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My nursing career started in 2003 where I became a Labor and Delivery nurse. I loved this area of nursing and have never really left this specialty. Supporting new parents as they transition into this new stage of life has been a real joy for me. I branched out from my inpatient role to also become a childbirth educator where I worked at Akron General. This role was unexpectedly changed the trajectory of my career. I found that I love teaching as much as nursing.

I went back to school at žžÀ² State where I earned my MSN in Nursing Education and began teaching as full time faculty here in 2017. I have stayed PRN at the hospital where I remained a floor nurse until 2022, where I transitioned to only the childbirth educator role.

I graduated May of 2025 with my PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from žžÀ² State.

Courses

• NURS 40020 - Community Health Nursing NURS 610010 - Advanced Nursing Informatics
• NURS 70735 - Nursing and Health Care Policy
• NURS 10060 - Introduction to Nursing
• NURS 20020 - Foundations of Assessment and Communication in Nursing,
• NURS 30010 - Parent/Newborn Nursing, clinical instructor, sim lab
• NURS 40045 - Integration of Leadership and Management in Nursing