing Program since January of 1985. I received a Bachelor’s in Nursing from the College of St. Teresa’s in Winona, Minnesota. My time in Minnesota included two years of
clinical at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. I received my Master’s in Nursing from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, IL. while raising four children and working full time. My original specialty was Intensive Care/ Coronary Care. I have been lucky because I have been able to teach in almost every area in the curriculum. For the last 15 years, I have taught in Mental Health Nursing. I was Assistant Chair for Associate Degree Nursing for four years. I now
serve as Department Chair for Nursing, Allied Health and HPE.
Nursing has truly been my “call”. It is a wonderful profession. In all the years I have worked, I have never once questioned my decision to go into this field. I try, on a daily bases to, instill this love of nursing into every student I work with.

Diploma in Nursing 1973; Moline Public Hospital

B.S.N. 1978; Marycrest College

M.S. 1983; Northern Illinois University

• First Aid, CPR & Advanced Cardiac Life Support Instructor

• PRN Staff Nurse Post Anesthesia Care Unit, Trinity Medical Center, West Campus

• Member; Sigma Theta Tau, ACCN, ISPAN, ASPAN,    

I am a full time instructor in the Associate Degree Nursing program and an alumnus of Black Hawk College. I received my Associate in Applied Science degree here in 1988. I began my nursing career as a cardiac nurse, and I still continue to work per diem in that capacity. I received my Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Illinois at Chicago, Quad City Campus in 1994, and my Master of Science in Nursing with an emphasis in Nursing Education from Clarke College in 2001. Prior to coming to Black Hawk as an instructor I worked as adjunct faculty in the nursing program at Scott Community College. I teach Level 1, Nursing Concepts 1, and I look forward to the opportunity to welcome you into our program.

Graduate of Lutheran Hospital School of Nurses
Graduate of University of Illinois at Chicago
Graduate of Clarke College