In this episode, Shermel gives us insight into her journey as a staff nurse to nurse faculty and what she is doing to support her students. 


Shermel Edwards-Maddox, MSN, RN, CNE, RN-BC, currently serves as a Professor of Practice at the University of Houston in the College of Nursing and a relief charge nurse on a medical-surgical unit at Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital.  In her current role, she is responsible for ongoing curriculum development and evaluation, classroom and clinical instruction in the undergraduate nursing program using on-site, simulation, online, and distance education strategies. Previously, she was a clinical nurse educator for a medical-surgical unit and oversaw the training and development of newly hired and new graduate nurses, and lead and supported performance improvement and evidence-based practice projects throughout the hospital. She has worked as a medical-surgical nurse for over nine years and has 14 years of experience in education working in both K-12 and higher education.