School of Nursing Alumni & Friends
We honor and love our alumni. We also cherish the many friends the School of Nursing has. This page provides a means for our alumni as well as community partners to engage with the SON through volunteer opportunities and information sharing.Ìý
School of Nursing Alumni
How to Engage
We want all SON alumni and friends to engage with us. There are so many opportunities! Alumni can click any of the engagement tabs below. Should you sign up for any of these engagement opportunities, you will become a 91ÌÒÉ« Nursing Alumni Ambassador.
SON community friends, please click the SON friends tab below to join our Friends of the SON community. Let us know who you are, share ideas and feedback as well as let us know if you are interested in speaking at an event or class or participating in an employer networking event.
Please email sonalumni@nevadastate.edu for any questions.
Engage with University-Wide Alumni Network
Should you have interest to engage with the wider university alumni organization, click here.
Receive Career Support
All alumni can access the Career Center for support with resumes, cover letter creation, interview prep, strategies for job search, etc. Go to the Alumni Career Support Page to make an appointment and see the resourcess available to you as an Alumni
Stay in the loop!
We’ll announce networking events, professional development events, employment and scholarship info, and share other success stories about our alumni, students, and community members
Alumni Events, Information and Accomplishments
Alumni Events
No events planned at the moment but stay tuned. The SON Alumni Commitee is planning several for 2026.Ìý
Email sonalumni@nevadastate.edu for any questions. We hope to see you there!Ìý
Alumni Information - News, Scholarships, Opportunities
If you have news, scholarships or opportunities that you would like to share, please email this to sonalumni@nevadastate.edu
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New NSU SON MSN in Leadership Program!
- The program is admitting students starting fall 2025 and onward
- It is a 36 credit (12 course) program
- Check the Link to the Site with all details
Scholarship Opportunities
- – Recipients agree to work in a health professional shortage area
Alumni Stories & Accomplishments
Please email sonalumni@nevadastate.edu to share any of your special stories or accomplishments.
Posted 9/25/2024Ìý
I started my journey with the SON as an associate level critical care nurse in pursuit of a BSN (RN to BSN track). Since graduating with my from 91ÌÒÉ« (2018), I’ve worked in multiple critical care units in the Las Vegas area as a staff nurse. In 2020 I was accepted into nurse anesthesia school in Southwest Florida and graduated in December 2022. Since then I have worked as a nurse anesthetist at Tampa General Hospital (a large academic level 1 trauma center), and moved back to the Las Vegas valley where I continue to provide nurse anesthesia services at various hospitals in town. If any current students or alumni are interested in critical care nursing or nurse anesthesia, I am passionate about being a mentor and would like to help in any way possible.Ìý
Brett Bilquist
RN-BSN May 2018Ìý
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Posted 9/25/2024Ìý
I started my nursing career during COVID in 2020. Working during covid in IMC unit was one of the most difficult times in my career. Patients needed us, their families were trusting us, and we were called to act, adapt, and help save as many of those precious lives we cared for as possible. Working in bedside and hospital gave me the experience I needed to explore other areas of nursing. I am now a prior authorization nurse working remotely for a health insurance company. I truly love what I do and the population I serve.Ìý
YeiminÌýPacchiega
BSN May 2019Ìý
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Posted 9/25/2024Ìý
I was in the first accelerated nursing class at NV State College when there was only the warehouse building. With my nursing degree, I was able to work 7 years at Boulder City Hospital in Case management and acquired my Certified Case Manager (CCM) certification. I then transferred to Mike O Callaghan Federal Hospital where I worked another 7 years in Family Practice and Pediatrics as a nurse. I retired Dec 2019 right before COVID hit. I have my RN license thru 2025.Ìý
Deborah Booth
BSN August 2005Ìý
Hours of Operation
Monday through Friday 8:00 – 5:00PM
Contact
Dr. Baden J. Fox, EdD
Assistant Dean, School of Nursing
sonalumni@nevadastate.eduÌý