Rosemary George (Mahoney), B.S.N., is a psychiatric triage nurse at Winter Park Memorial Hospital in Winter Park, Fla.
Heidi Jonas (Haefely), B.S.N., is an RN (registered nurse) at Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla.
Rosemary Notarantonio, B.S.N., is the vice president of nursing operations at Healthcare Corporation of American (HCA) in Fort Pierce, Fla. She earned her M.S.N. at Barry University.
Lynn P. Schwarz, B.S.N., is an RN for Dr. Lawrence Kelley in Longwood, Fla.
1982
Patricia Caulfield (Hanvey), B.S.N., is an RN for Seminole County Public Schools in Sanford, Fla. She passed the National Certification Exam for School Nurses in June 2002. She is married and has three children.
Kathe Lesure Hypes, B.S.N., is an ARNP (advanced registered nurse practitioner) at CFP Physicians Group in Casselberry, Fla. In 1988, she made the "Who's Who in American Nursing" list. In 1991, she was named the Sand Lake Hospital (in Orlando, Fla.) Employee of the Month. In 1997, she earned her ANCC (American Nurses Credentialing Center) certification in geriatrics. She earned her M.S.N. in 1991.
Miriam Rafferty (Damora), B.S.N., currently lives in Orlando, Fla. She earned her M.P.H. in 1991.
1983
Yvonne Baker, B.S.N., is a staff RN at the Veterans' Administration Clinic in Viera, Fla.
Ellarea A. Farwell (Broderick), B.S.N., is the program manager for the Orange County Government in Orlando, Fla.
Kathy Ferguson (Murphy), B.S.N., is the clinical manager at Jupiter Medical Center in Jupiter, Fla. She is certified in inpatient obstetrics. She has been married for almost 20 years and has two sons (12 and 16 years old).
Joyce Sconiers, B.S.N., is the nurse manager at Greystone, Inc. in Rockledge, Fla. She is currently in the process of completing her M.B.A.
1984
Debra Lucas Harris, B.S.N., M.P.H. (University of South Florida '91), J.D. (Stetson University '96), sole-authored a review article in the Florida Journal of Public Health in 1991. She also conducted hearings as an arbitrator for juvenile services in the 13th Judicial Circuit in Hillsborough County, Fla., from 1991 to 1993. She is currently looking for a new job.
Sandra Mason Cable, B.S.N., is an RN in the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) at Lutheran Hospital of Indiana in Fort Wayne, Ind. She has four sons and is "enjoying watching them grow into young men," she writes. She stayed home from work after her third son was born, but she returned to hospital nursing in November 2001. "I thoroughly love working in the NICU," she writes.
Patti Cantillo-Kodzis, B.S.N., is an outreach and wellness coordinator at Senior Resource Alliance in Orlando, Fla. She writes: "Nursing allows variety. I've been able to change the direction of my career as needed. You get what you give."
Nancy K. Lawson, B.S.N., is a pediatric home health nurse for Addus Healthcare in Tampa, Fla. She has made the "Who's Who Among American Business Women" and "Who's Who Among Medical Professionals" lists. In 2001, she won the Nurse of the Month at Maxim Healthcare and an Honorary Award for Great Nurse at Addus Healthcare.
1985
Carol L. Hawk, B.S.N., is an instructor for the Lake County school system in Eustis, Fla., where she was Lake Technical Center's 2002-2003 Teacher of the Year. She is a lifetime member of Health Occupations Students of America.
1987
Loretta Kristofek (Marino), B.S.N., is a clinical service representative at Coram Healthcare in Orlando, Fla., where she handles two patient information lines. She assisted the charge nurse/day shift in moving pediatric patients to Arnold Palmer Hospital on opening day. She is married and has two children - Delaney and Jacob.
Elyse A. Nutter (Kantzler), B.S.N., entered a critical care internship program at Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, Fla., after her graduation. She later traveled to Denver, Colo., and became a managerial staff member in the University of Colorado Hospital system. She got married in 1991, and in 1994, she and her husband moved back to Florida to have their first baby. She then decided to leave her position in the open-heart surgical unit and recovery room at Sarasota Memorial Hospital to have two more children. She is now considering re-entering the work force.
Holly Siverson (Freeman), B.S.N., is a pharmacist at Walgreens Healthcare Plus in Orlando, Fla. She graduated from the University of Florida - College of Pharmacy in 1991. She has been married to her husband, Scott, since 1992, and they have three children - Katie, 9; Kurt, 3; and Meredith, 1.
Anne Stuart Thrasher Southwood, B.S.N., helped with the organization and start-up of a new hospital and outpatient surgical center. She currently has two small children is working per diem for Martin Memorial Medical Center Outpatient Surgical Center in Stuart, Fla.
Misti Tuppeny (Langston), B.S.N., is a CNS (clinical nurse specialist) in neurology at Florida Hospital in Orlando. She has been married to her husband, Peter, since 1988, and they have a 7-year-old daughter, Lindsey Erin. She earned her M.S.N. in 2001.
1988
Louise Barwick (Johns), B.S.N., is a nurse administrator at Thomasville Surgery Center in Thomasville, Ga.
Kay Boka, B.S.N., is the director of nursing at Robinson Creek Homecare and Hospice in Austin, Texas.
Carol A. Winters, B.S.N., is a charge nurse at Lutheran Hospital of Indiana in Fort Wayne. She spent 10 years in emergency nursing at the same hospital and five years in critical care/telemetry/ER at Hillcrest Hospital in Pittsfield, Mass.
1989
Jamie D. Moscovitz, B.S.N., is a rounding nurse at Vascular Specialists of Central Florida in Orlando. She is also a CNOR (certified nurse operating room) and RNFA (registered nurse first assistant).
Anne G. Quirk, B.S.N., M.P.H. (University of South Florida '03), is the director of nursing at Citrus Health Network in Miami, Fla. In 2000, she received the Professional Achievement Award for the UCF - College of Health and Public Affairs. She also made the Orlando Business Journal's "40 under 40" list, is a certified Lamaze instructor and an adjunct faculty member for Miami-Dade Community College. She is now working toward her M.S.N. at Florida Atlantic University.
1990
Jeanine Johnston (Barna), B.A. in Legal Studies ('85), B.S.N., has been a certified diabetes educator for the past 10 years and currently works at Orlando Regional Healthcare System (ORHS). In 1991, she was a nominee for the Clinical Nursing Excellence Award. In 2000, she appeared as a guest on "9 Months and Counting" on the Health Network. In 2002, she was a speaker on the ORHS Diabetes Cruise. She is also an advanced wound clinician.
1991
Kimberly M. Speak (Ahearn), B.S.N., is a call center RN for Children's Healthcare of Atlanta in Georgia. She is married and has three children - Lauren, 10; Alyssa, 8; and Austin, 4.
Marybeth Wash, B.S.N., M.P.H. (University of South Florida '00), is the clinical trials manager at Berlex Laboratories in Montville, N.J., where she manages multiple sclerosis trials for clinical research with a pharmaceutical company.
1992
Jill C. Bradford (Zembower), B.S.N., is a parent educator (lactation consultant) at Florida Hospital in Orlando.
Heather Shadrix (Harris), B.S.N., is an RN at Arnold Palmer Hospital in Orlando, Fla. She has been married to her husband, Craig, since 1996, and they have two sons - Hunter, 4; and Preston, 2.
1993
Stacey E. Bednar, B.S.N., is a nurse in the University of California, San Francisco's Catheterization Lab.
Heather C. Doerr, B.S.N., is an obstetrics RN at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Mass. She is also a captain in the U.S. Army Reserve Combat Support Hospital 309th ICU (Intensive Care Unit), a certified legal nurse consultant and RN-C (registered nurse-clinician) in obstetrics.
Erica Edgar Hoyt, B.S.N., is a lab coordinator/instructor at UCF. She worked as a flight nurse before teaching. She earned her M.S.N. in 2000.
Sonya R. Mead (Jenkins), B.S.N., is a labor and delivery RN at Phelps County Regional Medical Center in Rolla, Mo. "I really enjoy raising my two children," she writes.
Nancy Mooney (Brown), B.S.N., currently lives in Winter Park, Fla.
Dawn Marie Nemerovsky, B.S.N., has been an oncology RN for 10 years and currently works at Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center in Fort Myers. She also has eight years of experience as a chemotherapy-certified hospice nurse.
Lisa Ninnis (Durfee), B.S.N., is an ER (emergency room) pool nurse at Florida Hospital DeLand. She joined the U.S. Air Force when she graduated and, she writes, "had a wild, seven-year run," which included assignments in Ohio, Louisiana, South Carolina, California and Texas. She worked in areas including medical surgical units, same-day surgery, ERs, medical oncology and precepting. She also took an in-residence management course. She is now a full-time mom and fill-in nurse.
Teresa Powshok, B.S.N., is a clinical systems educator at Health First in Melbourne, Fla. She was a (cardiac) pediatric care unit nurse for more than eight years. For the last two years, she has been teaching nurses, doctors and associates at Health First, which includes three hospitals, numerous doctors' offices, hospice, home-care many other services. She has been married for 11 years and has two children - A.J., 8; and Jackie, 5.
Rachel VanHoozier (Zwemer), B.S.N., has been a pediatric RN at Florida Hospital East in Orlando for almost six years. She also worked as a traveling nurse for three years. She is married with, "two beautiful girls," she writes.
1994
Anthony Wayne Winston, B.S.N., M.S. in Nurse Anesthesia (Georgetown University '01), is a CRNA for the U.S. Navy in Bethesda, Md. In 2003, his research piece, "Comparison of Inhaled Isopropyl Alcohol and Intravenous Ondansetron for Treatment of Post-Operative Nausea and Vomiting," was published in the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists journal, and he got a faculty appointment to the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
Terri L. Woodruff, B.S.N., A.N.P. (Duke University '00), worked at Duke University from 1995 to 2002. She is now an ANP (adult nurse practitioner) for Erwin Family Practice in Erwin, Tenn., and writes a monthly article concerning health issues for her local paper. She is also a member of the National Medical Response Team and Disaster Medical Assistant Team, which was deployed to New York City on Sept. 11, 2001.
1995
Candace Campbell-McKnight, B.S. ('93), B.S.N., is an RN at the Maternal Fetal Center in Winter Park, Fla. She has a 3-year-old child, Walker Gray.
Jeffrey Craig Phillips, B.S.N., M.S.N. (Florida International University '99), is a CRA (certified research assistant) professor at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami. In 1997, he became an AIDS certified registered nurse. In 1999, he received the Douglas Coffin Clinical Research Excellence Award from the FIU School of Nursing, and he earned his Florida ARNP license as an adult psychiatric and mental health NP (nurse practitioner). In 2001, he earned his ANCC certification as clinical specialist in adult psychiatric and mental health nursing. He has also done multiple poster and didactic presentations at national and international meetings.
Mary C. Sutton, B.S.N., is a staff RN and charge nurse in pediatric general surgery for the U.S. Navy in San Diego, Calif. She recently returned from Kuwait, where she was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom with the U.S. Marines. She is returning overseas to Yokosaka, Japan.
Patricia Vitori, B.S.N., is an RN in Key Largo, Fla. She has worked in the ICU since graduation, dealing with everything from trauma to post-open-heart surgery, helping neonatal up to adult patients. She recently finished a two-year contract in Saudi Arabia, and she is looking forward to starting in Australia after a short travel assignment to Alaska. She writes: "I would love to hear from friends from the class of '98. Best wishes to all!"
1996
Pamela Abernathy, B.S.N., is an RN case manager at Hospice of the Comforter in Altamonte Springs, Fla.
April Ann Gillespie-Blackstone, B.S.N., is a chemotherapy certified RN at the Visiting Nurses Association in Vero Beach, Fla. She is married with two sons - Ryan, 4; and Jason, 15 months.
Linda Johnson Neely, B.S.N., is an RN staff nurse at the Island Health & Rehabilitation Center in Merritt Island, Fla.
Dawn Mossing, B.S.N., is a staff RN at Health First in Melbourne, Fla.
1997
Charlene A. Demers, B.S.N., is a certified wound-ostomy-continence nurse (WOCN) at Florida Hospital in Orlando. She received her certification from Emory University. She is currently in the gerontology NP graduate program at Florida Atlantic University.
Angel R. Epstein, B.S.N. ('95), M.S.W., is a psychotherapist at Counseling Associates of Ormond Beach, Fla., which specializes in ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder). She also patented a psycho-educational workshop for family members of children with the ADD.
Jarod "Rookie" Gage, B.S.N., is a CNS at the Children's Hospital of Alabama in Birmingham.
Mary Barnes Hammock, B.S.N., M.S.N. (Emory University '99), is a PNP (pediatric nurse practitioner) at Cobb Pediatrics, P.C. in Marietta, Ga. She has been married to her husband, David, for one year.
Patricia K. Lafferty, B.S.N. ('86), M.S.N., is an adviser/instructor at UCF.
Carolyn Glenda LaRoe, B.S.N., is a charge nurse at Florida Hospital Waterman in Eustis, Fla.
Janet E. Modzelewski, B.S.N., is a nursing program specialist for the state of Florida in Daytona Beach. She is participating in a program for the Public Health Leadership Institute of Florida at the University of South Florida.
Emlyn Tobillo, M.S.N. - Family Nurse Practitioner, is an NP at Orlando Clinical Research. She is involved with pharmaceutical research.
1998
Katherine J. Allison, B.S.N., is a clinical researcher for Parrish Medical Center in Titusville, Fla. She is currently pursuing her M.S. in Health Services Administration at UCF and is scheduled to graduate in 2004. "Many thanks to the UCF School of Nursing for the academic preparation they provided me!" she writes. She has been happily married to her husband, Steve, for the past 11 years and her two children recently went away to college.
Phyllis H. Baum, B.S.N., is the vice president/chief nursing officer at Leesburg Regional Medical Center in Leesburg, Fla.
Nicole R. Gardner (O'Dell), B.S.N., is a mother/baby RN at Health First - Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne, Fla.
Stephanie Gorman (Phillips), B.S.N., is an RN at Arnold Palmer Hospital in Orlando, Fla.
Todd Gorman, B.S.N., is a CRNA (certified registered nurse anesthetist) at Anesthesiologists of Greater Orlando. "Stephanie and I have two wonderful children, Austin and Alannah, and a third one on the way," he writes. He recently earned his M.S. in Anesthesiology from Barry University.
James Hart, B.S. in Respiratory Therapy ('83), B.S.N., is a CRA for Guidant Corp. Before that, he was promoted to manager of Florida Hospital's Cardiac Catheterization Lab in Orlando.
Terry Hirtz, B.S.N., is an RN at Vitas Hospice in Orlando, Fla.
Shere Leventhal, B.S.N., is a legal nurse consultant for Beggs & Lane, a law firm in Pensacola, Fla. She is also a pediatric RN at Baptist Hospital in Pensacola, working in nursing administration quality improvement/nursing education. She earned her M.S. in Health Education.
Kimberly Moore, B.S.N., is the case manager/medical claims consultant for CNA Insurance in Maitland, Fla. She earned certifications to become both a CRRN (certified rehabilitation registered nurse) and an LNCC (legal nurse consultant certified). She is currently completing a CLCP (certified life care planner) program.
Anthony W. Pennington, B.S.N., is a faculty member at Seminole Community College in Sanford, Fla. He also earned his M.S.N. and an M.B.A.
Nicole Richmond Leach, B.S.N. ('94), M.S.N., is an ARNP at Roberson Allergy & Asthma in Stuart, Fla. She was involved in Phase III research (asthma/immunology) while practicing in Miami, Fla. She is now working on an asthma article for publication in The Nurse Practitioner journal. She is married and has a 1-year-old son, Jack.
1999
Anna "Bridget" Cook, B.S.N., is an emergency department staff RN at Leesburg Regional Medical Center in Leesburg, Fla.
Gloria H. Denston, B.S.N., is the clinical nurse manager at Florida Hospital DeLand, where she was the 2002 Nurse of the Year. In 2003, she presented at the Florida Nurses Association's 16th Annual Conference of Clinical Excellence in Nursing.
Denise Firman, B.S.N., is a staff RN in the NICU at Orlando Regional Healthcare Systems.
Janice Gregory, M.S.N., is an ARNP at Pulmonary Disease Specialists in Kissimmee, Fla. She has been employed for the last two and a half years "with the best pulmonary practice in Kissimmee," she writes.
Kas Healy, M.S.N., is an NP for the Eastern Aleutian Tribe in Alaska.
Judy L. Housel, B.S.N. ('98), M.S.N., is an NP at Team Health in Titusville, Fla.
Lori Laswell, B.S.N., is a staff RN for Erlanger Health System in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Jenny Mitre Pack, B.S.B.A. ('91), B.S.N., is a staff nurse at Florida Hospital in Orlando, where she first participated in a critical care nurse internship. She has an 8-month-old son, Joshua Nicholas.
Deborah Ann Phillips, B.S.N., is an ARNP at Health Care Providers of Florida in Apopka/Orlando.
Jennifer L. Snow, M.S.N. - Family Practitioner, is an ARNP at Brevard Cardiology in Merritt Island, Fla. She has two children - Jonathan William, 3; and Elizabeth Rose, 1.
Carmelita Stephenson (Cabug), B.S. in Health Services Administration ('96), B.S.N., is a staff RN in the pediatric special care unit at Arnold Palmer Hospital in Orlando, Fla. She is married with a 3-month-old son, Jack Brian.
Shetonya H. Summers (Croft), B.S.N., is an RN at Health First in Melbourne, Fla.
2000
Diane M. Berry, M.S.N., is an ARNP-C (advanced registered nurse practitioner-clinician) for the ENT (ear, nose and throat) office at OMNI Healthcare in Melbourne, Fla. She received her ANCC certification on her first try (December 2001). She also presented a poster at the Florida Nurses Foundation luncheon on Sept. 11, 2003.
Kevin Capps, B.S.N., is a trauma RN at Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne, Fla.
Matthew Graham, B.S.N., has worked in ER medicine in Texas for the past three years. He and Cindy Marie Wood hope to start a family within the next five years.
Ann Marie Hunkar-Huie, M.S.N., is an ARNP at Cardiac Care Specialists in Orlando, Fla. She has been a guest in a health column for a senior publication.
Melissa Kelly (Graham), B.S.N., finished her last summer as an E grade nurse for the BUPA Nursing Agency in Leeds, United Kingdom, where she worked on an admission and dialysis unit for three years. "I have achieved E grade status and find the knowledge I learned at UCF has helped me throughout my tenure here," she writes.
Doris L. Krough, B.S.N., is the supervisor at the National Deaf Academy in Mt. Dora, Fla.
Rebecca Perrine, B.S.N., is the pediatric liaison for Grandma's House at Westminster Care of Orlando. She coordinated the opening of a 36-bed long-term and rehabilitation unit in a 420-bed skilled nursing facility. She also established an Orange County charter school on site.
David L. Robertson, B.S.N., is an RN at Florida Hospital in Winter Park. He writes: "I caught my first sailfish last week! Life is good."
JoAnne L. Shifflett, B.S.N., is an RN at Health First Medical Center in Melbourne, Fla. She was recently accepted into an M.S.N. program.
Samuel Smith, B.S.N., is an RN for PSR Nurses in Dallas, Texas. He is currently enrolled in a CRNA program at Virginia Commonwealth University - Medical College of Virginia. He has been an ICU travel nurse for the last year.
2001
Jennafer Bernreuter, B.S.N., is currently living in Hernando, Fla.
Jamie Elizabeth Cochran (Thompson), B.S.N., worked in labor and delivery at Florida Hospital in Orlando after graduation, but she recently moved to Chicago, Ill., with her husband, due to his job. Since they are still settling into their new home, she has not started looking for a new job yet.
Allison Collier (Hulick), B.S.N., is an RN at Arnold Palmer Hospital in Orlando, Fla.
Guylaine Legault, M.S.N. - Family Nurse Practitioner, is an ARNP at Spruce Creek Family Care in Port Orange, Fla.
Shannon Newton, B.S.N., is a travel RN for Nova Pro Staffing in Tampa, Fla. She has been a travel nurse around Florida for the past year, and she is currently on assignment in Philadelphia, Pa.
Judith E. Nunes, B.S.N., is a research nurse at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Orlando, Fla. She writes: "Graduating from the RN to B.S.N. program and obtaining my B.S.N. has provided me the opportunity to pursue 'advanced level' positions within the organization. I accepted the position of oncology clinical research coordinator. I absolutely love it! I no longer have 'hands-on' care, but I still have direct patient contact."
F. Elizabeth Poalillo, B.S.N. ('97), M.S.N., is the nurse manager at Orlando Regional Healthcare System.
Suzanne Robbins, B.S.N., is a medical-surgical director at Falmouth Hospital in Falmouth, Mass. She was also a clinical supervisor in critical care, and she worked in staff education.
Trudy Simpson (Rice), B.S.N., is an RN at Munroe Regional Medical Center in Ocala, Fla. Elena Smith, B.S.N., is a staff RN at Regency Medical Center in Winter Haven, Fla. She is also currently enrolled in the University of Florida's master's degree program, on the pediatric nurse practitioner track. She expects to graduate in 2004.
Katherine Strickland, B.S.N., is an RN at Shands at AGH in Gainesville, Fla. "We moved to Gainesville and live on 20 acres with sheep, goats and chickens," she writes. She will graduate in December 2003 with her M.S.N. in Family Practice from the University of Florida. She also plans to practice in Gainesville.
Jackie Terwilliger, M.S.N. - Family Nurse Practitioner, is an ARNP-C in the cardiology group at Florida Health Care (FHC) in Daytona Beach. She started as an ARNP in the CVICU (cardiovascular intensive care unit) at Halifax Medical Center, also in Daytona Beach, where she is still on per diem.
Susan Wnuk, M.S.N., is an ARNP at CFP Physicians Group in Casselberry, Fla.
Cindy Marie Wood, B.S.N., is a PA (physician assistant) at the Greater Houston Neurosurgery Center in The Woodlands, Texas. She and Matthew Graham hope to start a family within the next five years. She earned her M.P.A.S. from the University of Florida.
2002
Lisa V. Bowman, B.S.N., is an RN at Florida Hospital in Orlando.
Sarah Callander, B.S.N., is an RN in the CICU (cardiac intensive care unit) at Shands Healthcare in Gainesville, Fla.
Miriam Levy, B.S.N., is a transplant RN at New York University in New York City. She is now waiting to get into graduate school to pursue her M.S.N.
Therese L. Luce, M.S.N., is an FNP (family nurse practitioner) for Dr. Marilyn Moss in Melbourne, Fla.
Shannon P. Lyles, B.S.N., is an RN specialist in pediatric endocrinology for the University of Florida in Gainesville. Part of her job includes diabetes education with children and their families. She is also a study coordinator for diabetes studies and growth hormone registries.
Lacey Anne Pettit, B.S.N., is a staff RN at St. Luke's Hospital/Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla.
Erika Pitts, B.S.N., is a pediatric RN at Florida Hospital in Orlando. She also earned her PALS (pediatric advanced life support) certification.
Casi M. Ptack, B.S.N., is an RN in the ER at Florida Hospital in Orlando.
Sheron S. Rowe, B.S.N., M.S.N., is an assistant professor of nursing at Florida Hospital - College of Health Sciences in Orlando. In 2003, she presented a poster at the Southern Nursing Research Society on "Integrative Research Review of Chemotherapy-Related Fatigue in Women with Breast Cancer." She also presented a CEU (college education units) offering on "The New HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability) Regulations" at Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences.
Susan Smith, B.S.N., is an RN at Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach, Fla.
Darleen A. Williams, M.S.N., is an educator at Orlando Regional Healthcare System, where her UCF master's project was implemented Sept. 1, 2003.
