Patsy Duphorne is currently an Assistant Professor at the College of Nursing, Health Sciences Center, University of New Mexico. Dr. Duphorne is earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of New Mexico, a Master’s in Nursing from the University of Washington, and a doctorate in Organizational Learning and Instructional Technology at the College of Education from the University of New Mexico. Dr. Duphorne has been involved in nursing education since 1973. Her teaching experience includes associate degree, baccalaureate degree, and master’s degree programs in New Mexico. Her content areas in nursing education include psychiatric-mental health nursing, nursing leadership, health promotion, education, and diagnostic reasoning. Dr. Duphorne’s research interests are in the areas of critical thinking, distance education, nursing education, and impaired health care professionals. She has developed and taught courses both through ITV and online WebCT. She has published articles related to research in distance education and impaired health care professionals and contributed chapters on Chemical Dependency to medical-surgical nursing texts.

Jean Giddens is currently an Associate Professor at the College of Nursing, Health Sciences Center, University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Dr. Giddens earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Kansas, a Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Texas at El Paso, and a doctorate in Education and Human Resource Studies from Colorado State University. Dr. Giddens has been involved with nursing education since 1984. Her teaching experience includes associate degree, baccalaureate degree, and master’s degree programs in New Mexico, Texas, and Colorado. Her content areas in nursing education include medical-surgical nursing, health assessment, nursing process, nursing fundamentals, and education. Dr. Giddens research interests are in nursing education and critical thinking. For more than ten years, she also has been actively writing textbooks, workbooks, and developing electronic media for nursing students and nurses for continuing education.