Nursing

Cynthia Ahlquist RN, MSN; Nursing Lab Facilitator

Lisa Koppelman Administrative Assistant

Heidi Meyer ’98 Assistant Professor of Nursing

Heidi joined the Gustavus Nursing Program as faculty in February 2008, although she is not new to the campus. As a 1998 Gustavus nursing alum, Heidi is back at Gustavus doing what she hoped of doing as a student back in the mid to late 1990's.  After graduating from Gustavus in 1998, Heidi worked in various clinical settings, including Oncology, Med/Surg…   (continue reading)

Lori Steffen Assistant Professor

Lori has been a registered nurse since 1985. She has worked in a broad variety of settings in five states. While her expertise is primarily in pediatrics, she has developed a passion for and experience in nursing leadership as well. Her master's thesis uses oral history to trace the creation of an international nursing leader in public health and examines…   (continue reading)

Paula Swiggum Associate Professor

Paula Swiggum has a passion for transcultural nursing and the importance of cultural competence in nursing care. From an opportunity to direct a grant to recruit minority students into nursing at Lakewood Community College in 1992 to taking students to Tanzania in 2006 and again in 2008, she strives to give her students a sense of the richness of diverse…   (continue reading)

Barb Zust ’76 Associate Professor

Barbara L. Zust loves the diversity and creativity she finds in nursing. Her clinical practice has had a family health focus that includes her work with grieving families in oncology/hospice; acutely ill patients and their families in ICU/CCU; struggling and/or violent families in public health; and new families in OB. In 1996, Barbara received…   (continue reading)