Deidre began her nursing career on a medical-surgical unit at Piedmont Hospital then shifted to a mental health focus. She spent ten years in various roles at psychiatric facilities, with an emphasis on the inpatient care of adult and older adult psychiatric and substance use disorders. Deidre was co-founder of a K-8 charter school in Georgia, where she also worked as a school nurse. She has taught for the University System of Georgia since 2012.
Professional Organizations
American Psychiatric Nurses Association
Georgia Association for Nursing Education
National League for Nursing
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Mental Health First Aid/National Council for Wellbeing
Sigma Theta Tau International, Tau Psi at-Large Chapter
Education
PhD Nursing, Augusta University
MSN, Nursing Education, Western Governor’s University