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Education:
Clinical/
Professional Focus
Professional
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Professional Organizations:
Contact
Information:
NUR 405-The Nursing Profession
and Health Care Delivery;
NUR 204 Clinical-MCCH;
NUR 404 Clinical-Lourdes
Received PhD in nursing at University of Tennessee Health Science Center in May 2008
Received BSN AND MSN from Murray State University in 1999 and 2004
Medical-surgical nursing
1999-2001: Jennie Stuart Medical Center, Ambulatory Surgery Center, Hopkinsville, Ky
2001-2002: Hopkinsville Community College, Nursing Faculty, Hopkinsville, Ky
2002-2004: University of Kentucky Medical Center, medical-surgical RN, Lexington, Ky
2004-Present: Murray State University, Nursing Faculty
Jennie Stuart
Medical Center June 1999-June 2001. Taught in PN program
at HopkinsvilleCommunity College; June 2001-August 2002. Worked
at UK Medical Center from August 2002-July 2004.
Certification
and Licensure:
ARNP, CNS-C
Research Focus:
Dr. Byers completed her dissertation in May 2008. Her dissertation was titled, “Predictors of African American Women’s Perceived Health Status in the Context of Caring for a Relative with End-stage Renal Disease.” Her research interests include: African American caregivers, minority health status, caregivers of persons with end-stage renal, and elimination of health disparities within vulnerable populations.
Professional Organizations:
American Nurses Association
Kentucky Nurses Association
Sigma Theta Tau
Southern Nurses Research Society
National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists
Murray State Nursing Alumni Association
