Hello, friends,
colleagues, and UTB/TSC Nursing Students!
STUDENTS--
Welcome to my 'virtual office'. Have questions? Worried
about something? Want to check out the most frequently asked questions
(FAQ's) for my courses? You can come anytime, day or night, and
you don't even have to have an appointment! You'll find information
for the courses I am teaching, care plan forms, my message board and
chat room, FAQ's, and links to helpful nursing/health care sites.
Can't find the information you need? Want to talk in real-time?
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My Professional
Background
This is a picture of
my grandmother, Marie McCormack, taken for her graduation from
Meadville City
Hospital School of Nursing, Meadville, Pennsylvania, in 1928.
My professional
journey: I was born in upstate New York, and grew up in the tri-state
area of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. I come from a family of
nurses: my grandmother, mother, and my husband are nurses!
I received my bachelor's degree in Nursing in 1974 from Trenton State College,
in Trenton, New Jersey, and a Master's Degree in Nursing from the University
of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in 1998. I have worked
as a nurse all over the southern United States, from San Antonio, TX, to
Gallup, NM, Tampa, FL, Alexandria, LA, and El Centro, CA. My area
of specialization is adult critical care. My particular interest
is cardiovascular disorders. I began teaching in an
associate degree nursing program at Imperial Valley College in CA. in 1991,
and it was love at first lecture! I have been fortunate to be associated
with the University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College since
1995. Every day I learn something from my students, and I hope they
can say the same about me!
My
Hobbies and Interests
Everyone who knows
me knows I'm a Bahá’í. For those of you who don't know
what that is, it's the newest of the independent world religions.
To learn more about the Bahá’í Faith, visit the
Harlingen, Texas Bahá'í
Community website,
or call 1-800-22UNITE.
Counted cross stitch is
my favorite hobby. Watch here for the best stitching links I've found.
Stitching
and Craft Sites: 
| 1-2-3 Stitch!:
counted cross stitch supplies, patterns, threads. |
| Coats
and Clark: Anchor thread, needlework supplies, free stuff. |
| Counted
Cross Stitch, Needlework and Stitchery Page: you name it, there's
a link for it here. |
| Cross
Stitch by Jeanette Crews: really great designs, pattern books. |
| DMC
Homepage: DMC threads, free patterns. |
| Herrschner's:
crafting supplies, patterns, books, kits. |
| Leisure
Arts: crafting supplies, patterns, books. |
| Mary
Maxim: all types of needlework and craft supplies |
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Needlework
Links: links for patterns for just about any subject, supplies,
etc. |
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The Cross Stitch Gallery: beautiful works of art, including my
favorite fantasy artist, Leanne Seed |
| The
Stitchery: famous needlework catalog, thread, supplies. |
| The
Stitcher's Closet: another great cross-stitch page |
I am also an avid sci-fi
and fantasy fan. Some of my favorite authors: CJ
Cherryh, CS Friedman, Marion
Zimmer Bradley, Andre Norton,
Lois
McMaster Bujold- just to name a few! My favorite genres: Babylon
5, Star Wars, and Farscape.
Watch here for links to some of the best sci-fi sites on the Web.
Sci-Fi
and Fantasy Sites:
Alternate
Universe Today: a premier Babylon 5 fan fiction site.
Baen Books:
the only exclusive publisher of scifi and fantasy. Read sample chapters
of upcoming books.
Cinescape
On-Line: scifi TV and Movie news.
DelennToo's
B5 Stuff: a wonderful collection of pictures, fanfic, poetry,
a day by day calendar, links.
DelRey
Books: sign up for their internet newsletter. Read
sample chapters of upcoming books.
DragonCon:
largest scifi/fantasy convention in the U.S.
Farscape:
the SciFi channel site.
Jedi Net:
Unofficial fan site for Star Wars.
Jump Now:
Babylon 5 fan site. Lots of news and links to fan fiction from the
former J&D Storybook-- includes two of mine.
Lord
of the Rings: the official website for the movie trilogy.
The Mists
of Avalon: the TNT
miniseries.
SciFi Channel:
TV schedules, episode synopses, news.
SciFi and Fantasy
Writers of America: tips for writers, Nebula award winners.
SciFi Lovers
Convention Listing: the most comprehensive list of cons across
the US, and some in Europe.
SciFi Weekly:
scifi news from every genre: books, films, TV, anime, comics, etc.
World Science
Fiction Society: WorldCon and the Hugo Awards.
What's Here for Students
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My
Favorite Nursing and Healthcare Links
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Books
& Journals |
Health
Information |
Student
Resources |
Professional
Organizations |
| Amazon
Books |
American
Diabetes Association |
ABG
Tutorial:
practice
with arterial blood gas analysis |
American
Association for History of Nursing (AAHN): preservation
of history of nurses and nursing as a profession |
| Barnes
and Noble Booksellers |
American
Heart Association |
APA
Style Resources - links to on-line help with APA writing style.
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End-of-Life
Nursing Education Consortium Project |
| Medscape
- on-line peer-reviewed professional medical journal articles. |
American
Lung Association |
APA
Style Software - Reference Point Software makes APA templates
for wordprocessors. |
National
League for Nursing (NLN): nursing education
issues |
| Medscape:
Nursing - on-line peer-reviewed professial journal articles
with nursing focus. |
Dermatology
Images |
Auscultation
Assistant: good site for heart and lung sounds. |
National
Organization for Associate Degree Nursing (NOADN): for ADN educators
and students |
| Nurse
Week's News Page - on-line newspaper: articles, medical news,
CE's, job listings. |
Mayo
Clinic Health Info - for patients and medical professionals.
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Careplans.com-
subscription is $20 annually. |
Nursing
World - (American Nurses Association) Issues,
trends, on-line journal, links. |
| UTB-TSC
Main Library Page - searchable catalog. You must have a library
account to access subscription databases. |
National
Heart, Lung and Blood Institute - info for patients and
professionals |
ECG
Library: step-by-step analysis of normal
and abnormal ECG patterns. |
Texas
Nurses Association - legislation, practice issues |
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NIH
Office of Alternative Medicine |
Medical
Mnemonics: A free, non-profit, online searchable
database of medical mnemonics to help remember the important details. |
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| Elsevier
Health Sciences Nursing: textbooks and student helps |
RX
List - Internet drug index. |
NursingCenter
- books, journals, CE's, free e-mail, supplies |
Boards
of Nursing: a comprehensive list of contact information for
all U.S. Boards sponsored by Allnurses.com |
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RX
Med - prescription drug prescribing info, patient handouts on
common diseases, health resource links and more. |
Nursing
Net - Lots of links, chatrooms, forums, specialty areas, access
to journals. |
National
Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN): authors of the
NCLEX licensing exams. Site includes test plan, sample questions,
and info for on-line exam prep. |
| Lippincott
Connection: textbooks and student helps |
Virtual
Hospital - Patient education info, scholarly papers in specialty
areas, images, journals, links. |
Nursing
Theories - links to every nursing theorist who has an 'internet
presence'. |
Texas
Board of Nurse Examiners - announcements, calendar of meetings,
publications |
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World Health Organization: updates
on international health issues |
The Student
Nurse Resource Page: study help, calculations, humor, links.
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