Clinical Expertise:

• Family Practice
• Homeland Security Nursing
• Acute and Critical Care

Research Interest:

• Emergency Preparedness
• Situational Awareness
• Nursing and Interdisciplinary Education

Special Achievements/Honors/Awards:

• Member of the Alabama 1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) ,National Disaster Medical Systems, Department of Health and Human Services.
• Recognized by the Alabama Department of Homeland Security State Director for work on Virtual Alabama
• Hold National Certification as Family Nurse Practitioner
• Spirit of Nursing Award, University of South Alabama, 1997
• Student Nurse of the Year Troy University, Dothan, 1996

Teaching Responsibilities:

• Primary Care of Adults for Nurse Practitioners, Course Manager
• Pediatrics for Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Faculty
• Women's Health, Clinical Faculty

Education:

• PhD, University of Tennessee
• MSN, University of South Alabama
• BSN, Troy University
• AS, Nursing, Hillsborough Community College
• AS, EMS Education, Hillsborough Community College

Scholarly Activities:

Publications and Poster Presentations over past five years

• Busby, S., Speraw, S., Young, E. How Nursing Intersects with Disaster Relief Planning: Journal of Christian Nursing Oct/Dec, 2008.
• Poster presentation: Media Analysis of Hurricane Katrina: the Evolution of a Story, from Then to Now. Sigma Theta Tau Annual Research Day, Gamma Chi Chapter, Knoxville Tennessee.

Scholarly Endeavors

• Podium Presentation at the Alabama Association of Nursing Students State Convention. Disaster Awareness for Nurses: A Trajectory of Involvement. October, 2, 2009.
• Podium Presentation at the 15th Annual NANPA Nurse Pracitioner Clinical Symposium. Situational Awareness in Field-Level Multi-Casualty Incidents: Implications for Nursing Practice, Education and Research. September 25, 2009.
• Provided research and development consultation to local engineering research firm with regard to situational awareness needs for program developing robotic triage of combat casualties, summer 2009.
• Doctoral Dissertation: Situational Awareness in Multi-Casualty Incidents: Theory Development from the Field, June 2009
• National Student Nurses Association Convention: So You Want to be a Nurse? That Could End in a Disaster!, Nashville, TN, April 18, 2009
• Presentation at The Sigma Theta Tau International Region 8 Conference. Title: Situational Awareness in Multi-Casualty Incidents: Phase Two of a Nursing Research Study, October 17, 2008
• Presentation at the Wiregrass Nurse Practitioner Association Annual Conference, Homeland Security and Nursing. Podium Presentation, May 15, 2008
• Presentation at the North Alabama Nurse Practitioner Association Annual Symposium, Homeland Security and Nursing. Podium Presentation. September, 21, 2007
• Chairman of the Scholarship Committee, North Alabama Nurse Practitioner Association (NANPA)