Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Barry University 2005 Masters of Science in Nursing (M.S.N.), Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
1999 Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.), University of Illinois-Springfield 1991
Dr. White teaches population health, ethics, leadership, professionalism, health care
trends, and nursing preceptorship in the BSN degree program.
Dr. White is a Public/Community Health Clinical Nurse Specialist. She has had experience
in geriatrics, rehabilitation, neurosurgery, emergency department, management (as
a manager, DON, VP of Patient Care Services, and Director), disability case management,
school nurse, primary care, and public health. Practice with populations and in primary
care nurse-managed clinic is her special interest.
Her research interests include childhood lead poisoning risk reduction and community-based
approaches to chronic diseases. An additional focus of her research has been interprofessional
approaches to primary care.