Mary VanderWal MSN, APRN, B-C
mcv7@calvin.edu
Education:
- MSN Grand Valley State University 2002
- BS Western Michigan University 1992
- Courses in Bachelor of Nursing University of Akron 1983-1984
- ADN Kalamazoo Valley Community College 1977
Honors:
- Sigma Theta Tau 2002 – present
- Phi Kappa Phi 2002 – present
Specialty:
- Infants, Children and Adolescents
Professional Experience:
- Assistant Professor, Calvin College Department of Nursing 2005 – present
- Adjunct Teaching Staff, Kirkhof School of Nursing, Grand Valley State University 2004
- CEO, Nurse Practitioner, Self Care Initiatives 2003 – present
- Primary Care Practitioner, Rockford Family Medicine 2002 – 2003
- Clinical Research Coordinator, Department of Biomedical/Health Sciences, Grand Valley State University 2000 – 2003
- RN Staff Nurse, Spectrum Health Butterworth 1994 – 2002
- RN Staff Nurse, St. Mary’s Hospital 1991 – 1994
- Nurse/Counselor, Glenbeigh Treatment Center 1986 – 1991
- RN Staff Nurse and Team Leader, Butterworth Hospital 1985 – 1986
- Home Health Care Nurse, Upjohn’s Home Health Care 1985 – 1986
- RN Float Nurse, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Akron, Ohio 1983 – 1984
- RN Staff Nurse, Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo, Michigan 1981 – 1983
- RN Staff Nurse, Flint Osteopathic Hospital 1978 – 1981
- RN Charge Nurse, Borgess Medical Center, Kalamaoo, Michigan 1976 – 1978
Grants:
- Calvin Research Fellowship, “Glyconutritional Supplementation as an Adjunct Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis”
