Our Faculty

Specializations

• BS in Nursing - RN-to-BSN Degree Completion
• Graduate Cert in Nursing - Nursing Leadership
• Master of Sci in Nursing (MSN) - Nursing Leadership and Admin
• Master of Sci in Nursing (MSN) - RN-to-MSN Nursing Leadrshp Adm

Education

• Doctor of Nursing Practice

  Samford University, 2012
  Major: Advanced Practice - DNP
  

• Master of Science in Nursing

  University of South Alabama, 1995
  Major: Nursing Education Adult Health
  

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing

  University of South Alabama, 1979
  Major: Nursing
  

Licensure & Certificates

• American Association of Critical Care
  
• Adult, Basic, and Pediatric Life Support
  
• CCRN
  
• Registered Nurse
  
• Certified Emergency Nurse
  
• American Colleges of Cardiovascular Nursing
  
• Trauma Nursing Core Course Provider
  
• Instructor Adult, Basic, and Pediatric Life Support
  
• CCRN-K
  
• Clinical Nurse Specialist
  
• Certified in Cardiovascular Nursing - Level II
  
• CCNS
  
• Registered Nurse License
  
• Registered Nurse License
  
• Registered Nurse License
  

Publications

• "Reviewer/consultant on power points for faculty resources/NCLEX test item writer"Urden, L.D., Stacy, K.M. & Lough, M.E 0001
  
• "Reviewer"Perrin, K 0001
  
• "Reviewer)"Melander 0001
  
• "Chapter 4: Pulmonary system: Physiology, assessment, and ventilator support and Chapter 5: The pulmonary system: Pathologic conditions"Dennison, R.D 2012
  
• "Reviewer and Contributor to My Nursing Kit)"Wagner, K. D/Prentice Hall 2008
  
• "Reviewed lectures, power points, and classroom activities for supplementary material"Prentice Hall 2006
  
• "Reviewer"Alspach, J. 0001
  
• "Reviewer"Alexander, I., Johnson-Mallard, V., Kostas-Polston, E. A. & Leary, K. M 2010
  
• "Test bank question item writer and reviewer"Urden, L.D., Stacy, K. M., & Lough, M.E 2009
  
• "Reviewer" Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins 2006
  
• "Reviewer"Baird, S. M 0001
  
• "Textbook Reviewer"Buttaro 2011
  
• "Reviewer"Zerwekh, J. & Garneau, A.Z 2010
  
• "Reviewer"Alspach, J 0001
  
• "Reviewer"Hale, T.J. & Ahlschlager 2010
  
• "Reviewer"Urden, Stacy, & Lough 2011
  
• "Our experiences as AACN board of directors community liaisons for fall 2006"Madden, M. & Bressie, M 2006
  
• "Reviewer"Baird, S. M 0001
  
• "Test bank question item writer and reviewer"Urden, L.D., Stacy, K. M., & Lough, M.E 2012
  
• "Reviewer" 0001
  
• "Reviewer"Mason, D., Leavitt, J. & Chaffee, M 2011
  
• "Reviewer"Algozzine, G. J., Lily, D. J., & Algozzine, R 2009
  
• "Textbook Reviewer"Barker, A., Taylor, D., & Emery, M 2008
  
• "Reviewer"Hale, T.J. & Ahlschlager 2010
  

Presentations

• "Annual Leadership Development Workshop"Is Your Chapter a Healthy Work Environment?
  Atlanta, GA. September 2009
• "Mobile Bay Area AACN Chapter Meeting"Certification: What’s in it for ME?
  Mobile, AL. February 2011
• "AACN National Teaching Institute"Got Milk? “Mooving” Intentionally Towards a Healthier Chapter
  Washington, DC. May 2010
• "University of Mobile Sigma Theta Tau Induction Ceremony"Using High Fidelity Simulation to Improve Knowledge and Recognition of and Treatment of Sepsis.
  Mobile, AL. March 2012
• "Leadership Development Workshop: Region 6"Region 6: Who are We?
  Atlanta, GA. September 2007
• "Emerging Care in Critical Care Symposium "Palliative Care Consults, Early vs. Late and Why it Matters
  St. Louis, MO. March 2018
• "Springhill Memorial Pediatric Update"Toxicology
  Mobile, AL.. March 2006
• "Leadership Development Workshop: Region 6"Reclaiming our Priorities: National Update
  Atlanta, GA. September 2007
• "Leadership Development Workshop: Region 6"Chapter Nuts and Bolts
  Atlanta, GA. September 2007
• "Annual Leadership Development Workshop"Region 6, Who Are We?
  Atlanta, GA. September 2009
• "NurCE Professional Development for Nurses"Using High Fidelity Simulation to Improve Knowledge and Recognition of and Treatment of Sepsis
  Birmingham, AL. May 2012
• "Providence Hospital EET training"Early Evaluation Team Training
  Mobile, AL. January 2006
• "Faculty Development School of Nursing and Health Science "Turn it in: Got a Match?
  online. November 2017
• "Critical Care Nursing: Visioning Beyond the Basics Region 6 Symposium 2011 "Care of the Vulnerable: Integrating Palliative Care into the ICU
  Atlanta GA. September 2011
• ""Alabama Organization for Nurse Executives District 8 RN Refresher Course
  Mobile, AL. July 2008
• "Annual Leadership Development Workshop"National Update!
  Atlanta, GA. September 2009
• "Providence Hospital CE Blizzard"Push Hard, Push Fast, the 2005 ACLS Guidelines
  Mobile, AL. July 2006
• "Critical Care, Visioning Beyond the Basics, Region 6 AACN Symposium"PThe IHI and Me-Can We EVER be VAP Free?
  Atlanta, GA. September 2006
• "AACN Chapter Meetings "Sepsis – New Outcomes, New Insights
  New Orleans, LA, Pensacola, FL, and Hospital Programs in AL, FL, LA MS, TX . December 2000
• "Mobile Bay Area AACN Chapter Meeting"Obtaining & Maintaining Certification Using the Synergy Model
  Mobile, AL. September 2008
• ""Guidelines 2005, American Heart Association ACLS, BLS, and PALS Instructor Rollouts
  Mobile, AL. December 2005
• "Faculty Development Meeting Capella Univeristy"Turn it in: Got a Match?
  Online. July 2017
• "Alabama State Perianesthesia Nursing Society State Conference"Whoops! They did it again- Cardiovascular emergencies in the PACU
  Mobile, AL. October 2003
• "Sigma Theta Tau Region 8 Conference"Using High Fidelity Simulation to Improve Knowledge and Recognition of and Treatment of Sepsis
  Jackson, TN. October 2012
• "Critical Care Nursing: Visioning Beyond the Basics. Region 6 Symposium 2012"Sepsis in Neverland: Using High Fidelity Simulation to Improve the Recognition and Treatment of Sepsis
  Atlanta, GA. . September 2012
• "Empolyer Solutions Webinar"You Don’t Have to be THE Leader to be A Leader
  Online. October 2017
• "Critical Care Nursing: Visioning Beyond the Basics Region 6 AACN Symposium"Critical Thinking & Synergy: Fancy Words for Common Sense?
  Atlanta GA. September 2007

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