Education:

I.  B.S.N., University of Texas, Houston, Texas, 1975

II. M.S.N., University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, 1979. Major: Medical-Surgical, Adult Nurse Practitioner in Primary Care.

III. Certificate, Washington University-Barnes Hospital Nurse Anesthesia Program, Saint Louis, Missouri, March 1985

IV. Diploma, Asthma, National Respiratory Training Center, March 2002

V.  Diploma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, National Respiratory Training Center, November 2002

VI. Ph.D., University of Texas, Arlington, Texas, 2010. Major: Nursing.

Licensure: Texas

Certification:

CERTIFIED ADULT NURSE PRACTITIONER
American Nurses Credentialing Center, 2000, recertified 2005, recertified 2010

CERTIFIED ADULT NURSE PRACTITIONER
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 2001, recertified 2006

CERTIFIED ASTHMA EDUCATOR,
National Asthma Educator Certification Board, June 2003

Additional Professional Positions:

May 2003 – present
TRAINER, National Respiratory Training Center. Instruct medical providers concerning pulmonary diseases.

July 2003 – present
SPEAKER, GlaxoSmithKline. Lecture about obstructive lung diseases and drug therapy.

Honors:

SIGMA THETA TAU, National Nursing Honor Society, 1975