What is your favorite memory of school?
Bed-making skills lab with Virginia Crenshaw, oral quizzes with Betty Bear, public health home visits, senior seminar and graduation.
आपका नर्सिंग करियर आपको कहां ले गया?
After graduation, I started a Master’s program in Psych mental health at the University of CO Medical Center in Denver. I quickly found I needed some real-life nursing experiences before continuing my graduate education. I came back to Albuquerque and worked at the UNM Mental Health Center on Marble for a year, and did I ever get real experiences there. After that, I got an MSN in Psychiatric Mental Health from UCLA and worked at Cedar Sinai Medical Center on the in-patient psychiatric unit in Beverly Hills. Next, I worked at UCLA Neuro-Psychiatric Center in the Intake and Evaluation Clinic. Following that, I taught nursing at Mount St. Mary's College in Brentwood. Sister Calista Roy was the chair and we used her model of nursing as the basis of our curriculum. I even got to write a couple of chapters for her textbook.
By then I was married and had one child. I longed to get back to NM and be close to my parents and siblings. My husband got a transfer with his aerospace company to Albuquerque and back I came.
We had 2 more children and while they were young I worked as the school nurse at A Child's Garden Preschool. Once our youngest child was in elementary school, I worked at Presbyterian Kaseman as a PRN nurse on the child and adolescent in-patient psych unit. At that point, I started working on getting certified as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Psychiatry. Katie Harris, PhD was my mentor through UNM College of Nursing for that process. She was wonderfully supportive and knowledgeable. Through contacts made at that time, I got hired to work on the Psychiatric Consultation Service at UNMH. I also had a private practice for 10 plus years and ran a peer counseling program for seniors for 2-3 years.
आपके नर्सिंग करियर का आपका पसंदीदा हिस्सा क्या था?
My most fun job was at the preschool. Young children are so teachable and the families and staff need support to do their jobs. I feel like I was able to make a major impact on the mental health of those children and their families.
मैं अपने निजी प्रैक्टिस क्लाइंट से प्यार करता था लेकिन बीमा कंपनियों के साथ बातचीत करना बहुत बोझिल पाया।
यूएनएमएच में मेरा काम भी काफी फायदेमंद रहा।
आप भावी नर्सों को क्या सलाह देंगे?
My advice to future nurses is to enjoy all the options a nursing career offers. Don't be afraid to learn new skills and try new settings.
What is your favorite memory of school?
My favorite memory is of all the people in our class. We were an interesting group and, as I remember, we were supportive of each other-- this helped us maintain our sanity. Also, I now look back on our faculty and recognize how supportive they were. Their guidance was great and they provided us with an excellent education.
आपका नर्सिंग करियर आपको कहां ले गया?
My nursing career has allowed me to expand my practice and meet so many wonderful people! My first position was in Intensive Care and Cardiac at Bataan Hospital (now a Loveless on Gibson). in a few months, I was hired as a School Nurse by APS and worked as a School Nurse for that school year. I moved to California (central coast) and became the Night Charge Nurse in Pediatrics in Santa Teresa, CA. The following year I moved to San Jose, CA and began working as a Home Health Nurse with a new agency (within 1 year I was the coordinator for part of the agency). Four years later I became the Nurse Coordinator at the 4’Cs Council working with 360 Child Development Centers in Santa Clara County. While in this role, I began the Master’s program at SJSU and when I completed my Master’s degree I began teaching at SJSU. In 1997 I completed my doctorate. In 2003, I was able to begin a trajectory that would lead into a professor position in August 2008. I have been teaching at SJSU for almost 40 years and have had so many wonderful experiences.
आपके नर्सिंग करियर का आपका पसंदीदा हिस्सा क्या था?
All of my experiences have been enjoyable and I found the education role to be challenging and rewarding. Since 1980 I have worked with our Nurse Managed Centers at SJSU providing care for people in the community and educating students.
आप भावी नर्सों को क्या सलाह देंगे?
चुनौतियों का लाभ उठाएं और हमेशा याद रखें कि मरीजों / ग्राहकों का समर्थन करना और उनके लिए बोलना हमारी जिम्मेदारी है।
What is your favorite memory of school?
मैं ग्रेजुएट स्कूल के लिए क्लीवलैंड में केस वेस्टर्न रिजर्व यूनिवर्सिटी गया, जहां मैंने पाया कि मेरे मास्टर वर्ग में 11 छात्रों में से, मैं UNM CON में अपनी शिक्षा के लिए सबसे अच्छा तैयार छात्र था।
आपका नर्सिंग करियर आपको कहां ले गया?
स्कूल के लिए OH और TX के लिए; महाद्वीप के सुदूर किनारों तक—अभ्यास और सिखाने के लिए AK और SC; रोगी देखभाल, प्रशासन और शिक्षा में नेतृत्व की भूमिका के लिए; मेरी अंतिम भूमिका के लिए उपशामक देखभाल में सीएनएस के रूप में रोगी देखभाल वापस।
आपके नर्सिंग करियर का आपका पसंदीदा हिस्सा क्या था?
My first job as a professional nurse and then a CNS at Lovelace Medical Center. My teacher, then boss and mentor, Faye Truskowski, and I called it Camelot for the wonderful patient care we provided and the collaborative, supportive relationships we developed.
आप भावी नर्सों को क्या सलाह देंगे?
कभी सीखना मत छोड़ो।
Also— you never have to be bored and can always find a job!
What is your favorite memory of school?
स्कूल में मेरी पसंदीदा स्मृति मेरी सफेद टोपी प्राप्त कर रही थी! कितना रोमांचक।
साथ ही सिर्फ हमारी क्लास गेट-टुगेदर। फ्रंटियर में दालचीनी रोल के लिए मजेदार समय!
आपका नर्सिंग करियर आपको कहां ले गया?
My Nursing career took me to 7 states including Hawaii. Delivered babies in rural NC (not on purpose)! Women came in with no prenatal care and would deliver before we got them in a bed! Delivered twins with a doctor. The patient was on a gurney in the hall of L&D.
Then Hawaii in a private hospital was a totally different experience. But working in Anna Kaseman in 1973-74 and again 1992-96 was my favorite. Post Op Surgical was the best fit for me.
मैंने नर्सिंग से फ़ार्मास्यूटिकल बिक्री में संक्रमण किया क्योंकि 2 छोटे बच्चों के लिए नर्सरी देखभाल ने शेड्यूल के साथ काम नहीं किया- इसलिए बेहतर घंटों और लाभों का विकल्प चुना।
मैंने 1991 में यूनिवर्सिटी ऑफ फीनिक्स से अल्बुकर्क में एमबीए किया।
I'm currently living in McKinney, Texas. Retired with my dog Patches!
आप भावी नर्सों को क्या सलाह देंगे?
भविष्य की नर्सों को मेरी सलाह होगी कि आप अपने शारीरिक स्वास्थ्य का बेहतर ख्याल रखें ताकि आप स्वस्थ रहें। अपने आप को सामाजिक मुद्दों पर शिक्षित करें जो रोगियों के साथ-साथ आपके कर्मचारियों की भलाई को प्रभावित करते हैं।
What is your favorite memory of school?
Getting to know all of my classmates and sharing our student nursing experiences with them on a daily basis.
आपका नर्सिंग करियर आपको कहां ले गया?
उनके नर्सिंग करियर का आपका पसंदीदा हिस्सा क्या था?
मनोरोग संबंधी सेवाओं में बच्चों और किशोरों के साथ सीधे काम करना।