Bobbi J. McCarthy

Dr. McCarthy has been a professional nurse since graduating from UMA in 1992. She has obtained multiple degrees since then. Her career specialties include areas of nursing such as med-surg, home care, hospice, interventional radiology, emergency room nursing, and teaching for the past 11 years. The courses she typically teaches are Caring Concepts, Fundamentals/lab, Leadership in Nursing, and Aging Adults.

Her teaching philosophy is to support student learning in a safe environment that fosters creativity and critical thinking, both in the art and science of nursing. Her teaching style is a kinesthetic approach that encourages inquiry and brings evidence-based practice to life. Classes are hands-on and exciting as students use multiple resources to enrich the material taught, which enables “clinical” to come alive in each class.

Dr. McCarthy resides in Rome, Maine, with her husband. Her adult children and their families live nearby, and she keeps busy with her 5 grandsons.

Her holistic self-care approach to life includes walking her dog in the woods, lake life, photography, baking, prayer/worship/church, writing, and creating art of all kinds.