Patricia A. Waltman is an associate professor of nursing and assistant dean for the
undergraduate nursing program at the University of Mississippi Medical Center School of
Nursing, Jackson, Miss. She coordinates and teaches the neonatal nurse practitioner track
in the graduate nursing program and practices as a neonatal nurse practitioner.
Joyce M. Brewer is an assistant professor of nursing at the University of Mississippi
Medical Center School of Nursing. She teaches in the undergraduate and graduate nursing
programs and practices as a nurse-midwife and a family nurse practitioner.
Sharon Lobert is a professor of nursing and the assistant dean for the master of science
nursing program at the University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Nursing. She
teaches advanced pathophysiology for nurse practitioner and nurse educator students in
addition to her role as a nurse researcher.