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Lois K. Daniels
Degrees:
1964
BSN SUNY at Buffalo 1967 MSN
Yale University
Certifications:
Certificate in
Nurse-Midwifery 1967 Yale University
Former
Chair of Nursing Department, Lois developed the Goodwin College Nursing
Program. In January 2006, she stepped down to a faculty position. She is
currently an Assistant Professor and is Course Coordinator for the Nursing
210: Families & Wellness across the Lifespan course. Her specialty is
Maternal-Newborn Nursing. She completed all-but-dissertation doctoral work
in Public Health at Yale University in 1994.
Elaine Simms-Walton
RN, MSN
Faculty Member/Nursing 110 Coordinator
Elaine was born in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from the City College
of the City University of New York where she earned her BSN in 1980. She
worked for 3 years at Mount Sinai Hospital as a staff nurse on a large
Medical Unit. She relocated to Connecticut in 1983 and began her career as a
staff nurse in the Coronary Intensive Care Unit in a major hospital. For the
next 16 years, she progressed from Clinical Nurse 1 to Clinical Nurse 3 in
the C.I.C.U. In 1998 she earned her Master's Degree in Nursing from the
University of Hartford. During her 26 years in Nursing, Elaine has held a
myriad of positions including: Administrative Supervisor, Medicare
Coordinator, Consultant, Restorative Supervisor, Assistant Nurse Manager,
and Nurse Manager. She has worked in Acute Care, Home Care and Long Term
Care. She joined the faculty of Goodwin College in August 2005. She is
married and has 2 adult daughters. Elaine enjoys teaching and feels that she
is enjoying the best of both worlds: Nursing and teaching!
Nancy Peer, RN, MSN
Assistant Professor - Nursing Department
Mrs.
Peer received her undergraduate degree from St. Joseph College, W. Hartford,
CT and received her graduate degree, with a concentration in Nursing
Education, from University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT. She is a member
of the Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society.
Mrs. Peer has progressive nursing experience in the areas of acute care,
home care, community care and long term care during her nursing career. She
embarked on her academic career in November, 2005, developing the Nursing
200 Course, Adults and the Wellness Continuum II, which covers
medical/surgical aspects of nursing, as well as assisted in the preparation
for the National League of Nursing Accreditation of the Nursing Program at
Goodwin College.
Mrs. Peer is the Course Coordinator of Nursing 200 with oversight of both
theory and clinical components of the course. In addition to teaching
Nursing Theory, she also does clinical instruction, with a concentration on
cardiac surgery, at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, CT.
Pam Walker, RN, MSN
Assistant Professor Nursing
Nursing 220 Coordinator
Pam was born in Rockville, Connecticut, and lived there
until 1988 when she and her family moved to Springfield, Massachusetts. Pam
began her nursing career in 1981 as an LPN. She worked at Rockville General
Hospital until 1992, at which time she earned an Associate Degree in Nursing
from Regents College at the University of New York and made the transition
into home care nursing. She graduated from the University of Hartford in
2005 with a Master of Science in Nursing with a focus on Nursing Education.
She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society, the
National League for Nursing and the Connecticut League for Nursing.
Pam’s
experience in home care includes staff nurse, nursing supervisor, staff
development and education, quality assurance, and clinical director. She has
served as adjunct nursing faculty at University of Hartford, Elms College in
Chicopee, MA, and Springfield Technical Community College in Springfield,
MA. She has been a member of the Goodwin College Nursing Faculty since May,
2006, and is currently the course coordinator for Nursing 220.
Pat Zikorus
Nursing 110 Coordinator

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