Phone:

          El Dorado:
          316.321.2222 x3141

          Wichita:
          316.733.3141

Department:

• Nursing

Teaching Responsibilities:

• Medical - surgical nursing
• Diabetes
• Nursing Leadership
• Community

Other Information:

• Began teaching for Butler in January of 1982 in a joint position with Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital. She joined Butler full-time in the fall of 1982.
• Janice attended Butler from 1971-72 and then transferred to Pittsburg State University where she obtained her bachelor's degree in nursing. She completed her masters in nursing from Wichita State University in 1981 while a staff nurse in obstetrics at SBAMH and while managing the SBAMH home health department.

Area of Professional Interest:

• Diabetes has always been an interest of Janice's.
• During a sabbatical in 1992 she obtained her Clinical Nurse Specialist in Diabetes.
• She is a consultant to SBAMH's American Diabetes Association recognized Diabetes Education Program and spends time in most summers at Camp Discovery, a camp for kids with diabetes.
• While President-elect of KSNA, Janice wrote and led through the district, state, and national levels a resolution called the "Nightingale Tribute" . This tribute honors nurses at their funerals for their life's service as a nurse. There is a brochure about the Nightingale tribute here.
• She is active in the Kansas State Nurses' Association andl served as president from 2003-2005.

Area of Personal Interest:

• Janice likes to play golf and read murder mysteries. Her favorite authors are John Grisham, Mary Higgins Clark, Jeffrey Dever and Patricia Cornwell.