I began my nursing career as a graduate of Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences, and I am proud to still be connected today as a nursing faculty member under St. Joseph’s University. My clinical experience includes cardiac nursing and care of cardiothoracic surgery patients, in addition to a brief role in nursing administration. All throughout my nursing career, I have enjoyed any opportunity to teach patients, families, students, fellow nurses, and the community. My love of teaching led me to pursue an education degree and become a nursing faculty member in 2009. My teaching experience has been primarily within the upper-level courses of the undergraduate nursing programs (ASN & BSN), in both clinical and classroom settings. I also supported the school as a simulation facilitator and member of the study team from 2011-2013 when PA College of Health Sciences participated in the National Simulation Study, sponsored by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing. In addition to pre-licensure nursing education, I am very interested in the phenomenon of transition to practice. As part of my DNP program, I completed a clinical project centered on supporting newly graduated registered nurses transitioning to specialty practice in critical care.
