Expertise

Clinical Interests:

  • Neuroendovascular Therapies in Stroke
  • Neurocritical Care Interventions
  • Novel Drug Therapies: Monoclonal Antibodies
  • Post procedural care: Nausea and Vomiting (PONV)
  • Critical Care pharmacology: Residual Neuromuscular Blockade, Procedural Sedation
  • Team STEPPS master trainer
  • Interdisciplinary collaboration
  • Innovative teaching methods-QSEN, Microsimulation, Mock Trials and Board Hearings
  • Drug Induced Diseases: Angioedema, Autoimmune, Liver Induced Injury
  • Intraoperative and Post-Anesthesia Pharmacology
  • Concussions and Anesthesia
  • Platelets in Stroke

Projects:

  • Nursing education with an emphasis on the identification and implementation of strategies, including emotional intelligence, that promote success among undergraduate nursing students.
  • Quality Assurance with Drug Induced Diseases and Neuroscience Patients
Communities
Nursing
Degrees
DSN, University of Alabama, Birmingham, 1991
MSN, Medical College of Georgia, 1978
BSN, Samford University, 1977
Keywords
nursing
Honors

Excellence in Nursing Education Award, American Assocition of Critical Care Nurses

Pinnacle Award (Innovative Teaching with Technology), Sigma Theta Tau

Associations
American Assocition of Critical Care Nurses
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing