Educational Background

• Bachelor of Science, Education, University of Texas at Austin, 1971
• Associate Degree, Applied Arts and Sciences, Nursing, El Centro College, Dallas Texas 1988
• Bachelor of Science, Nursing, Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas, 1994
• Master of Science, Nursing, Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas, 1997

Research Interests

• Pain Management
• Medication Safety

Honors and Awards

• Mortar Board National Senior Honor Society Preferred Professor, 2004
• Excellence in Nursing Award, Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, 1992
• Great 100 Nurses, Dallas-Fort worth Hospital Council and Texas Nurses Association, 1994
• Sigma Theta Tau International, Beta Beta Chapter, Texas Woman's University, 1995