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EDUCATION:
May 2004
Master’s of Arts in Nursing
Augustana College,
Sioux Falls,
SD
May 1994
Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing
South Dakota State
University,
Brookings, SD
May 1977
Associate Degree of Nursing
Presentation College,
Aberdeen,
SD
WORK EXPERIENCE:
1994 – present Presentation
College,
Aberdeen,
SD,
Faculty: Nursing Department
1981 – present Avera St. Lukes,
Aberdeen,
SD,
Registered Nurse: Obstetrics
1997 – 1999 Sisseton-Whapeton Community
College, Sisseton, SD, Clinical
Instructor
1979 – 1981
Bemidji Medical Center,
Bemidji, MN,
Registered Nurse: Obstetrics,
Med-Surgical
1977 – 1978 Heron Lake Hospital,
Heron Lake,
MN,
Registered Nurse: Obstetrics,
Med-Surgical
1977 – 1977
Bethesda Nursing Home,
Aberdeen,
SD,
Registered
Nurse: Geriatrics
1976 – 1977
St. Lukes Hospital,
Aberdeen, SD,
Nurse Assistant: Mental Health Unit
1974 – 1976
Winner Community Hospital,
Winner, SD,
Nurse Assistant: Medical
Surgical
CERTIFICATIONS:
2002 – present
United States Alumni Associates
of Lactation Counselors
1998 – present
RTS Coordinator and
Counselor Bereavement Services
1993 – present
Perinatal Nurse,
American
Credentialing Center
1991 - 2001
Childbirth Educator, Birth and
Beginning Education (BABE)
1990 – present
Neonatal Resucitation Program
(NRP)
PRESENTATIONS:
2005
“Breast
Feeding Support in the Workplace” Research Days,
Aberdeen
SD
Poster Presentation for Master’s
Thesis/Research (3/14)
2004
Car Seat Safety Inservice to
OB unit during unit meeting
2003
March of
Dimes Baby and You Seminar
Leader, Aberdeen SD
AWARDS:
2006 – 2007 Who’s Who for
America’s Teachers
2005
2005 Avera Nursing Excellence
Award Nominee - Innovation
2004 - 2005
Who’s Who for
America’s Teachers
2003 - 2004
Who’s Who for America’s Teachers
PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT:
2006 – 2008
South Dakota Psychiatric
Nurses’s Association
2005 – 2008
South Dakota Perinatal
Association
1996 – present Sigma Theta Tau International
Has
served as treasurer and presently president for Rho Xi
Chapter 420
Assisted with Salad Symposium
and Research Days
1990 – 2002 Clinical Ladder – Expert
Practice Nurse
INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Avera St.
Lukes:
Unit:
2009 Mentor for
new graduate employee hired on Obstetrical Unit
2009 Preceptor for
Senior Nursing Student from Presentation College
2008 Preceptor for
Senior Nursing Student from Presentation College
2007
Preceptor for Senior Nursing
Student from
Presentation
College
2007
Assisting with Outlook – unit
helper
2007
Did pain management audits for
the month of January
2006
Participated in Birthplace
Debriefing Program
2006
Co-preceptor for summer intern
program
2007 Preceptor for
Senior Nursing Student from Presentation College
Hospital:
2008 assisted with
skills fair
2007 - present ASL Hourly Rounding
Committee
1990 – present
NRP instructor (this includes
those in the community)
2006
assisted with skills fair
2005
assisted with skills fair
College:
2008 - 2009
Early Warning Committee
2005 – 2006
Faculty Assembly Secretary
2003 – 2004
Welfare Committee
Department:
2006 – 2007
Chaired Clinical Evaluation Tool
committee
2006 - 2007
Nursing Math for Meds committee
2003 – 2005
Admission & Progression
Committee
Community:
2009
Brown County Fair First Aid Booth
2008
Brown County Fair First Aid Booth
2007
October---assisted with
Snowmobile
State
convention
2007 Brown County Fair First Aide
Booth
2005 – present
Driftbusters Snowmobile Club
2005
Brown County Fair First Aide
Booth
2000
Referee for USS Swim Association
for South Dakota
1998 – 2002
Starter for USS Swim Association
for South Dakota
1996 – 2002
Stroke and Turn Judge for USS
Swim Association for South Dakota
1996 – 2001
Brown County Fairboard member
1990 – 1994
Treasurer and Advancements Boy
Scouts of America
(Sand Lake District)
1990 – 2001
Assisted with 4H community
projects
1990 – 2004
Parents as Teachers Advisory
Board, Aberdeen
School District
TEACHING RESPONSIBLITIES:
2008-2009 Academic Year:
FA09 NB213 Introduction in Professional Nursing
(BSN clinical)
FA09 NB243 Health Assessment (BSN clinical)
FA09 NB311 Therapeutic Nutrition (internet class
for Main Campus, Fairmont, and LPN to BSN)
SU09 NA223 Mental Health (theory and clinical
for Lakota Campus-AD program)
SU09 NU333 Health Assessment (internet class for
LPN and AD to BSN)
SP09 NB338 Maternal Child (BSN theory main
campus and picture-tel to Fairmont campus)
SP09 NU333 Health Assessment (internet class for
LPN and AD to BSN)
SP 09 NB344 Mental Health (BSN theory and clinical)
FA08 NU333 Health Assessment (internet class for LPN
and AD to BSN)
FA08 NB311 Therapeutic Nutrition (internet class for
Main Campus, Fairmont, and LPN to BSN)
FA08 NB213 Introduction into Professional Nursing (BSN
clinical)
FA08 NB243 Health Assessment (BSN clinical)
2007- 2008 Academic Year:
FA07
NB 311 Therapeutic Nutrition
(theory; internet, camtasia lecture for Main/Fairmont
Campuses
FA07
NB338 Maternal Child (theory;
main campus)
FA07
NB243 Health Assessment
(clinical)
FA07
NU333 Health Assessment
(internet class for LPN and AD to BSN)
2006 -2007 Academic Year:
SU07
NA223 Mental Health (theory and
clinical for Lakota Campus)
SP07
NB344 Mental Health (theory and
clinical)
SP07
NB338 Maternal Child (theory;
main campus and
Fairmont
campus)
FA06 NB311 Therapeutic Nutrition (theory;
internet and independent study class)
FA06 NB388 Maternal Child (theory)
FA06 NB243 Health Assessment (clinical)
FA06 NB213 Introduction into Professional
Nursing (clinical)
2005 – 2006 Academic Year:
SU06 NA223 Mental Health (theory and
clinical for Lakota Campus)
SP06 NB344 Mental Health (theory and
clinical; theory to Fairmont Campus)
SP06 NB338 Maternal Child (theory; main
campus and Fairmont campus)
FA05 NB311 Therapeutic Nutrition (theory; Fairmont and independent study)
FA05 NB388 Maternal Child (theory)
FA05 NB243 Health Assessment (clinical)
FA05 NA227 Maternal Child (pediatric
clinical for Lakota campus)
2004 – 2005 Academic Year
SP05 NB344 Mental Health (clinical)
SP05 NB338 Maternal Child (lecture and
clinical)
FA04 NB338 Maternal Child (lecture and
clinical)
FA04 NA227 Maternal Child (pediatric
clinical for Lakota Campus)
FA04 NB243 Health Assessment (clinical)
FA04 NB368 Adult Health I (clinical)
2003 – 2004 Academic Year
SP04 NB338 Maternal Child (clinical and
lecture)
FA03 NB338 Maternal Child (clinical and
lecture)
FA03 NA227 Maternal Child (pediatric
clinical for Lakota campus)
FA03 NB368 Adult Health I (clinical)
2002 – 2003 Academic Year
SU03 NA223
Mental Health (mental health
clinical for SEED program)
SP03 NB338
Maternal Child (clinical)
FA03 NB368 Adult Health I (clinical)
2001 – 2002 Academic Year
SP02 NB338 Maternal Child (clinical)
SP02 NA227 Maternal Child (clinical)
SP01 NB344 Mental Health (clinical)
FA01 NA106 Adult Health I (clinical)
FA01 NB338 Maternal Child (clinical)
2000 – 2001 Academic Year
SP01 NB338 Maternal Child (clinical)
FA00 NA227 Maternal Child (clinical)
1999 – 2000 Academic Year
FA99 NA227 Maternal Child (clinical)
1998 – 1999 Academic Year
FA98 NA227 Maternal Child (clinical)
1997 – 1998 Academic Year
FA97 NA227 Maternal Child (clinical)
1996 -1997 Academic Year
FA96 NA227 Maternal Child (clinical)
1995 -1996 Academic Year
FA95 NA227 Maternal Child (clinical)
1994 – 1995 Academic Year
FA94 NA227 Maternal Child (clinical)
CONTINUING EDUCATION:
2009 When Something Goes Terribly
Wrong: Avoiding the Latest Legal Issues in OB Care
2009 Changing Nursing's Paradigm
through Research
2008 Assessing and Managing Suicide
Risk
2008 8th Annual Pediatric Symposium
2008 Healing Touch and Imagery
2008 Medication Usage in Lactation
and Pregnancy
2008 The Sought Dakota Nursing
Education Deans and Directors Conference (NEDDS)
2007 The Nursing Leadership Model
2007 Mental Health Series: Daughter
of Suicide
2007 Promoting Health and Wellness in
Diverse Settings through Research
2007 Perinatal Clinical Update: Dr.
Thomas Hale/ Kay Hoover
2007 39th Biennial Sigma
Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing: Vision to
Action: Global Health Through
Collaboration
2007
Integrating Transcultural
Perspectives into Nursing Programs
2007
Urgencies and Emergencies in
Pediatric Care
2007
Changes in Life-Style: One Step
at a Time
2007
312: Health Educator Conference
“Keys to Success”
2007
“Understanding Infant Adoption”
Presented by Infant Adoption Initiative
Training
2007
JCAHO/OSHA Compliance: Patient
Transfer Skills
2007
Avera St. Lukes Accreditation
Preparation: Nonretaliation/Nonretribution
2007
Avera St. Lukes Accreditation
Preparation: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
2007
Avera St. Lukes Accreditation
Preparation: Electrical Safety for Staff
2007
Avera St. Lukes Accreditation
Preparation: Identification of Suspected Abuse
and/or Neglect
2007
Avera St. Lukes Accreditation
Preparation: Advance Directives
2007
Avera St. Lukes Accreditation
Preparation: Hazardous Materials/Safety Data Sheets
2007
Avera St. Lukes Accreditation
Preparation: Safety on the Job
2007
Avera St. Lukes Accreditation
Preparation: Age-Specific Care
2007
Avera St. Lukes Accreditation
Preparation: Patient Confidentiality
2007
Avera St. Lukes Accreditation
Preparation: Sitting, Standing, and Sleeping
2007
Avera St.
Lukes Accreditation Preparation: Lifting
2007
JCAHO/OSHA Compliance: Slips,
Trips, and Falls
2007
Avera St. Lukes Accreditation
Preparation: Hand Hygiene
2007
Avera St. Lukes Accreditation
Preparation: Cleaning, Disinfecting and Decontamination
2007
Avera St. Lukes Accreditation
Preparation: Preventing Injuries due to Needlesticks/Sharp
Objects
2007
Avera St. Lukes Accreditation
Preparation: Bloodborne Pathogens Standard/Special
Precautions
2007
Avera St. Lukes Accreditation
Preparation: Important Bloodborne Pathogens
2007
Avera St. Lukes Accreditation
Preparation: Tuberculosis
2007
Nursing Care Challenges: Staying
in Step with Current Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders
2007
13th Annual Research
Day – Promoting Health and Wellness through Research
2006
The 2006 Nursing Leadership
Excellence Series: Part 2:
2006
Breastfeeding: Something to
Latch on to (1 day)
2006
Humor: Empowering Self and
Others
2006
The 2006 Nursing Leadership
Excellence Series: Part 1
2006
Effective Communication:
Preventing Patient Injury
2006
9th Annual
Caregiver’s Guide to Comfort Care
2006
Breastfeeding Strategies
(self-study course)
2006
Joy on the Job
2006
Its Laughter We’re After
2006
S.T.A.B.L.E. program
2006
Neonatal Emergencies
2006
Head to Toe Examination of the
Neonate
2006
12th Annual Research
Day – Research in the Rural Setting: Opportunities and
Challenges
2006
Current Issues in Nursing
Education
2006
Nursing Care Challenges:
Evaluation and Treatment Perspectives (2 days)
2005
Advanced Fetal Heart Monitoring
Principles and Practices Workshop
2005
6th Biennial
Breastfeeding: Baby’s Natural Choice Conference
2005
WEB Inservice: Avera St. Lukes Accreditation Preparation:
Nonretaliation/Nonretribution
2005
WEB Inservice:
Avera St.
Lukes Accreditation Preparation: Sexual Harassment
in the Workplace
2005
WEB Inservice: Avera St. Lukes
Accreditation Preparation: Electrical Safety for Staff
2005
WEB Inservice:
Avera St.
Lukes Accreditation Preparation: Preventing/
Handling Injuries due to
Needlesticks and Sharps Objects
2005
WEB Inservice:
Avera St.
Lukes Accreditation Preparation: Emergency
Procedures
2005
WEB Inservice:
Avera St.
Lukes Accreditation Preparation: Bloodborne
Pathogens, Standard Precautions
and Special Precautions
2005
WEB Inservice:
Avera St.
Lukes Accreditation Preparation: Personal Protective
Equipment
2005
WEB Inservice: Avera St. Lukes
Accreditation Preparation: Viral Hepatitis
2005
WEB Inservice:
Avera St.
Lukes Accreditation Preparation: HIV and AIDS
2005
WEB Inservice:
Avera St.
Lukes Accreditation Preparation: Identification of
Suspected Abuse and/or
Neglect
2005
WEB Inservice:
Avera St.
Lukes Accreditation Preparation: Tuberculosis
2005
WEB Inservice:
Avera St.
Lukes Accreditation Preparation:
Hazardous
Materials and Material
Safety Data Sheets
2005
WEB Inservice:
Avera St
Lukes Accreditation Preparation: Advance Directives
2005
WEB Inservice:
Avera St
Lukes Accreditation Preparation: Safety on the Job
2005
WEB Inservice:
Avera St.
Lukes Accreditation Preparation: Hospital Security
2005
WEB Inservice:
Avera St.
Lukes Accreditation Preparation: Age-Specific Care
2005
WEB Inservice: HIMSS HIPAA –
Strategy, Assessment & Remediation: Core
Elements of Effective Compliance
Programs II
2005
WEB Inservice: Avera St. Lukes
Accreditation Preparation: Patient
Confidentiality
2005
HIMSS HIPAA – Strategy,
Assessment & Remediation: Integrating HIPAA
Standards into your Corporate Compliance Program
2005
HIMSS HIPAA – Strategy,
Assessment & Remediation: Core Elements of
Effective Compliance Programs I
2005
WEB Inservice:
Avera St.
Lukes Accreditation Preparation: Cultural Diversity
2005
WEB Inservice:
Avera St.
Lukes Accreditation Preparation: Hygiene
2005
HIMSS HIPAA 101:
Definition and Intent of HIPAA
2005
HIMSS HIPAA 101: HIPAA
Compliance Dates and Implications
2005
HIMSS HIPAA 101: HIPAA Standards
Overview: The Basics
2005
HIMSS HIPAA Security
Administrative Safeguards: Password Management
2005
Create the Future through
Renewal (3 days) 38th Biennial Convention, Honor
Society of Nursing: Sigma
Theta Tau International
2005
Innovation from Within:
Journey of a Nurse Intrapreneur (SDNA/Sigma Theta
Tau International
Rho
Xi Chapter 420)
2005
Preterm Labor: Prevention
and Nursing Management, 3rd Edition
2005
Pain Management Symposium
2005
Update on Kawasaki’s Disease
2005
Medical Education Update
2005
Avera Nursing Excellence
Conference
2005
11th Annual
Research Day: Weaving the Threads of Diversity through
Research
2004
“The Dawn of Nursing
Scholarship, Nightingale’s Revolution”
2004
Pain Management
Symposium
2004
Evaluation and Practices
in Nursing Education
2004
Reducing the Risk of a
Lawsuit for You & Your Facility
2004
Positioning for Labor and
Birth
2004
Breastfeeding through
Complicated Times
2004
Trauma Questions &
Answers: What’s Right and Why?
2004
10th Annual
Research Day: Research to Practice: The Journey
2003
American Red Cross:
Disaster Health Services: An Overview; Mass Care: An
An Overview; Introduction
to Disaster Services
2003
Pain Management Symposium
2003
Lactation Counselor Certificate
Training Program (4 days)
2003
South Dakota
Nurses Association: The Nurses of Oz
2002
Caring for Kids Series:
Breastfeeding Basics for Success
2002
Perinatal Clinical Update
2002
Pain Management Symposium
2002
Red Cross Disaster
Training Workshop
2002
Demystifying the NCLEX
Examination
2002
8th Annual Research
Day: Making Nursing Research Connections in Rural America
2002
Stable Learner Course
2002
RN Mentor Education
2001
Multi-Disciplinary Approach to
Child Abuse Investigations (2 days)
2001
Transpersonal Caring and Healing
in the Community
2001
Fetal Heart Monitoring
Principles and Practices
2001
7th Annual
Research Day: Continuing the Search for Excellence: Theory,
Research, & Practice
2001
QS Basic Use ADT -
Servalliance
2001
Health as Expanding
Consciousness and Community Patterns of the Whole
2001
Nurses Day at the Legislature
(educational activity)
2000
Children’s Health
2000
Breastfeeding….Right From
the Start
2000
Evidence Based Practice:
Understanding Why We Do What We Do
2000
“Sharing Our Wisdom” Quality of
Care, Quality of Education, and Quality of the Practitioner
1999
11th Annual Avera
Health Perinatal Conference
1999
Strong Perifax
1999
Collaboration: A Health Care
Imperative
1999
Nursing Research: Impact on
Practice
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