Linda Cummins graduated from Ohio University with a BS in geography and minor in mathematics in 1985. She received an Air Force ROTC scholarship and upon graduation from Ohio University attended the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, to study meteorology. Cummins served in the U.S. Air Force as a meteorologist for more than seven years and commanded a weather detachment during Desert Storm in Masirah, Oman. Cummins earned a master's degree in management at Webster University and became an educator and facilitator for the Air Force Total Quality Management program prior to leaving military service.
Cummins earned her nursing degree after attending Southwest Illinois College in 1998 with an associate degree and returned to Ohio University for her BS in nursing in 2016. Cummins has worked in multiple areas of nursing including psychiatric, med-surg, pediatrics, mother-baby, and labor and delivery. Cummins also cared for hospice patients for more than 12 years and is a certified hospice and palliative nurse (CHPN).
Cummins is currently working on her master’s degree in nursing to become a nurse practitioner in psychiatric-mental health nursing through Northern Kentucky University. Cummins believes the skills she gained practicing as a psychiatric-mental health nurse served her in every job and every aspect of her life. Mental health issues are not isolated to psychiatric facilities. Patients and family members in every area of nursing may have psychiatric issues that can complicate the nurse’s ability to provide quality nursing care to them. Cummins hopes to inspire her students to consider working in this complex, fascinating and critical area of nursing.
Cummins enjoys hiking, dog walking, quilting, cooking and reading.