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• Awards & Honors

• Degrees Earned

• Professional Experience

• Professional Licensure & Certification

• Professional Memberships & Activities

• Research and Scholarship

  • Grants & Funding

  • Presentations

  • Publications

Degrees Earned:

• PhD, Human Rehabilitation, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO, 1989

• MS, Nursing, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, 1984

• BS, Nursing, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS, 1969

Awards and Honors:

• 2006 / Fellow, National Gerontological Nursing Association

• 2005 / Nominated for Woman of the Year, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

• 1999 / Rodenberg Teaching Award for College of Health Professions, Wichita State University (WSU)

• 1999 / Nominated for Board of Trustees Teaching Award, WSU

• 1998, 1997, 1996 / Nominated for Academy for Effective Teaching Award, WSU

• 1995 / Nominated by MSN students for Nightingale Award in Colorado

• 1990-1991 / Faculty Member of the Year (Excellence in Teaching, Professional Activity & Service) for College of Health and Human Sciences, University of Northern Colorado

Professional Licensure & Certification

• Licensure

  • Wyoming RN

  • Kansas RN

  • Colorado RN with CNS designation

• Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurse (CRRN) since 1986

Professional/Community Service & Memberships

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & ACTIVITIES

• National:

  • HRSA, Bureau of Health Professions, Nursing Education, Practice and Retention (NEPR) Grants Reviewer, March 2006, March 2005, March 2004

  • Sigma Theta Tau International, Collateral Reviewer, 2002-2009

  • Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) site visitor 2001-present

  • HRSA, Division of Nursing, Alternate grant reviewer for geriatric nursing curriculum grants, January 2002

• Manuscript Reviewer:

  • Geriatric Nursing, 2004-present

  • Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 2001-present

  • Journal of Nursing Education, 2004-present

  • Rehabilitation Nursing, 1998-present

  • Western Journal of Nursing Research, 2004-present

• Reviewer for Core Curriculum, 5th edition, Association of Rehabilitation Nurses, 2006-2007

• Reviewer for Core Curriculum, 4th edition, Association of Rehabilitation Nurses, Summer 2000

• Reviewer, Research Fund Review Panel, Association of Rehabilitation Nurses, May 1999, May 2000, May 2001, April 2002, April 2003, April 2004, April 2005, March 2006

• Coordinator, Elder Care Column, AORN Journal, 1999-2003

• Guest Editor for Rehabilitation Nursing Research. Summer 1994 Issue (no longer in publication)

• Memberships:

  • 1982-1995, 2006-present
    Colorado Nurses Association

  • 1985 - present
    Sigma Theta Tau

  • 1985-present
    Association of Rehabilitation Nurses
    (National Committees: Rehabilitation Nursing Fund Vice Chair 2005-2007;
    Chair 2007-2009)

  • 2000-present
    National Gerontological Nursing Association
    (National Chair, Research Committee 2001-2005)

Professional Experience (Academic)

• 2006-present
  Professor, Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing, University of Wyoming

• 1999-2006
  University of North Carolina at Charlotte

  • Director, School of Nursing & Associate Dean, College of Health and Human Services, Professor (tenured) / 2003-2006

  • Interim Director, School of Nursing / 2002-2003

  • Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Associate Professor, College of Nursing & Health Professions / 1999-2002

• 1995-1999
  Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas

  • Director, Undergraduate Program

  • Associate Professor Tenured 1999

• 1985-1995
  University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado

  • Associate Professor / 1994

  • Assistant Professor / 1988

  • Instructor / 1985

  • Co-Project Director, Division of Nursing, Training grant in geriatric rehabilitation

• 1989
  Leave of absence to complete Ph.D.

• 1985-1988
  University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado
  Project Coordinator of federally funded training grant in rehabilitation

• 1984
  University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado
  Graduate Teaching Assistant

Professional Experience (Non-Academic)

• 1990-1995
  Poudre Valley Hospital, Fort Collins, Colorado
  Relief House Supervisor

• 1979-1983
  Poudre Valley Hospital
  Staff/Charge Nurse

• 1981-1983
  Larimer County Voc-Tech, Fort Collins, Colorado
  LPN clinical instructor, RN Refresher course instructor

• 1969-1975
  Varied staff and charge nurse positions in acute care in Kansas and Hawaii

Last updated: 12/19/2006