2005,
December Ed.D.
Candidate, Montana State University-Bozeman
1989, August Master of Science in
Nursing, University of
1982,
December Bachelor of
Science in Nursing, Montana State University-Bozeman
1969,
May Associate
of Science in Nursing,
1969-Present Licensed as a
Registered Nurse, State of
1991-Present Board certified as
Adult Nurse Practitioner,
1992-Present Prescriptive
Privileges, State of Montana-Board of Nursing
July,
2004-Present Director of Nursing-MSU-Northern
Dec,
2003-Present Interim
Director-Department of Nursing,
Aug,
2000-Present Professor of
Nursing,
1991-2004 Adult Nurse
Practitioner, Northern Montana Medical Group -
1996-2000
Associate Professor of Nursing, Montana State
University-Northern
1989-1995
Assistant Professor of Nursing, Montana State
University-Northern
1986-1989
Nursing Instructor, Northern
1985-1987
Registered Nurse-Long Term Care Unit, Northern
1983-1986 Clinical
Nursing Instructor, Northern
1982
- 1985 Staff
nurse in the Intensive Care Unit,
1981-1982
Telemetry Unit, St. Vincent’s Hospital -
1979-1981
Administrative Supervisor, Northern
1969-1979
Staff Nurse, Northern
1969 Staff
Nurse,
1997 Anna
Shannon Award for Excellence in Formal, Nursing Education.
1984 MNA
District #7 Nurse of the Year:
2001 “My life
as a breast cancer survivor”; MSU-Northern Wellness
1998 “The
Other Side of the Fence”; Published in “The Pulse”
The
1997 Examination
of the breast: Northern Montana Care Center:
1996 Physical
Assessment;
1996 The
use of Reminiscence Group in the Nursing Home Resident;
1995 Care of
the Resident with a CVA: Sweet Rest Home;
1994 The role
of the Nurse Practitioner; Association of Retired Teachers.
1994 Communicating
with the Confused Elder; Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd nursing staff;
1993 Use
of Psychotropic Drugs in the Elderly; Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd
licensed staff
1993 Signs
and Symptoms of Cancer, Hypertension, and Diabetes Mellitus; Church of Latter
Day Saints
1971-Present Member-Montana
Nurses Association
1996-Present Member
of the Editorial Board; “The Pulse”
1994-Present Member
of Commission on Continuing Nursing Education- Provider Unit
1990- Present Member
of National League for Nurses
1991-Present Member of Northern
Montana Hospital Home Health Care Professional Committee.
2001-Present Member
of
Current In
progress: Dissertation entitled “Predictors of success in Associate Degree
nursing students at MSU-Northern”
1988 Developed
a research proposal concerning student nurses attitudes toward aging and
gerontological nursing