BC3 adds two to nursing school faculty
Butler County Community College has appointed two members to its nursing school faculty.
Julia Carney, of Zelienople, has been named as the Shaffer School of Nursing and Allied Health's assistant dean of nursing, and Jessica Lasanich, of Evans City, will become director of a licensed practical nursing program that could debut at BC3 as early as next summer.
Carney will manage the logistics of the RN program, which will include working with clinical agencies and keeping BC3's curriculum current with health care's changing needs, said Dr. Patty Annear, dean of BC3's Shaffer School of Nursing and Allied Health.
Lasanich will develop a plan for the curriculum and the policies of the licensed practical nursing program, Annear said.
Carney spent 12 of her 14 years of clinical practice at UMPC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh before becoming an educator in what is now BC3's Shaffer School of Nursing and Allied Health, created in 2018 following a $1 million gift to BC3 from former state Sen. Tim Shaffer.
Carney, who has been a nursing, clinical and lead instructor at BC3 for eight years, earned master's and bachelor's degrees in nursing from Carlow University, Pittsburgh, and studied to become a registered nurse at UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing.Lasanich became an emergency medical technician in her senior year at Seneca Valley High School through a program offered by BC3. Her 18 years of clinical practice include service at UPMC Passavant and in the neonatal intensive care unit at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.Lasanich, who as a BC3 educator has trained licensed practical nurses pursuing BC3's 70-credit registered nursing degree, earned master's and bachelor's degrees in nursing from Carlow University. She achieved a registered nursing degree from the Community College of Allegheny County in a program held at California University of Pennsylvania.Bill Foley is coordinator of news and media content at BC3.
