Amber Price, Erika Holiday and Alyshia Fairbanks
WNC
Western Nevada College’s Nursing Program added three faculty members for the 2024-25 school year.
Alyshia Fairbanks, a graduate of WNCs Nursing Program; Erika Holiday, a doctorate degree recipient from Johns Hopkins University; and Amber Price, experienced in nursing and emergency medical services, brought their skills and knowledge to share with WNC students starting with the recently completed fall semester.
Fairbanks is a long-time resident of the rural community, attending the WNC nursing program in Fallon and now is the full-time Fallon nursing instructor.
Fairbanks started her nursing career as a surgical-orthopedic nurse at Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center, then transferred into the emergency department before becoming a per-diem clinic nurse with Banner Health.
Prior to becoming a RN, Fairbanks was a medical assistant for 13 years and an endoscopy tech for two years. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in nursing through Nevada State University and is nearing completion of her master’s degree in nursing education through Western Governors University.
Fairbanks’ goal as an academic nurse educator for the Fallon campus is to bridge the gap between the WNC campuses and serve a resource for the pre-nursing and nursing students.
Holiday holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Nevada, Reno, and a doctorate degree from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. She has two years of part-time work at WNC she is working full-time as a nurse educator and clinical coordinator.
Price has more than 24 years of experience in the medical field — all of which started at WNC. She began as a certified nursing assistant, then became an emergency medical technician (through WNC again) for search and rescue. She is the new clinical instructor and Readiness and Retention coordinator.
She has served as an RN at Carson Tahoe Hospital, where she worked her way up to the charge nurse of surgical orthopedics and then the relief house supervisor.
The Nursing and Allied Health Division at WNC offers an Associate of Applied Science degree in nursing.
For information, visit wnc.edu/nursing or call 775-445-4425.