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Anderberg New DSU Health Nurse

Vonnie Anderberg, Registered Nurse and Health Information Technician, was hired as the Dakota State University nurse, September 8, 2000.  Her main duties at DSU are screening and triage of ill students, and referring an appropriate source of treatment for them.  She will follow up with her patients on a routine basis to make certain their health needs are being met. Anderberg makes an effort to teach students ways to optimize their own health and encourages avoidance of behaviors that could be detrimental to their health.  She addresses the needs and serves as health advocate on behalf of all students as well as assists faculty whenever possible.

“I am delighted to be a part of DSU and have the privilege of meeting so many wonderful young people in the student body and working with outstanding faculty,” said Anderberg.

Anderberg says there have been some special challenges this semester with severe injuries and the resultant surgeries for students far from home –lacking any family support systems.  Student Health participates in student reproductive health issues in cooperation with Community Health and Interlakes Medical Clinic.  The student health nurse plays a big role in immunization compliance set forth by the SD Board of Regents.  No job is finished until the paper work is done, so there are always supply and budget issues to deal with.

Anderberg was born and raised in South Dakota.  She attended Lyons High School and started nurses training at Sioux Valley Hospital School of Nursing the day after high school graduation.

 After completing that RN program she married Les Anderberg.  They recently celebrated their 40^th wedding anniversary.  They have four children, two boys and two girls.

After Vonnie’s children were grown she returned to school at Michigan State University to complete the Bachelor of Nursing program. And after returning to South Dakota in 1997, she attended Dakota State University to complete the Health Information Technician program.

Over time she lived and worked in St.Louis, Missouri, Battle Creek, Michigan, Honolulu, Hawaii, and Gallup, New Mexico.  Vonnie worked in ICU, ER, surgery, nursing administration and kidney dialysis in a hospital setting in Michigan.  In Hawaii she worked newborn nursery and pediatric clinic for the Army and Navy.  In New Mexico and Arizona, she worked for Indian Health Service in Pediatric Clinics.