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Laura Schmidt

Office: LB 103-H
Phone: 231-995-1245
Fax: 231-995-1590
E-mail: lschmidt@message.nmc.edu

Quote:

"There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle"
-- Albert Einstein

Interests:

Family, camping, reading, working with teens at church and through girl scouting, gardening.

Background Information in the Field:

  • Earned Associate & Bachelor Nursing Degrees from Gwynedd-Mercy College in Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania
  • Earned a Master of Science in Nursing Degree from NMU with a focus in Administration;
  • Began my career as a nurse aid in high school;
  • Have been a staff nurse on a surgical unit with an orthopedic, neurosurgical, and trauma focus; on a pediatric unit, a nursery, and an emergency room;
  • Have been a staff development instructor;
  • Have experience as a unit manager of a surgical unit, as a director over nursing and non-nursing units, and as a nurse surveyor for the American Osteopathic Association.

Courses Taught:

  • HNR 243 - Advanced Nursing of Adults
  • HNR 262 - Nursing Management Clinical
  • HAH 200 - Emergency Assessment and Intervention
  • Community First Aid
  • Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation