Heather Vedders

Job titles

• Assistant Professor of Nursing
  Post-Baccalaureate Nursing (B.S), College of Adult and Professional Studies
  Nursing, College of Arts and Sciences

Highlight

Heather has twenty+ years of experience in pediatric nursing, primarily inpatient med/surg, neuroscience, behavioral health, hematology/oncology and school nursing.

Started at Bethel

2023

Education

• Bethel University - B.S.N. in Nursing, 2002
• University of Minnesota - M.P.H. in Occupational Health Nursing, 2004

Biography

Heather has been an adjunct nursing instructor for 2 years and took on a full time nursing faculty role this year. She attended Bethel University and graduated with her BSN. Shortly after, she attended the School of Public Health at the UofM and earned her Masters in Public Health, with an emphasis on Occupational Health Nursing. She has worked in pediatrics for over 2 decades, both in the hospital and in school nursing. Her family of 5 loves the outdoors, camping, and traveling. Heather and her husband enjoy renovating together and they always tend to have a project going. They have three daughters that keep them busy with sports and other activities.  

Hobbies and interests

Heather enjoys working on house projects and exploring the outdoors with her husband and her three girls.

Areas of expertise

Pediatrics