About the President
Joan Blum, MSN NP-BC
I have been a practicing nurse for thirty-seven years and am a Clarkson Alum 1981, and 1986. I practiced as a bedside nurse in Med-Surg, GI, cardiac and oncology units and prn at a Hospice House. I obtained my MSN from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa in 1993 and FNP certificate from Clarkson College in 1998. I have practiced as an ACNP in cardiology and oncology settings, retiring from that in 2012. I re-certified as an FNP summer 2015 and retired my ACNP 1/2016. I teach full-time in the BSN program at Clarkson College since June of 2004. Currently I teach senior level Med-Surg, Preceptorship clinical, and pharmacology on the sophomore and senior level. My true nursing love are oncology and geriatric clients.
On a personal note, I have a big family....4 brothers, 2 sisters, 18 nieces and nephews and 14 great nieces and nephews. A golden retriever named Gabby (1 1/2 year old) and a kitty named Chloe (16 years old). Originally I am from a small town in Iowa, really I am a farm girl. I still love to dig in the dirt and watch things grow....flowers...vegetables....weeds…all equal opportunities in my yard.
Joan Blum, MSN NP-BC
I have been a practicing nurse for thirty-seven years and am a Clarkson Alum 1981, and 1986. I practiced as a bedside nurse in Med-Surg, GI, cardiac and oncology units and prn at a Hospice House. I obtained my MSN from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa in 1993 and FNP certificate from Clarkson College in 1998. I have practiced as an ACNP in cardiology and oncology settings, retiring from that in 2012. I re-certified as an FNP summer 2015 and retired my ACNP 1/2016. I teach full-time in the BSN program at Clarkson College since June of 2004. Currently I teach senior level Med-Surg, Preceptorship clinical, and pharmacology on the sophomore and senior level. My true nursing love are oncology and geriatric clients.
On a personal note, I have a big family....4 brothers, 2 sisters, 18 nieces and nephews and 14 great nieces and nephews. A golden retriever named Gabby (1 1/2 year old) and a kitty named Chloe (16 years old). Originally I am from a small town in Iowa, really I am a farm girl. I still love to dig in the dirt and watch things grow....flowers...vegetables....weeds…all equal opportunities in my yard.