I bring over thirty years of patient care and education to the FSC community. Beginning in the late 1980's, I have worked as both a firefighter/paramedic as well as a registered nurse, caring for patients across the life spectrum. My nursing career has been primarily in the emergency department setting, working in both a Level II trauma center as well as a smaller community ED specializing in general emergency patients, psychiatric emergencies, and substance abuse emergencies. Prior to joining the faculty at Florida Southern College I taught as an Instructor of Nursing in the undergraduate nursing program at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.