Education
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing,
William Jewell College, May 2022 - Master’s in Journalism, University of Kansas
- Master’s in Music, North Texas State University
Clinical Experience
- University Health / Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri
Critical Care (72 hours) September – October 2021 - Truman Behavioral Health, Kansas City, Missouri
Mental Health (36 hours) September – October 2021 - Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri
Pediatrics (48 hours) April – May 2021 - Liberty Hospital, Liberty, Missouri
Med-Surg (24 hours) June – 2020 - North Kansas City Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri
Labor and Delivery, NICU (36 hours) January – February 2021, June – July 2020
Relevant Experience
- Phoenix Home Care & Hospice, Independence, Missouri
Hospice Volunteer (74 hours) December 2020 – October 2021
Met weekly with a patient until her death - Volunteer COVID-19 vaccinator, for Liberty Hospital June – 2020
- Hospice Caregiver for my mother May – June 2015
Other Work
- The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Missouri
Feature Writer July 1994 – December 2014
Wrote medical and military stories, known for connecting with people
Honors and Activities
- Scholarly Nursing paper, selected for Hearts and Minds Nursing Symposium November 2021
- Student Nurses Association member May 2020 – May 2022
- Speaker on Critical Incident Stress to nursing staff, North Kansas City Hospital 2011
- Pulliam National Writing Award for a medical series 2008
