鉴黄师app Names Timbi West 2017 Outstanding Alumna
鉴黄师app Names Timbi West 2017 Outstanding Alumna
Fort Scott, Kan.鈥敿剖pp is pleased to announce Timbi West, APRN, FNP, has been selected as the 2017 Outstanding Alumna by the 鉴黄师app Alumni and Friends Board of Directors. 鉴黄师app will host a reception to honor West and Whitney Rogers, the 2017 Outstanding Young Alumna, at 10:30 am on Friday, May 19, in the meeting rooms of the Danny & Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center, 2108 South Horton, Fort Scott. West will speak at the noon graduation ceremony on May 19.鈥犫╓est serves as a family nurse practitioner at the Charleston Rural Health Clinic and Schmitz Family Practice in Charleston, Ark. She is a veteran of the United States Army and Air Force. She graduated from 鉴黄师app in 1983 with a licensed practical nurse certificate and with an associate of science degree in nursing in 1984. 鈥淚 was only 17 when I attended 鉴黄师app and had no idea at the time what an impact the foundation would have on my future,鈥 said West. 鈥淓very step of my life and career has been based on those early years spent at 鉴黄师app.鈥 While attending 鉴黄师app, West worked at Mercy Hospital Fort Scott as a nurse鈥檚 aide and licensed practical nurse.鈥犫⊿he went on to attend Pittsburg State University from 1984 to 1985 and Wentworth Military Academy/Junior College from 1986 to 1987. She earned her bachelor of science degree in nursing from Missouri Southern State College in 1990, and master of science degree in nursing in 1994.鈥犫‵rom 1984 to 1986, West served as a registered nurse at Mercy Hospital Fort Scott. West went on to serve as a charge nurse at Heartland Hospital until 1990. She served as a registered nurse, staff development assistant, and education committee chairperson at the Missouri Department of Mental Health from 1990 to 1991. West worked at the Missouri Department of Health, serving as case manager from 1991 to 1996, community health nurse from 1991 to 1993, public health coordinator from 1993 to 1994, and family nurse practitioner from 1994 to 1996. She also served as a clinical faculty preceptor for the University of Missouri from 1995 to 1996. From 1991 to 1995, she served in the the U.S. Army Reserve as a first lieutenant and as a captain of the 188th Fighter Wing of the U.S. Air Force from 1997 to 1999. She served as a family nurse practitioner at the Northside Community Health Center from 1996 to 1999.鈥犫╓est is an active member of her church and community. She serves as a preceptor for nurse practitioner and nursing students and provides physical exams to student-athletes at local schools. She is also member of the Christian Women鈥檚 Job Corps Advisory Board, Kiwanis, American Legion, Bible Study Fellowship, and University of Kansas Alumni Association. West resides in Charleston, Ark., with her husband, Jim. She has three children, Brad, Ellen, and Clay.