She has worked as a clinical nurse specialist in adult health, working with neurosurgery and neuroscience patients for a local hospital doing program development for the hospital and community outreach programs. Her experience led her to work for a medical device company as a national educator for non-invasive hypothermia for post-cardiac arrest. For the past 11 years she has been a full time nursing professor with experience in medical surgical nursing; assessment; and multicultural death and dying. She has also served as a course coordinator for a variety of courses.