department faculty
Maria Brosnan, MSN, APRN-BC
mbrosnan -is-at- carroll -dot- edu
Assistant Professor, earned her Masters Degree in Nursing, specializing as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, at Rush University of Chicago.
When she is not teaching, Maria enjoys riding her horses, spending time with friends and being outdoors.
Courses taught: Nursing Management, Fundamentals and Health Promotion Lab, Assessment and Health Promotion Lab, Capstone Clinical and NCLEX preparation
Kari Cunningham, RN, MSN, FNP-C
kcunningham -is-at- carroll -dot- edu
Assistant Professor, earned her Masters in Nursing, with the Family Nurse Practitioner through Idaho State University.
When not teaching, Kari enjoys camping, fishing, and being outdoors exploring her new environment of Montana with her husband.
Courses taught: Nursing Management and Care of the Childbearing Family
Kim Garrison, RN, MN
kgarriso -is-at- carroll -dot- edu
Associate Professor, earned her masters in psychosocial nursing at the University of Washington and has been a certified Biofeedback Therapist since 1985.
Specialties include management of the stress response, headache control, chronic pain management, biofeedback therapy, anxiety disorders, and client self-management of health concerns.
Outside of class, Kim enjoys hiking, skiing, the outdoors and her family.
Courses taught: Psychosocial Health, Capstone Clinical
Judith Gedrose, RN, MN
jgedrose -is-at- carroll -dot- edu
Assistant Professor, earned her masters in Nursing, Public Health Teaching & Administration, at Montana State University.
Judith’s special nursing interests include epidemiology, health promotion, and communicable disease prevention and control.
Other interests include family, parish nursing, and continuing education.
Courses taught: Introduction to Professional Nursing, Fundamentals and Health Promotion, Health Care Assessment, Nursing Research, Care of the Family, Community Health Nursing
Donna Greenwood, RN, MSN
dgreenwo -is-at- carroll -dot- edu
Associate Professor, earned her masters at the University of Portland, specializing in primary care of the adult and family.
Special nursing interests include community and public health nursing, clinical decision-making, nursing ethics, and holistic care with emphasis on prevention and health promotion.
Other interests/hobbies include playing with her grandchildren Haley and Trey, adding new creatures to her mini reef aquarium, refinishing old furniture, camping, and sports - especially baseball.
Courses taught: Fundamentals of Nursing, Psychosocial Health (Fall), Community Health Nursing (Spring)
Cynthia Gustafson, PhD, RN
cgustafs -is-at- carroll -dot- edu
Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Nursing, earned her bachelor of arts in nursing at Gustavus Adolphus College, masters in Public Health at the University of Minnesota and her Ph.D. in nursing at the University of Michigan.
Dr. Gustafson is certified as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Community Health Nursing. She directs the programs of the Nursing Department and the Parish Nurse Center. She leads a SA 275 Compassionate AIDS Care in Africa every two years in May. On this experience students work with parish nurses who serve people with HIV/AIDS.
She enjoys living in Montana, especially hiking and skiing in the mountains. Cynthia is active in her church, Our Redeemer’s Lutheran, where her husband is pastor. She has two wonderful daughters, Sigrid and Julia.
Courses taught: Introduction to Professional Nursing, Nursing Research, Community Health Nursing and Leadership
Parish Nursing
Kathy McGuire, RN, BSN
kmcguire -is-at- carroll -dot- edu
Nursing Lab Facilitator (part-time), earned her BSN from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, TX.
Special nursing interests are professional nursing and holistic health with respect and dignity for the human person. Other interests include gardening.
Kathy provides technical skill support and instruction to students in on-campus clinical labs.
Jocie Waldron, RN, MN
jwaldron -is-at- carroll -dot- edu
Assistant Professor, earned her masters in Rural Nursing at Montana State University. Special nursing interests include the geriatric client.
In her spare time, Jocie enjoys reading, horses, travel.
Courses taught: Illness Across the Lifespan I, Pathophysiology & Pharmacology, Clinician, Clinical Nursing Care I & II
Joni Walton, PhD, APRN, BC, RRT
jwalton -is-at- carroll -dot- edu
Assistant Professor, BSN in nursing from MSU Bozeman, earned her MSN and clinical nurse specialist at University of Alabama and PhD in nursing from University of Missouri.
Lab Coordinator: Simulation specialist, SimMan, SimBaby, Babyblue, trachbaby, VitaSim Kelly, VitaSim Anne, Mega Code Kid and Advanced Cardiac Life Support Instructor.
Dr. Walton is certified as a clinical nurse specialist in medical-surgical nursing and is a registered Respiratory Therapist. She has an active practice in nursing research, with special interest in spirituality in people with chronic and acute illnesses. Joni is on the national research committee for the American Nephrology Nurses Association (ANNA).
Joni lives on Lake Hauser and enjoys snowboarding, growing flowers, rowing, raising quarter horses, and being outdoors. Joni is a Saints fan and loves all sports. She has four children and has been married over 25 years to her husband, Patrick.
Courses taught: Fundamentals and Health Promotion, Assessment and Health Promotion, Nursing Research, Illness Across the Lifespan II, Capstone Clinical, Professional Role: Leader, and lab courses.
Cynde Watkins, RN, MSN, FNP-C
cwatkins -is-at- carroll -dot- edu
Assistant Professor, earned her Masters Degree in Nursing, specializing as a Family Nurse Practitioner, at Gonzaga University of Spokane.
Special interests include intensive care, oncology and patient advocacy in nursing.
Cynde is an avid reader and loves the outdoors and animals. She and her husband have raised three boys and now share their home with two dogs, three cats and assorted fish.
Courses taught: Assessment & Health Promotion, Clinical for Illness across the Lifespan
Terri John, BA
tjohn -is-at- carroll -dot- edu
Secretary for the Department of Nursing, Terri is an alumni of Carroll College (1985) whose special interests include qigong, creative writing, reading, hiking, nature, holistic health and spirituality.