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Faculty and Staff

	Tonia Benham The Unit Secretary for the Nursing Department. She has worked at LBCC for 3 years, joining the Nursing Department in 2010. She brings with her, many years of experience in various administrative positions. At one point, Tonia strongly considered and was encouraged to enroll in the Nursing Program, but decided instead, that her contribution to the nursing program would be her talents by providing administrative support to the faculty, staff and students in the Nursing Program. Having been a student at LBCC herself, she welcomes the opportunity to offer insight and information about the programs and services available to students @ LBCC.
	Virginia Brittsan Began her nursing career in Texas after graduating with a BS degree in nursing from Texas Woman's University. The first 21 years of her career were spent working at VA hospitals and clinics in Texas (Houston), California (San Francisco and Fresno), and Oregon (Roseburg). As a staff nurse in these facilities, she worked in critical care, general surgery and urology units, the operating room, and ambulatory care. After moving to Corvallis, Virginia worked in Radiation Oncology, Home Health, and Hospice. She has worked at LBCC since 1995, teaching at both first and second year. Her primary clinical interests are cardiology and oncology.
	Roberta Bronson Has been an RN since 1981 and has worked for many years as a staff nurse in a variety of different settings. She is a certified Medical-Surgical Nurse and has significant telemetry and step-down unit experience. Working as a preceptor and mentoring student nurses sparked her interest in teaching nursing full time. In order to pursue teaching, she got a Master in Nursing Science with emphasis in Education. She relies on her mentoring experience and personal example to help guide her students through complex clinical situations. She effectively communicates her passion for nursing and for her students. It is her goal to help others become successful RNs. Roberta has been at LBCC since 2004 and was the Nursing Program Chair from 2009 until 2011.
	Sheryl Oakes Caddy Graduated in 1984 from LBCC with an ADN. She began her nursing adventure in long-term care followed by extensive in acute care. She has worked in several acute care areas with the majority of her career in the Perinatal, Infusion, and Home Health settings. She has been a staff nurse for Samaritan Health Services since 1985. In 1995, Sheryl Graduated from Oregon Health Sciences University with a BSN. She later returned to school, graduating in 2007 with a Doctor of Jurisprudence. Sheryl completed her Master of Science in Nursing Education in 2011. Sheryl was appointed to Nursing Department Chair in 2011. In addition to her faculty responsibilities, Sheryl maintains a staff nurse position at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center and a part-time law practice where she focuses on professional licensure defense. Sheryl enjoys discussing the privileges and responsibilities of maintaining professional licensure with students.
	Kim Clark Info to come.
	Colleen Garrison Information to come.
	Bonnie Lassen Has experience working as an RN since 1981 in a variety of clinical areas including Intensive Care, Emergency Room and Quality Management. The majority of her experience has been in working with cardiac patients in the Cardiac Care Units and on an outpatient basis. While preceptoring nurses in the Cardiac Care Unit, Bonnie realized her love of teaching in nursing and has followed that into her career at LBCC. She completed her Masters of Science degree in Nursing and Health Education with the University of Phoenix online and has been at LBCC since 2003.
	Charlene Pott Has practiced nursing in Wisconsin, California, and Oregon. She has worked in Labor & Delivery, Home Health, and most recently as a staff and charge nurse for 13 years in the Acute Care unit at Lebanon Community Hospital. She joined the Nursing Skills Lab staff in 2003. Her current nursing interest is in helping nursing students learn the technical, assessment, and people skills that will help make them excellent nurses. Has practiced nursing in Wisconsin, California, and Oregon. She has worked in Labor & Delivery, Home Health, and most recently as a staff and charge nurse for 13 years in the Acute Care unit at Lebanon Community Hospital. She joined the Nursing Skills Lab staff in 2003. Her current nursing interest is in helping nursing students learn the technical, assessment, and people skills that will help make them excellent nurses. She is also interested in exploring ways of making the dying process a more positive experience for patients and their families.
	Marcy Shanks Graduated from the Oregon Institute of Technology with a Bachelors of Nursing degree in 1987. She has worked in a variety of settings including medical-surgical, critical care, post-partum, and clinical. She began teaching as a substitute clinical instructor in 1993 and was invited to join the staff at LBCC in 1996 as a Health Occupations Specialist in the Skills Lab. She continued to work during the summers as a Med-Surg nurse and as a volunteer Camp Nurse for children's summer camps. Marcy began teaching part-time in 2001 and joined the nursing department as full-time faculty after earning a Masters of Science degree in Education from Western Oregon University in the spring of 2002. She believes that teaching nursing allows her to have a greater impact on patient care than she would have had as a nurse at the bedside.
	Shari Spencer Has been a registered nurse for 21 years working in various areas including: a medical unit, a surgical unit, peri-op, day surgery, and PACU. Shari once opened and managed a pain management center with the Chief Anesthesiologist within the hospital where she worked. She moved from Portland to Lebanon in 2000 and started working at LBCC in the Nursing Skills lab in 2002, then became a full time faculty member in 2009. She is currently pursuing a Master's of Science degree in Nursing. Shari loves being a nursing educator and has a special way of bringing mannequins to life as she simulates what it is like to be a patient being cared for by first-year nursing students in the LBCC health care clinic.
	Sherrilyn Sytsma The daughter of a nurse, Sherrilyn began her nursing career as her mother’s patient, enduring numerous painful injections and treatments. Undaunted, she graduated as an LPN, ADN and went on to get her BSN while working in various acute care and community settings. While managing an American Red Cross aphaeresis center, she obtained a Master’s Degree in Education, followed by an OBGYN Nurse Practitioner Certificate. She worked as a lead clinician at Planned Parenthood of Northern New England for many years and is active as a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner in Oregon. She is a certified Medical Surgical Nurse and is pursuing a masters Degree in Nursing Education. Sherrilyn has an active interest in health and wellness, and has been a yoga instructor for many years. She enjoys both the teaching and learning processes, and believes that humor, active listening and deep breaths will assist her students and patients in their health journeys.