Therese Jamison, DNP, ACNP-BC, is the founding director of nursing at Lawrence Technological University. She earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) from Vanderbilt University and was formally educated at the University of Michigan (postmaster’s acute care nurse practitioner) and Wayne State University (MSN/ BSN). Dr Jamison has been an associate of Ascension Michigan Healthcare System since 1981. She is currently practicing as an acute care nurse practitioner (ACNP) in cardiovascular surgery (since 2005) and formerly practiced in the area of cardiology since 1998. She has an extensive history as an educator for undergraduate nurses (BSN) as well as primary and acute care nurse practitioner students since 1994. She has presented extensively at local, regional, and national forums on topics of nursing practice with a focus on cardiology, pharmacology, nursing education, and quality improvement initiatives.