Often patients ask to know more about my background. While attending college, I obtained my EMT license and worked in EMS. I also worked as a Certified Nurse’s Aide (CNA) for a hospice program. I provided care for cancer and AIDS patients in their homes, and upon patients’ deaths, I remained involved with their families for one year through the Bereavement Program. When I obtained my Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) license, I worked with head injury and spinal cord injury patients at an acute care rehabilitation hospital. After I obtained my Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of New Hampshire, and subsequently my Registered Nurse (RN) license, I worked as a school nurse in a 1900-student public high school and as a nurse manager at a private psychiatric hospital. After receiving my Master of Science in Psychiatric Nursing from Rivier University, and fulfilling the State of New Hampshire’s requirements for an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) license, I worked at Hitchcock Clinic’s outpatient Behavioral Health Department until its closure in 1998. Since that time, I have been in private practice in the Greater Nashua and Greater Manchester area. In addition to my clinical work, I was Adjunct Faculty at Hesser College where I taught Anatomy & Physiology, Medical Terminology, Nutrition, and Abnormal Psychology; Adjunct Faculty at Southern New Hampshire University where I taught Health & Wellness; and an Assistant Professor at Rivier University in the Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program where I taught the next generation of psychiatric providers. I have authored several journal publications and given hundreds of presentations about identifying and effectively treating ADHD, depression, and anxiety to other health care providers, school guidance counselors, nurses, and community groups.
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