2. My Family
Married to the love of my life for 26
years
3 children, Lauren = 23, Caleb = 16,
Aaron = 13
Lauren just moved to Iowa, so our
family is adjusting to long distance
3. My Credentials
RN, BSN, CNOR
RN, BSN, CNOR
1989 graduated from East Tennessee
State University in Kingsport, TN
2007 received certification for my
specialty CNOR
2011 BSN from Immaculata University
Currently enrolled in MSN Executive
Track through Wilmington University
4. My Experience
1989 entered Perioperative Nursing training at Baptist Memorial Hospital,
Memphis, TN
1991 - 1997 worked as Cardiac Surgery Intraoperative RN in Kingsport, TN
2002 moved to Maryland
2002 - 2007 worked as Cardiac Surgery Intraoperative RN at Christiana Care
Health System, Newark, DE
2007 - 2011 worked at Union Hospital of Cecil County, Elkton, MD;
Perioperative Charge Nurse, Clinical Coordinator of Interventional Radiology
2011 - 2013 worked as Staff Development Nurse at Upper Chesapeake Health,
Bel Air, MD
2013 - 2014 worked as Clinical Director of Cecil Surgery Center, Elkton, MD
Present - Nemours, AI Dupont for Children Hospital
5. Online Learning
All my MSN classes have been online
Love the flexibility it allows me
Hope to consider further degrees in the
online setting
6. Fun Facts
I have 5 tattoos and plan on getting more
I lived in TN all my life until 2002
I moved every 2 years until 2002, I have now lived in the same house
since then
I plan on retiring to some part of the South
I have found out that through suffering, while devastating and difficult,
can be one of the best ways to learn; about ourselves, others and
moving forward
7. Life....
I believe that through suffering, while devastating and difficult, we can
learn; about ourselves, others and moving forward
You truly can survive!!!
