Joan Simard, MS, RN, CNN
     Joan Camarro Simard, MS, RN, CNN graduated from the University of Bridgeport, College of Nursing, Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1975 with her Associates in Science, Nursing. Then in 1990 she obtained her Bachelor of Science, Nursing, from Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut.  She then moved to Utah to study at the University of Utah and received her Master's of Science in Nursing, Clinical Informatics in 1998.
     Employed as a nephrology nurse since 1978, working with both chronic and acute care hemodialysis patients while working at the Hospital of Saint Raphael's, New Haven, Connecticut until her move to Utah.  Since then, she has been in the position of nephrology staff nurse, charge nurse, primary nurse and most recently Clinical Information System Coordinator for Intermountain Healthcare Dialysis Centers.  She has presented a variety of nursing topics to local and national nephrology nursing audiences.
      Joan is a Certified Nephrology Nurse and is an active member of the American Nephrology Nurses' Association. She has served in several elected offices, both locally and regionally over the years. She started teaching as an Adjunct Faculty member of Salt lake Community College spring semester 2001.