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Anne G. Quirk, B.S.N., M.P.H.(University <strong>of</strong> South Florida ’03), is the direc<strong>to</strong>r <strong>of</strong>nursing at Citrus <strong>Health</strong> Network in Miami, Fla. In 2000,she received the Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Achievement Award forthe UCF – <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Public</strong> <strong>Affairs</strong>. Shealso made the Orl<strong>and</strong>o Business Journal’s “40 under40” list, is a certiÞed Lamaze instruc<strong>to</strong>r <strong>and</strong> an adjunctfaculty member for Miami-Dade Community <strong>College</strong>.She is now working <strong>to</strong>ward her M.S.N. at FloridaAtlantic University.1990Jeanine Johns<strong>to</strong>n (Barna), B.A. in Legal Studies(’85), B.S.N., has been a certiÞed diabetes educa<strong>to</strong>rfor the past 10 years <strong>and</strong> currently works at Orl<strong>and</strong>oRegional <strong>Health</strong>care System (ORHS). In 1991, she wasa nominee for the Clinical Nursing <strong>Excellence</strong> Award.In 2000, she appeared as a guest on “9 Months <strong>and</strong>Counting” on the <strong>Health</strong> Network. In 2002, she was aspeaker on the ORHS Diabetes Cruise. She isalso an advanced wound clinician.1991Kimberly M. Speak (Ahearn), B.S.N.,is a call center RN for Children’s <strong>Health</strong>care <strong>of</strong> Atlantain Georgia. She is married <strong>and</strong> has three children– Lauren, 10; Alyssa, 8; <strong>and</strong> Austin, 4.Marybeth Wash, B.S.N., M.P.H.(University <strong>of</strong> South Florida ‘00), is the clinical trialsmanager at Berlex Labora<strong>to</strong>ries in Montville, N.J.,where she manages multiple sclerosis trials for clinicalresearch with a pharmaceutical company.1992Jill C. Bradford (Zembower), B.S.N., is aparent educa<strong>to</strong>r (lactation consultant) at FloridaHospital in Orl<strong>and</strong>o.Heather Shadrix (Harris), B.S.N., is an RN at ArnoldPalmer Hospital in Orl<strong>and</strong>o, Fla. She hasbeen married <strong>to</strong> her husb<strong>and</strong>, Craig, since 1996, <strong>and</strong>they have two sons – Hunter, 4; <strong>and</strong> Pres<strong>to</strong>n, 2.1993Stacey E. Bednar, B.S.N., is a nurse in the University<strong>of</strong> California, San Francisco’s Catheterization Lab.Heather C. Doerr, B.S.N., is an obstetrics RN atMassachusetts General Hospital in Bos<strong>to</strong>n, Mass. Sheis also a captain in the U.S. Army Reserve CombatSupport Hospital 309th ICU (Intensive Care Unit), acertiÞed legal nurse consultant <strong>and</strong> RN-C (registerednurse-clinician) in obstetrics.Erica Edgar Hoyt, B.S.N., is a lab coordina<strong>to</strong>r/instruc<strong>to</strong>r at UCF. She worked as a ßight nursebefore teaching. She earned her M.S.N. in 2000.Sonya R. Mead (Jenkins), B.S.N., is a labor <strong>and</strong>delivery RN at Phelps County Regional Medical Centerin Rolla, Mo. “I really enjoy raising my two children,”she writes.Nancy Mooney (Brown), B.S.N., currently lives inWinter Park, Fla.Dawn Marie Nemerovsky, B.S.N., has been anoncology RN for 10 years <strong>and</strong> currently worksat Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center in FortMyers. She also has eight years <strong>of</strong> experience as achemotherapy-certiÞed hospice nurse.Lisa Ninnis (Durfee), B.S.N., is an ER(emergency room) pool nurse at Florida HospitalDeL<strong>and</strong>. She joined the U.S. Air Force when she graduated<strong>and</strong>, she writes, “had a wild, seven-year run,” whichincluded assignments in Ohio, Louisiana, South Carolina,California <strong>and</strong> Texas. She worked in areas includingmedical surgical units, same-day surgery, ERs, medicaloncology <strong>and</strong> precepting. She also <strong>to</strong>ok an in-residencemanagement course. She is now a full-time mom<strong>and</strong> Þll-in nurse.Teresa Powshok, B.S.N., is a clinical systemseduca<strong>to</strong>r at <strong>Health</strong> First in Melbourne, Fla. She was a(cardiac) pediatric care unit nurse for more than eightyears. For the last two years, she has been teachingnurses, doc<strong>to</strong>rs <strong>and</strong> associates at <strong>Health</strong> First, whichincludes three hospitals, numerous doc<strong>to</strong>rs’ <strong>of</strong>Þces,hospice, home-care many other services. She hasbeen married for 11 years <strong>and</strong> has two children –A.J., 8; <strong>and</strong> Jackie, 5.Rachel VanHoozier (Zwemer), B.S.N., has been apediatric RN at Florida Hospital East in Orl<strong>and</strong>o foralmost six years. She also worked as a travelingnurse for three years. She is married with, “twobeautiful girls,” she writes.1994Anthony Wayne Wins<strong>to</strong>n, B.S.N., M.S. inNurse Anesthesia (George<strong>to</strong>wn University ’01), isa CRNA for the U.S. Navy in Bethesda, Md. In 2003,his research piece, “Comparison <strong>of</strong> Inhaled IsopropylAlcohol <strong>and</strong> Intravenous Ondansetron for Treatment <strong>of</strong>Post-Operative Nausea <strong>and</strong> Vomiting,” was publishedin the American Association <strong>of</strong> Nurse Anesthetists journal,<strong>and</strong> he got a faculty appointment <strong>to</strong> the UniformedServices University <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Health</strong> Sciences.Terri L. Woodruff, B.S.N., A.N.P.(Duke University ’00), worked at Duke Universityfrom 1995 <strong>to</strong> 2002. She is now an ANP (adultnurse practitioner) for Erwin Family Practice inErwin, Tenn., <strong>and</strong> writes a monthly article concerninghealth issues for her local paper. She is also amember <strong>of</strong> the National Medical Response Team <strong>and</strong>Disaster Medical Assistant Team, whichwas deployed <strong>to</strong> New York City on Sept. 11, 2001.1995C<strong>and</strong>ace Campbell-McKnight, B.S.’93, B.S.N., isan 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(certiÞed research assistant) pr<strong>of</strong>essor at FloridaInternational University (FIU) in Miami. In 1997, hebecame an AIDS certiÞed registered nurse. In 1999,he received the Douglas C<strong>of</strong>Þn Clinical Research<strong>Excellence</strong> Award from the FIU School <strong>of</strong> Nursing,<strong>and</strong> he earned his Florida ARNP license as an adultpsychiatric <strong>and</strong> mental health NP (nurse practitioner).In 2001, he earned his ANCC certiÞcation as clinicalspecialist in adult psychiatric <strong>and</strong> mental healthnursing. He has also done multiple poster <strong>and</strong> didacticpresentations at national <strong>and</strong> international meetings.Mary C. Sut<strong>to</strong>n, B.S.N., is a staff RN <strong>and</strong> chargenurse in pediatric general surgery for the U.S.Navy in San Diego, Calif. She recently returnedfrom Kuwait, where she was supportingOperation Iraqi Freedom with the U.S. Marines.She is returning overseas <strong>to</strong> Yokosaka, Japan.Patricia Vi<strong>to</strong>ri, B.S.N., is an RN in Key Largo, Fla.She has worked in the ICU since graduation, dealingwith everything from trauma <strong>to</strong> post-open-heart surgery,helping neonatal up <strong>to</strong> adult patients. She recentlyÞnished a two-year contract in Saudi Arabia, <strong>and</strong> sheis looking forward <strong>to</strong> starting in Australia after a shorttravel assignment <strong>to</strong> Alaska. She writes: “I would love<strong>to</strong> hear from friends from the class <strong>of</strong> ’98.Best wishes <strong>to</strong> all!”1996Pamela Abernathy, B.S.N., is an RN case manager atHospice <strong>of</strong> the Comforter in Altamonte Springs, Fla.April Ann Gillespie-Blacks<strong>to</strong>ne, B.S.N., is a chemotherapycertiÞed RN at the Visiting NursesAssociation in Vero Beach, Fla. She is married with twosons – Ryan, 4; <strong>and</strong> Jason, 15 months.18