She has worked as a staff nurse, charge nurse and nurse preceptor on many different medical surgical units, including vascular, neurology, neurosurgery, urology, gynecology, ENT, general medicine, geriatrics, oncology and blood and marrow transplantation. She is a BLS instructor trainer and ACLS instructor. She received her bachelor's degree in nursing in 1994 and a master's degree in nursing in 1998,rom West Virginia University. Additionally, in 1998, she was certified as a family nurse practitioner. She was a clinical instructor and lecturer for West Virginia University from 1998-1999 and is currently an adjunct faculty member at Waynesburg College in Pennsylvania. For the past six years, she has spent most of her professional time working as a clinical nurse educator for WVU Hospitals in Morgantown, West Virginia.