Kevin O'Hara, B.S., R.N.

part-time instructor, nursing division

kohara@svc.edu

Education

• B.S., Nursing, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 

Courses taught

• Psychiatric Clinical Instruction in Nursing 

academic Research/interests

Currently writing a manuscript regarding my 30-year experience working as a registered nurse on a locked psychiatric wing. I also hope to play golf well into my 90's, which is presently my average score. 

areas of expertise

Nursing: 30-plus years as a staff/charge nurse on a locked psychiatric facility, having assisted in various degrees to over 10,000 patients/clients between 1974 to present day.

Writing: Authored two books: Last of the Donkey Pilgrims and A Lucky Irish Lad. Both memoirs; the first details my walk around Ireland with a donkey; the second chronicles my boyhood days - from birth to returning home from Vietnam.

Why I teach

I teach because I've been fortunate enough to be chosen to do so. Also, teaching is a sharing of experience - stories that need to be told - which oftentimes leave an indelible mark upon the student who, in turn, carries this good practice to the hospital wards where it thrives, unnoticed, in quiet corners.

Favorite Book

The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien

Favorite Movie

Lawrence of Arabia

Best part of being at SVC

Being part of such an energetic and positive beehive of professors whose bright thought and goodwill permeate throughout the walls of this venerable campus to its eager students.