Job Title
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Adjunct Professor
Nursing (RN to B.S.N.) College of Adult and Professional Studies
Highlight
After graduating from Bethel University, I have thirty years of clinical experience as an RN in a high volume, high risk Labor & Delivery unit in Northern New Jersey. It's been a privilege since 2011 to annually be part of medical mission teams that travel from my healthcare system to both Haiti and the Philippines. I am passionate about global maternal child health, and come alongside healthcare professionals abroad, educating them on current healthcare practices to improve their healthcare outcomes for the marginalized and vulnerable populations they serve. I was honored in May 2018 at the United Nations, NY with an award through "Nurses with Global Impact" for my work addressing healthcare disparity abroad. Currently serving on a leadership team through the UN, "Global Strategic Operatives" working to eradicate human trafficking and standardizing education for healthcare professionals in the identification of victims.
Started at Bethel
September 2020
Education
- Bethel University - Bachelors Degree in Nursing, 1985
- Capella University - Master of Science in Nursing-Education, 2018
Biography
I come from a strong heritage of Christian faith and integrate my own personal faith in Christ into my daily life. I am an active member in a Lutheran Church in New Jersey, taking multiple opportunites for leadership and service. During my years as a student at Bethel Univesrity, I had the opportunity to travel to Ecuador for a cross cultural nursing class. That was my first opportunity to see first hand healthcare disparity and observe vulnerable populations. While I took the next 20 years to raise my family and work part time, that experience in Ecuador has stayed a significant part of my life. In 2011 I start traveling with medical mission trips and have aligned my Christian heart to serve with my nursing skill set. That has lead to leadership opportunites and I humbly move forward seeing how the Lord can use my experiences, work and faith to positively challenge and impact vulnerable populations and the next generation of nurses.
Courses Taught
Clinical Adjunct Professor, Maternal Child Health, County College of Morris NJ, 2018-present
Awards
NURSES WITH GLOBAL IMPACT 2018-Nursing award presented at the United Nations, NY for my work addressing healthcare disparity
Presentations
Human Trafficking and Healthcare Professionals-based on the United Nations and Global Strategic Operatives
Global Health and Medical Missions
Maternal Child presentation-HIgh Risk complications
Finding Significance and Purpose-aimed at young adults
Certificates and Licenses
RNC-OB, RN Certification-Inpatient Obstetrics
NJ Board of Nursing
MN Board of Nursing
Current certifications in BLS, ACLS, NRP
Professional Organizations, Committees, and Boards
National League of Nursing
Task force for standardizing education for Human Trafficking victims-Saint Barnabas Medical Center, LIvingston, NJ
Global Strategic Operatives-United Nations, NY-leadership team for eradication of human trafficking
Hobbies and Interests
Family, faith, travel and being outdoors!!
Quote
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give--Winston Churchill