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Samantha Pierce - MSN, RN
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| Office Hours: | Monday: Macon Campus, Jones Building 175, 1130-1500 Tuesday: Dublin Campus visiting office, 0930-1400 |
| Biography: | Samantha Pierce has been the Nursing Retention and NCLEX Success Coach since spring of 2024 and has transitioned to a faculty role for the fall 2025 semester. She has been a registered nurse for eight years and began her nursing career in a small, rural hospital floating between the ICU step-down unit and the emergency department. After gaining the knowledge, skills, and confidence of being a nurse, she decided to transfer to the operating room. For 4 years she was a circulating nurse working with surgeons of all disciplines, with a heavy focus on orthopedic surgery, including joint replacement. In 2016, Samantha graduated from Georgia Southern University with her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and later completed a Master of Science in Nursing Administration in 2022 from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. She is currently enrolled in the Adult/Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program here at MGA. Samantha has been with her husband, Ty, for 12 years. They have 2 children; Sonny who is 4 and Lucy who is 2. |
| Courses: | NURS 3001 Fundamentals of Nursing and Clinical Instructor |
| Education: | 2022 University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville, Alabama Master of Science in Nursing Administration 2016 Georgia Southern University Statesboro, Georgia Bachelor of Science in Nursing |
| Professional Experience: | Fall 2025: Assistant Professor of Nursing, BSN program January 2024-Current: Nursing Retention and NCLEX Success Coach for 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø: Through a collaborative effort between the student and the Success Coach, students can explore and clearly define (SMART) specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time bound goals for success throughout the nursing program. 2019-2024: Circulating registered nurse in operating room 2016-2019: Registered nurse in the emergency room and ICU step down unit |
| Organizations: | National Consortium of Nursing Academic Coaches |
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