CHILDHOOD AMBITION
To be a forest ranger.
FONDEST MEMORY
Senior prom, Nativity BVM High School, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, May 1973. My date is now a monsignor.
FAVORITE SONG
Viva Las Vegas by Elvis.
WILDEST DREAM
To teach for a year in the British Isles.
PROUDEST MOMENT
Receiving a PhD in nursing at the University of Rochester's Eastman Theatre on my mother's 80th birthday, May 15, 1999.
PERFECT DAY
Riley, my Scottish terrier, allows me to sleep past 6 AM.
FIRST HEALTH CARE OR NURSING JOB
Pharmacy technician at Towne Drugs, Pottsville, 1975.
INDULGENCE
Diet Mountain Dew Code Red, by the 12-pack.
LAST PURCHASE
Class of'77 alumni sweatshirt from West Chester University in Pennsylvania.
INSPIRATION
Senior citizens at Claymore Senior Center in inner city Wilmington, Delaware.
SCARIEST MOMENT OR EXPERIENCE
My first clinical day at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital, Darby, Pennsylvania, in 1980, when I earnestly hoped that patients and families would think that my white uniform meant that I was a hairdresser, rather than a nursing student.
BEST VACATION
Traveling solo through the Scottish Highlands.
FAVORITE MOVIE
The Trip to Bountiful.
FAVORITE MEAL
Coquilles St. Jacques at the William Penn Inn in Gwynedd, Pennsylvania.
WORST DATE'S FIRST NAME
Tex.
FAVORITE BOOKS
Anything by James Thurber and Beyond the Wall of Sleep, an anthology of horror stories from the early 20th century, compiled by H. P. Lovecraft.
DREAM VACATION
Lying on the beach for a week in Ocean City, New Jersey.
I ASPIRE TO [horizontal ellipsis]
Be a positive role model for nurses at all levels.
NURSING AMBITION
To serve patients and families as a palliative care NP.