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Faculty Profiles

ASN Program, Denver, CO Campus, Full-Time Faculty
NAME: Dodie Serafini, RN
DEGREE LEVEL: MSN - (Phd - Educational Leadership - in progress)
SPECIALTY AREAS OF TEACHING: Program Chair
AREAS OF INTEREST: Nursing Ethics, leadership, simulation, nursing education curriculum and assessment
   
   
NAME: Mel Wear, RN
DEGREE LEVEL: MSN
SPECIALTY AREAS OF TEACHING: Medical-surgical nursing, foundations/fundamentals, mental health, pharmacology, gerontology, leadership and management.
AREAS OF INTEREST: Geriatrics, geriatric psych, adolescent psych, webcasting, online nursing education, simulation, new teaching strategies.
   
   
NAME: Marie Cook, RN
DEGREE LEVEL: MSN
SPECIALTY AREAS OF TEACHING: Pharmacology, obstetrics, pediatrics, mental health, nursing leadership management.
AREAS OF INTEREST: Learning and working with complimentary healing methods for all types of patients.
   
   
NAME: Denise Walter, RN
DEGREE LEVEL: BSN
SPECIALTY AREAS OF TEACHING: Foundations lab and simulation lab
AREAS OF INTEREST: Ethics, end of life issues, transplants, simulation and operating room nursing.
   
   
NAME: Marjorie Vigil, RN
DEGREE LEVEL: MSN
SPECIALTY AREAS OF TEACHING: Pharmacology, medical-surgical foundations
AREAS OF INTEREST: Geriatrics, medical-surgical and nursing leadership.
   
   
NAME: Kathryn Doeschot, RN, CRRN
DEGREE LEVEL: MSN
SPECIALTY AREAS OF TEACHING: Clinical Education
AREAS OF INTEREST: Rehabilitation and nursing leadership
   
   
ASN Program, Zona Rosa, MO Campus, Full-Time Faculty and Staff
NAME: Brenda Sublett, RN
DEGREE LEVEL: MSN
SPECIALTY AREAS OF TEACHING: Program Chair Interim
AREAS OF INTEREST: Organizational analysis, nursing leadership and education.
   
   
NAME: Kathee Long, RN Skills Lab Coordinator
DEGREE LEVEL: BSN - (MSN - in progress)
SPECIALTY AREAS OF TEACHING: Maternal/child, pharmacology, health assessment, and simulation lab.
AREAS OF INTEREST: Obstetrical nursing, education, leadership, simulation and critical thinking.
   
   
NAME: Teresa Green, RN
DEGREE LEVEL: MSN
SPECIALTY AREAS OF TEACHING: Critical Care, PACU, ED.
AREAS OF INTEREST: Medical surgical nursing, foundations of nursing, leadership and management in nursing.
   
   
NAME: Melissa J. Timmons, RNBC
DEGREE LEVEL: MSN
SPECIALTY AREAS OF TEACHING: Psychiatric/mental health nursing
AREAS OF INTEREST: Psychiatric/mental health nursing, ethics and legalities of related to psychiatric nursing care and research, health and wellness promotion in relation to evidence-based practices.
   
   
NAME: Jana Curtis, RN
DEGREE LEVEL: BSN - (MSN - in progress)
SPECIALTY AREAS OF TEACHING: Maternal/child.
AREAS OF INTEREST: Neonatal nursing, education, leadership.
   
   
NAME: Tammie Patterson, RN
DEGREE LEVEL: MSN/MBA
SPECIALTY AREAS OF TEACHING: Fundamentals, medical surgical, introduction of nursing.
AREAS OF INTEREST: Cardiac care units, management/leadership, medical surgical nursing, geriatrics.
   
     
LPN & ASN (Mobility) Program, Overland Park, KS Campus, Full-Time Faculty
NAME: Deborah G. Smith, RN
DEGREE LEVEL: MSN, Colonel, Army Nurse Corps (retired) - (PhD in Educational Leadership - in progress.)
SPECIALTY AREAS OF TEACHING: Program Chair
AREAS OF INTEREST: Supervision, leadership, administration, profession of nursing, military nursing, psychiatric/mental health nursing.
   
   
NAME: Rosetta A. Bard, RN
DEGREE LEVEL: BSN - (MSN – in progress)
SPECIALTY AREAS OF TEACHING: Psychiatric/mental health nursing, gerontology, pharmacology, nursing fundamentals/foundations, hospice nursing, nursing of the client with: urinary disorders; pain; integumentary disorders; cardiovascular disorders; respiratory disorders, nursing assessment.
AREAS OF INTEREST: Advancement of nursing, nursing education, and nursing’s voice at the legislative level.
   
   
NAME: Elizabeth M. Cook, RN
DEGREE LEVEL: MSN
SPECIALTY AREAS OF TEACHING: Obstetrics
AREAS OF INTEREST: MOKAN placement committee, clinical contract maintenance.
   
   
NAME: Kae Y. Talbert, RN
DEGREE LEVEL: MSN
SPECIALTY AREAS OF TEACHING: Medical-surgical, nursing, foundational/fundamental, gerontology, pharmacology, critical care, hospice nursing.
AREAS OF INTEREST: Legal/ethical nursing issues, assessment committees.
   
   
NAME: Rebecca L. Nelson, RN
DEGREE LEVEL: BSN - (MSN – in progress)
SPECIALTY AREAS OF TEACHING: Psychiatric/mental health nursing, simulation, clinical skills lab
AREAS OF INTEREST: Psychiatric/mental health nursing, advising, simulation lab, computers.
   
   
NAME: Debbie R. Weisman, RN
DEGREE LEVEL: MSN, Certified Inpatient Obstetrical Nurse
SPECIALTY AREAS OF TEACHING: Obstetrics, pediatrics, community, nursing leadership, operating room, medical-surgical nursing, gerontology.
AREAS OF INTEREST: Obstetrical nursing, childbirth educator coordinator, manager/director, nursing leadership, trends in nursing.
   
     
NAME: Jason E. Robertson, RN
DEGREE LEVEL: MSN
SPECIALTY AREAS OF TEACHING: Pediatrics, emergency room nursing, nursing leadership, critical care nursing, medical-surgical nursing, gerontology.
AREAS OF INTEREST: Pediatrics, emergency room nursing, nursing leadership, critical care nursing, medical-surgical nursing, gerontology.
   
     
Online RN to BSN Program
NAME: Ebony S. Fisher RN, MSN
DEGREE LEVEL: MSN - (PhD in Nursing Education with a specialization in Nursing Education - in progress.)
SPECIALTY AREAS OF TEACHING: Program chair, medical-surgical nursing, postpartum and newborn care, leadership and management, psychiatric nursing and fundamentals of nursing.
AREAS OF INTEREST: Online instruction and learning, innovative teaching strategies, nursing leadership, ethics and psychiatric nursing.
   
   
NAME: Sue K Tierney, RN, Faculty and Student Advisor
DEGREE LEVEL: MS Nursing – Leadership Program
SPECIALTY AREAS OF TEACHING: Medical/surgical, trans-cultural nursing and vulnerable populations.
AREAS OF INTEREST: Advising, distance education and course development.
   
     
BSN Program, Bloomington, MN Campus, Full-Time Faculty
NAME: Kelli Smith, RN
DEGREE LEVEL: PhD
SPECIALTY AREAS OF TEACHING: Program Chair
AREAS OF INTEREST: Leadership, educational philosophy, integrated learning, curricular innovation, research.
   
   
NAME: Linda Wlodyga, RN
DEGREE LEVEL: MSN (Doctor of Philosophy in Education candidate.)
SPECIALTY AREAS OF TEACHING: Acute care, critical care, health promotion of families, fundamental nursing and physical assessment.
AREAS OF INTEREST: New teaching and learning practices, active learning, assessment and test analysis.
   
   
NAME: Jesse Daniels, RN
DEGREE LEVEL: MA
SPECIALTY AREAS OF TEACHING: Skills lab coordinator
AREAS OF INTEREST: Psychomotor nursing skills and simulation.
   
   

 

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