Currently I am owner of a computer software development company that specializes in the writing, development, marketing, and presentation of health care related educational materials. I have authored a wide variety of educational media including curriculum, instructor materials, courseware, and software. In addition, I have provided presentations and training sessions to health care educators nationwide related to allied health curriculum, multimedia, and technology training.

My teaching experience began in 1980 and spans three states. I began as a in-service educator in 1980 and have since taught a variety of programs full and part-time. These include: Registered Nursing, Practical Nursing, Medical Assisting, Dental Assisting, Nursing Assistant, Home Health Aid, Health Occupations, AFAA Certified Aerobics, Childbirth Education Classes, First Aide, and CPR. In addition, I have taught patient education programs including diabetes management, breast self-exam, and diet and weight control. Currently, I do adjunct clinical instruction for J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College Registered Nursing Program.

I served as a Lieutenant in the United States Public Health Service in the Indian Health Division from June 1979-August 1981. This included Registered Charge Nurse duties on medical-surgical floor and intensive care unit. My nursing experience also includes charge nurse on pediatrics and obstetrics from 1981-1983. In addition, I have worked as a flexi and float nurse for long-term care facilities and acute care hospitals through out my teaching career.

Curriculum and Program Development: During my tenure at Taylor County Technical Center, I was responsible for the curriculum writing and development of programs such as Community Developmentally Disabled Technician, Applied Medical Science, and Home Health Aide. These courses were coordinated through West Virginia University, the County Board of Education, and the Department of Health and Human Services, respectively. In addition, at Chesterfield Technical Center, I authored the curriculum for the Dental Assistant Program. Also, I assisted with the development of curriculum and taught an Acute Care Nursing Assistant Course for Columbia/HCA through their educational resources department. Most recently as a consultant, I co-authored a Medical Assistant curriculum guide and performed a research study for a Multi-skilled Education. This research lead to the development of a Multi-skill Module series for which I am series editor and co-author.

Cum laude graduate May 1979 West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV:

Cum laude graduate July 1991 Marshall University, Huntington, WV

Total Care Programming, Richmond, VA Author, trainer, and consultant 1995 - present

J. Sargent Reynolds Community College Adjunct RN Clinical Instructor, September 1997 - present

Chesterfield Technical Center, Chesterfield, VA Licensed Practical Nursing and health occupations instructor 1993 -1997

Columbia/HCA Hospitals, Richmond, VA Registered Nurse part time, Course instructor Acute Care Nursing Assistant 1994 - 1996

Monongalia Technical Center, Morgantown, WV Community Developmentally Disabled Technician Instructor, 1990-1991

University Affiliated Center for the Developmentally Disabled, Morgantown, WV Curriculum Writer, summer 1989

Grafton City Hospital, Grafton, WV RN part time, in-service educator, and AFAA aerobics instructor, 1985 - 1993

Taylor County Vocational Center, Grafton, WV Coordinator and Instructor Health Occupations, Medical Assistant, Applied Medical Science, Dental Assistant, Nursing Assistant, and Home Health Aide, 1983 - 1993

Northeast Area Vocational School, Pryor OK Clinical LPN Nursing and CPR Instructor, 1981 - 1982

Claremore Health Center, Claremore, OK RN pediatrics and obstetrics, inservice CPR, and Childbirth educator, 1981 - 1983

Claremore Indian Hospital, Claremore, OK 1st Lieutenant USPHS Registered Nurse, medical, surgical, and ICU, 1979 - 1981

State of Virginia #133638

State of Virginia, issued 1993

Providing Oxygen Therapy and Aerosolized Treatments courseware CD-ROM with Instructor's Resource Guide, instructional design and content consultant, Total Care Programming, 1999

Medical Assistant Curriculum Guide, co-authored with Debbie J Fitzgerald, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 1999

Patient Care Skills, a multimedia courseware CD-ROM with Instructor’s Resource Guide, Total Care Programming, 1998

Medical Assisting courseware CD-ROM to accompany Glencoe Medical Assisting and Clinical Procedures Text, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, January 1998

ECG Basics, a multimedia training CD-ROM with Instructor’s Resource Guide, Total Care Programming, 1997 (Distributed by Glencoe/McGraw-Hill)

Infection Control for Health Care and Nursing, a multimedia CD-ROM and Instructor’s Guide, Total Care Programming, 1997 (Distributed by Glencoe/McGraw-Hill)

SEED-Student Education Evaluation Disk - Health Careers Today, computer test bank software disk, Mosby Lifeline, 1996

Careers for You Video Series, 6 Instructors Guides, Mosby Lifeline 1996

Health Care Basics, a multimedia CD-ROM, Mosby Lifeline 1996

Community Developmentally Disabled Technician Curriculum, University Affiliated Center for the Developmentally Disabled, West Virginia University, 1990

Applied Medical Science Curriculum, Taylor County Technical Center, Grafton, WV, 1988

Acute Care Nursing Course Curriculum, Columbia Hospitals, Richmond, VA 1996

Dental Assistant Curriculum Proposal, Chesterfield County Schools, Chesterfield, VA, 1994

Grant Proposal for Seamless Education, Chesterfield County Schools, Chesterfield, VA 1994

Certified Nursing Assistant Curriculum, Taylor County Technical Center, WV, 1986

American Vocational Educational Association

Sigma Theta Tau, National Nursing Honorary (inducted 1978)

American Association of Medical Assistants

American Heart Association Certified Instructor 1983-present

AFAA Certified Aerobics Instructor, 1990-1993

Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certified, 1986

Candidate for International Who's Who of Professionals, 1999

Virginia Health Occupations Teacher of the Year, 1996

VA Vocational Excellence Award, State Individual Award, 1996

Chesterfield Technical Center’s Teacher of the Year, Chesterfield, VA, 1996

Honor Teacher, Taylor County Technical Center, Grafton, WV, 1983,1986, & 1990