Associate of Science in Nursing

David Haskell has over twenty-five years of diverse nursing experience including the areas of long-term, industrial, acute care, and administrative nursing. His specialty is critical care nursing with a cardiac emphasis. He was instrumental in implementing and overseeing open heart, cardiac electrophysiology, cardiac catheterization, and critical care departments during his career as an Assistant Chief Nursing Officer. He received his Master’s Degree in Nursing Education from the University of Phoenix and his Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from Weber State University. David also recently completed the Hospital Corporation of America’s Executive Development Program executed by the Harvard School of Business and received the “Outstanding Capstone Project” award. He has served as Regional Faculty for the American Heart Association in the Advanced Cardiac and Basic Life Support certifications. David has been a didactic and clinical instructor at Ameritech College for the past six years and also still works in the cardiac catheterization lab at a local hospital. When he is not at work, he enjoys riding horses with his family.

Katrina is a nurse with more than 25 years of experience in clinical practice and academic teaching. She received her associate degree in nursing from Weber State University, her BSN from Creighton University, and her MSN from the University of Utah in 2004. She has worked in a variety of clinical areas of nursing such as medical, pre and post-op surgical services, GI, and long-term care. As an Ameritech instructor, Katrina loves being part of the process of helping to develop the next generation of nurses who will become competent professionals in their chosen field of study.

Lisa graduated from Salt Lake Community College in 2007 with her Associates Degree in Nursing, from Dixie State University in 2012 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and from Weber State University in 2014 with Master of Science in Nursing, education. She started working at Cottonwood Hospital before it was torn down and then moved to Intermountain Medical Center– medical/telemetry. Lisa recently retired from floor nursing. She has taught at Salt Lake Community College for 1 year and the last 3 years at Ameritech. She teaches many different areas including Lab, Simulation, Clinical, and Didactic.

Lisa loves nursing! She truly thinks it is the best career in the world.

Lona has been a nurse for 45 years and has loved the journey. She earned an Associate Degree from Brigham Young University (BYU), her BSN from the University of Utah, and her MSN from BYU, where she specialized in Medical Surgical Nursing with an emphasis in Cardiovascular Nursing. Lona has experience in Critical Care, as a Flight Nurse, and has been a nurse educator since 1980. She loves working with her students and prides herself in learning something new every day.

MaryAnn began her career as a nurse. She earned her Associate Degree from Salt Lake Community College, her BSN with an emphasis in Geriatric Nursing from the University of Utah, and her MSN from the University of Utah. Mary Ann has been an instructor with Ameritech since 2011. She takes pride in seeing students accomplish and succeed beyond what they thought was possible.

Joyce is a nurse educator with more than 35 years of experience in clinical practice, including the last 13 years teaching OB/PEDS classes. Her educational background includes receiving her LVN from Fresno City College, her ADN from Los Angeles Valley College in California, her BSN at the University of Phoenix, her Midwifery at Charles R Drew College in California, and her MSN from California State University. Joyce has been a member of the National Certification Corporation (NCC), the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), and the American Nurses Association (ANA).

Dede Dyer, MSN, RN, loves being a nurse! She grew up in St. Louis, but have been living in Utah for a while. She received her ADN from BYU, BSN from Westminster College, and her Master’s in Nursing Education from WGU. She has 2 years of experience on a Med-Surg floor, 13 years in ICU, 8 years in Home Care, and more than 6 years in nursing education. She enjoys walking, reading, lifelong learning, sewing, and kayaking on fairly calm water. She is happy to be teaching at Ameritech in the Skills Lab.

Ashley Miles is dedicated to continuing education and believes in teamwork. She has over 10 years of NICU experience. She is motivated, hard-working, and flexible. She is excited to be a part of the Ameritech team!

Ron is a simulation specialist who holds a master’s degree in nursing education from Western Governors University and is a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator. He has 14 years’ experience as an ER nurse and 30 years of EMS experience. Ron feels that simulation adds realism to the nursing education and promotes the transition from student nurse to RN. He is very passionate about ensuring that the graduating students are competent because as he says, “they may be working on my grandchildren someday.”

Angela Lock, MSN/Ed, RN, is the Lead Pediatric Simulation Instructor at Ameritech College of Healthcare. She graduated from Ameritech with her ADN and went on to receive her BSN and MSN/Ed from Grand Canyon University. She has been a nurse since 2010. She has worked mostly in acute care specialties, but acute care pediatrics is her passion. Teaching is one of Angela’s passions, and she loves working at Ameritech College of Healthcare. She has been married since 2009 to Evan, who is an officer in the US Army. They have 3 daughters.

Lexie Ball, MSN, RNC-NIC, graduated from Central Wyoming Community College in 2005 with her ADN. In 2015, she graduated from Regis University with her BSN. She returned to Regis University for her MSN and graduated in May 2019. She is currently pursuing her DNP program through RUSH University based in Chicago, Illinois. As a new grad in 2005, Lexie started out in Women Services as a Labor & Delivery RN. She worked in that area for two years in beautiful Jackson, Wyoming. In May 2007, she landed her dream job in the Neonatal ICU at LDS Hospital. Later that year, Intermountain Medical Center opened, and Lexie have spent the majority of her career in the Level III Neonatal ICU there, where she is still employed. She took some time away to do some Travel Nursing in 2018 and had the time of my life. She enjoys teaching and has always precepted new staff/graduates in the NICU. She has been teaching as a Simulation Instructor at Ameritech since Fall 2019. In her free time, Lexie enjoys hiking, spending time with family/friends, and playing with her crazy pups.

Genevieve is very passionate and committed to fostering a healthy learning environment, guiding students to making critical thinking decisions on their own, and allowing them to make mistakes in Simulation. Learning from one’s one mistakes in a safe environment is at the heart of experiential education, and it creates strong, capable nurses and better patient outcomes. She also believes in each student’s success completely.