Chrystal Logan, BSN (ASN 1996)
Wetumpka, AL:
Employed by Troy University School of Nursing as
Adjunct Clinical Faculty Member. Beginning a new phase of my career
that I have dreamed about for years. I am extremely happy with my work
and feel that we at Troy have been blessed with the best students and
we in turn can become the best teachers. I am preparing my two oldest
for graduation and college in a few years while just getting started
in Kindergarten with our youngest. I am learning life is short, slow
down and take advantage of all the great things around us or it will
all be gone in the haste.
Lisa M. Canady, MSN
(BSN 2005)
Valley, AL: East Alabama Medical Center; Clinical Systems Analyst for
Home Care/Hospice; currently implementing computerized documentation
system for Hospice of EAMC.
Jennifer Johnson Miller,
BSN (ASN 2003)
Prattville, AL: Montgomery
Pulmonary Associates; currently enrolled in the Acute Care NP program
at UAB
Lisa M. Canady, BSN
(MSN 2007)
Valley, AL: East Alabama Medical Center; Clinical Systems Analyst for
Home Care/Hospice; currently implementing computerized documentation
system for Hospice of EAMC.
Christina
Szabo, BSN
Ozark, AL: Charge Nurse at Southeast Alabama Medical Center; starting
Master's from UA in Case Management.
2004
Brittney Odom Armstrong,
MSN (BSN 1998)
Columbia, AL:
I am currently an Instructor in an ADN program at Bainbridge College. I am
Course Coordinator for Fundamentals of Nursing. My husband, Adam, and I
are parents to a beautiful 5 month old daughter, Whiddon Elizabeth.
Julianne Locklar West, BSN
Troy, AL:
I am the proud mother of 2 children, Jackson, 2 and Mary Hayden, 3 months.
My husband, Judson and I are very active in our church and spend most of
our time with our families. I continue to find my job at TRMC very
enjoyable and fulfilling. I hope to contiue my education at Troy when my
children begin school. (May 30, 2006)
2001
Jeannie Coker,
BSN
Lowndesboro, AL: District Registered School Nurse for Lowndes County
Public Schools.
I am
a mother of 2 children. Case, which some of you may remember, is now 7
and attends school at Lowndes Academy. Madalyne is going to be 5 this
September and is also at Lowndes Academy. I am currently thinking
about going back to Troy for my masters. Once I graduated from school,
I worked in NICU for about 2 years. I then tried my luck as a surgical
nurse. Needless to say, I did not mesh well in the surgical field.
After that I worked with an OB-Gyn doc for about two years. I worked
in hospice and I have been a school nurse for the past 3 years. So,
maybe I have found my place. I love my job because it works well with
my family's schedule.
Paula Dansby, BSN
Eufaula, AL:
We have moved home to Eufaula. Our oldest son, Nicholas, got married last
October (no he is not old enough to be married!!!) and has moved to
Tuscaloosa where his wife is a student at The University. The girls are
both in high school and doing well. Our youngest son is in the 6th grade
and we are excited! Only 6 more years and the youngest will go to college.
There is light at the end of the tunnel! Of course, then we have to
consider all the college tuition. That very thought has been one of the
primary motivators for me to begin the journey to the MSN FNP. Well,
college tuition and the fact that several of our local physicians refer to
me as "Dr. Dansby" as I sometimes, in my efforts to be a good nurse and
anticipate what the physician may need, practice a little medicine of my
own. I enrolled part time this fall (2006) along the MSN tract and so far
continue to be excited. Wish me luck!!!
Nathan Ferguson,
BSN
Raeford, NC: I am
stationed at Pope Air Force Base in NC. I work as a flight nurse.
Rebecca Stanton Folkes, BSN
McDonough, GA: Administrator at Hospice
Advantage; Rebecca's office was recently awarded office of the year
out of 25 offices.
Amy Shelton Shyshnyak,
BSN
Cary, NC:
I got married April 5, 2003. My new name is Amy Shyshnyak.I am currently
working for Wakemed in Raleigh, NC. I also teach nursing clinicals and lab
at Wake Technical Community College. My husband recently got relocated to
Malmo, Sweden for his job, Pergo flooring, and we are moving in December,
2006. We will be there for 2 years, possibly more. I am looking into an
international program for a Masters in public health at Malmo University,
which will start in the fall of 2007. I am looking forward to seeing how
healthcare functions in other countries.
Kimber Utterback Cherry,
BSN
Annapolis, MD:
After graduating and working a while in Alabama, I married a sailor (USN)
and moved to New Orleans, LA. I moved to Virginia Beach, VA 3 years later
and then on to Annapolis, MD a year after that. So far I have worked in
the E.R., Cardiac Unit, Step Down Unit, and ICU. I am currently taking a
break from nursing to stay at home with my newborn daughter.
Reina
Faciane Hamm, BSN
Roseville, CA: living in
sacramento, ca. been married for 8.5 years. have one beautiful little girl
who is almost two and i am 14 weeks pregnant with number two! before
having my daughter i worked for 6 years in the ER. we have lived all over
the country and i have worked in Lake Charles, LA, Denton, TX, Univ. of
Virginia and Richmond, VA, San Francisco Bay area and last but not least
Sioux Falls, South Dakota....I desperately miss nursing and look forward
to going back prn after my next baby. my husband, jason (who i was engaged
to during school) is still coaching basketball, but now he is in the NBA
with the Sacramento Kings. Life has been GOOD!
Brittney Odom Armstrong,
BSN (MSN 2004)
Columbia, AL:
I am currently an Instructor in an ADN program at Bainbridge College. I am
Course Coordinator for Fundamentals of Nursing. My husband, Adam, and I
are parents to a beautiful 5 month old daughter, Whiddon Elizabeth.
Cherry Jones,
ASN
Kingston, GA: Floyd Medical Center, Trauma Coordinator
1996
Kelli Kervin Cleveland, BSN (MSN 2006, FNP 2006))
Troy, AL: Assistant Professor in the Troy University School of Nursing
Dinah DeJarnette-Collert,
BSN
Cypress, TX: Resigned commission in USN in 2001. Moved to Texas and
currently working on MSN in Nursing Education. Looking for Janice
McPherson, class of 1996--pleace contact me.
Chrystal Logan, ASN (BSN
2008)
Wetumpka, AL: Employed by Troy University School of Nursing as
Adjunct Clinical Faculty Member. Beginning a new phase of my career
that I have dreamed about for years. I am extremely happy with my work
and feel that we at Troy have been blessed with the best students and
we in turn can become the best teachers. I am preparing my two oldest
for graduation and college in a few years while just getting started
in Kindergarten with our youngest. I am learning life is short, slow
down and take advantage of all the great things around us or it will
all be gone in the haste.
Candace Short, BSN
Dothan AL: WHNP at Women's Healthcare; want to welcome any NP student
to our office if there is a need for OB/Gyn rotations.
R. Mark Merrill, BSN
United States Air Force: Chief, Operations Group
Standardization/Evaluations Aeromedical Evacuation Branch
Amy Smith,
BSN
Lynn Haven, FL: Graduated with my MSN from the University of Mobile in 1997, and have been
working as a family nurse practitioner ever since. I am currently in
private practice in Panama City, Florida.
1992
Patricia Edris, BSN
New York: NY: I am a Nurse Manager for a Managed Medicaid Health Insurance
Company, I have been married for three years now to Essam Edris who has a
Masters in Finance and is the CEO of Edris Property International, LLC. We
started a Real Estate Investing Business in 2006, We currently own 4
properties including my Condo In Manhattan and three luxury high rise
rental condos in Chicago. I attend "The Journey" Church in NYC. I will be
starting my Master's degree this fall at Baruch College in Manhattan and
pursuing an MBA with concentration in Entrepreneurship and Real Estate.
Alton Rance Wiggins, BSN
Millbrook, AL: Living in Millbrook, Alabama. Retired from the US Navy in
2004. Currently employed as Assistant Chief CRNA at Baptist South in
Montgomery, AL. Residing with wife, Debbie, and son, Connor. Would like to
hear from any classmates who graduated from the School of Nursing in 1992.
