Kimberly Dion has been a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Nursing since 2006. She has a broad background in nursing and continues to work as a home care nurse. Her nursing experience include: critical care, home care, maternal newborn, long-term care, and camp nursing. She is an experienced educator, a certified nurse educator, has been an NCLEX test writer, and a presenter for a biannual nurse educator workshop held at the university. Her research interests include substance use and misuse, as well as nursing education. She has performed qualitative research using case study as the methodology, and is currently in a PhD program. Her outside professional interests include traveling with her family, hiking, and gardening.