DEBBIE STARK RN

I GREW UP ON A 1600 ACRE RANCH IN WEST TEXAS. WE RAISED CATTLE AND HORSES. I WENT TO COSMETOLOGY SCHOOL IN 1980 AND GRADUATED WITH MY COSMETOLOGY INSTRUCTORS LICENSE. I HAVE HAD MY OWN HAIR SALON, WORKED FOR OTHER HAIR SALONS AND TAUGHT COSMETOLOGY SCHOOL.I DECIDED TO EXPAND MY EDUCATION AND WENT TO NURSING SCHOOL AND GRADUATED IN 1994 WITH MY REGISTERED NURSING DEGREE. I HAVE WORKED AT ONE OF THE LARGEST HOSPITALS IN THE WORLD WHICH IS KNOWN AS SCOTT&WHITE HOSPITAL IN TEMPLE, TEXAS. I HAVE BEEN THERE FROM 1994 UNTIL PRESENT. SCOTT&WHITE HOSPITAL OFFERED A SIX MONTH NURSE INTERNSHIP FOR GRADUATE NURSES TO SPECIALIZE AS AN OPERATING ROOM CIRCULATOR. THEY CHOSE 6 GRADUATE NURSES FROM THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA AND I WAS ONE OF THE SIX NURSES THAT GOT CHOSEN FOR THE EXTRA SCHOOLING.AFTER I GRADUATED FROM MY NURSING INTERNSHIP I SPECIALIZED AS A PLASTIC SURGERY NURSE IN THE OPERATING ROOM.I GAINED MUCH EXPERIENCE ON MANY TYPES OF SURGERIES OVER THE YEARS AS THEY HAVE 21 OPERATING ROOMS THAT I FLOATED TO AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER.I HAVE ALSO WORKED RECOVERY ROOM, DAY SURGERY PRE&POST-OP. I HAVE ALSO BEEN ON A SPECIAL TEAM KNOWN AS THE INTRAVENOUS TEAM WHERE WE START DIFFICULT IV'S ON PATIENTS THAT NO ONE ELSE CAN START. AT THE BEGINNING OF MY NURSING CAREER I ALSO ASKED TO BE CROSSED TRAINED IN OUR ANESTHESIA PAIN CLINIC WHERE WE TREAT ACUTE AND CHRONIC PAIN PATIENTS.THE PAIN CLINIC IS WHERE I HAVE WORKED FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS. I HAVE ALSO MOONLIGHTED AT SEVERAL EMERGENCY ROOMS AT LOCAL HOSPITALS THAT WERE SHORT NURSES.SO I HAVE HAD A WELL ROUNDED EXPERIENCE AS A REGISTERED NURSE. I LOVE MY JOB!
I AM ALSO A BIG FAN OF HORSES AND I AM A BARREL RACER AND COMPETE ON THE AMATEUR LEVEL.