Professional Affiliations: Maine Council of Associate Degree Programs, National League for Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau, Phi Kappa Phi, Greater Waterville P.A.T.C.H. (Planned Approach to Community Health)

Credentials: B.S., Nursing; University of Maine - Portland/Gorham; M.S. Nursing, University of Southern Maine

Committees:  Curriculum Committee; PTA Advisory Committee

Students Should Know: I have been a nurse for more than two decades and over that period of time I have had many jobs.  None of them, however, have been more challenging or rewarding than working with students. The explosion of technology and information has changed the world over recent years as well as the profession of nursing.  No longer is it adequate to "train" nurses in the rote repetition of tasks.  Along with learning safe patient care skills, nursing students must have a solid foundation in the physical and social sciences and the humanities.  They must have a desire to ask questions, to delve deeper and to learn more than what is on the surface.  It is essential that nurses be able to think critically, to problem-solve and to communicate in an ever-changing world of diversity.  It is my fervent wish to challenge students' hearts and minds as well as their hands to look beyond the obvious in order to envision alternatives and to act creatively in providing the best possible care for their patients. I teach the Nursing Process and critical thinking across the nursing curriculum.  I enjoy teaching the concepts of pain management, fluid and electrolytes, and acid/base balance.  The majority of my clinical background is in medical/surgical nursing and you will find me in that area for clinical in the third and fourth semesters.  I am the course coordinator for NUR227, the last clinical nursing course in the curriculum.  One of the biggest joys of my job is to see former students functioning in the profession and to have the satisfaction that I might have helped them, in some small way, to achieve their goal.