HICHEP Advisory Group

Chrystal, Chrys, is a native of Maine who received her Bachelor of Science of Nursing as well as her Master of Science in Nursing/Family Nurse Practitioner degree from Husson College. She has nearly 20 years of nursing experience. Her past roles have included bedside nursing in ICU, neurology, CCU, and Radiology. In the most recent past, she worked as a Nurse practitioner at a large cardiology practice. During that time she cared for acute as well as chronic cardiac patients, and assisted in establishing an Outpatient Congestive Heart Failure program including infusion therapy. Before leaving the practice in 2011, Chrys was the Clinical and Administrative Director of a very busy Cardiovascular Research Program. This included national as well as international research with research center such as Brigham and Women's, Harvard, and Duke University. Chrys is currently working on a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree at Gonzaga University.

Husson has encouraged and prepared me for the wonderful career that I have experienced so far. Now that I have been given the opportunity to be an Assistant Professor and Director of the Family and Community Nurse Practitioner track, I hope to inspire and prepare my students to take the next step and become the absolute best professionals they can while maintaining the "art" of nursing. I am married and have 2 grown daughters. I have one grandson and one granddaughter arriving very soon. My hobbies are my family, my dogs, knitting and quilting.