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Stephanie began her healthcare career in 1991 as a medical assistant with Primary Care of Mount Airy with Dr. Lajos Urmos. In 1996, she graduated from the Practical Nursing Education LPN program at Surry Community College, followed by the ADN RN in 2006. In 2009, she completed the BSN program at Winston-Salem State. In 2005, while working on the ADN degree at SCC, she began working with MVHPC as a PRN on–call nurse. Upon completion of her RN in 2006, she became a full-time RN Case Manager with MVHPC.

After leaving MVHPC for a brief time to teach in the Surry County Schools Allied Health Program, she returned to MVHPC, where she feels privileged to have served many patients and families in various nursing roles– Case Management, Transitions, Medicare Care Choices Demonstration Project Coordinator, Triage, Education Nurse, Director of Patient Services, Director of Admissions and Director of Patient Access. She shares that her hospice journey has afforded her numerous opportunities to grow in her nursing role and in hospice care. In 2014, she obtained CHPN the National Certification for Hospice and Palliative Nursing.