{"id":1102,"date":"2012-01-09T06:43:58","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T06:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arcaregiving.org\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2021-11-05T13:53:35","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T13:53:35","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/fortsmith\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Joyce Priddy, Secondary Nurse Educator, LPN\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I decided that my future was in the medical field in 1988 after watching my mother pass away from surgery complications.\u00a0 I observed the care giving to my mother during this time, which lead me to the decision to pursue a nursing career.\u00a0 While in nursing school I worked as a patient care assistant in a long term care setting.\u00a0 I graduated from Rich Mountain Community College in 1989.\u00a0 I began my career as a nurse at St. Edwards Mercy Medical Center.\u00a0 I later moved to the Fort Smith area and worked with the geriatric patients for 20 years at Sparks Medical Center.\u00a0 I enjoyed teaching new employees, patients and caregivers new skills.<\/p>\n<p>I have been married for 34 years and have two lovely daughters.\u00a0 My oldest daughter is a store manager and my youngest is in her third year at UA Fort Smith.\u00a0 I enjoy spending time outdoors with my husband.\u00a0 We love visiting and hiking our state parks.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Our Facility<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our students learn in both the classroom and in the training facility. \u00a0The classroom allows students to learn in a quiet, comfortable environment. \u00a0Students will find the training rooms to be very realistic \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0allowing them to truly learn and experience caregiving.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Schmieding Home Caregiver Training &#8211; 612 South 12<sup>th<\/sup> Street &#8211; Fort Smith, AR \u00a072903<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joyce Priddy, Secondary Nurse Educator, LPN\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 I decided that my future was in the medical field in 1988 after watching my mother pass away from surgery complications.\u00a0 I observed the care giving to my mother during this time, which lead me to the decision to pursue a nursing career.\u00a0 While in&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/fortsmith\/about-us\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":364,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/fortsmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1102"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/fortsmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/fortsmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/fortsmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/364"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/fortsmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1102"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/fortsmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1787,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/fortsmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1102\/revisions\/1787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/fortsmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}