I have been an RN for fourteen years and a clinical research coordinator at the International Heart Institute of Montana for three years, working on cardiac device and drug trials. I received my Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Indiana University. I began my career at Jewish Hospital's Heart and Lung Center in Louisville, Kentucky in ICU before spending five years contracting at numerous hospitals nationwide. During this time I worked in various settings including ICU, CCU, open-heart, ER, flight, public health, and trauma in large cities like Los Angeles to the quaint towns of Vermont and up to the tiny villages of Alaska.