February 2016 Spotlight – Therese Ditto, Dean of Nursing, North Campus

Therese Ditto
Dean of Nursing
North Campus

Therese oversees the day to day operations, faculty, and staff of the nursing programs at FSCJ. Born in Key West and raised in Alton, Illinois, Therese started in the health care field as a Home Health Aide, then became an LPN and worked for seven years before earning her BSN and serving as a medical-surgical nurse for 10 years and a trauma/emergency room nurse for five years. Since 1986, she has been in nursing education, teaching Medical-Surgical, Fundamentals, Obstetrics, and Pediatric nursing

Therese’s BSN and MSN were completed at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Illinois, and she earned her PhD in Nursing Education from Capella University in April 2014.

She enjoys teaching and guiding nursing students to what she believes is the most rewarding career they will ever have.