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Nursing: Faculty & Staff

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”
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