Wilma Rice possesses a Master’s degree in Nursing with specialty in education. She has been a Certified Emergency Nurse since 1988, and formed her own business, Professional Medical Trainers, LLC, in 2012.
Ms. Rice has been an Education Specialist for Roper St. Francis Healthcare since 2007. Prior to this, she was in the Emergency Department for 28 years, serving as Emergency Services Educator, as well as various other nursing functions for the service line. Ms. Rice has received honors and awards, including induction into Sigma Theta Tau in 2006 and the 2014 SC AHEC Educator of the Year.
She belongs to several professional organizations: Association of Nursing Professional Development, South Carolina Coastal Affiliate of Association of Nursing Professional Development (past president), Sigma Theta Tau, Emergency Nurses Association, and the AHA.
Ms. Rice serves on several committees for Roper St. Francis Healthcare, including the Ethics Committee, and is on the Lowcountry AHEC Board of Directors. She became active in the development of advance care planning for South Carolina through the SC Coalition for the Care of the Seriously Ill in 2011. Ms. Rice is the Chair for the POST (Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment) Workgroup. She is an instructor for Respecting Choices First Steps and Advanced Steps courses, as well as an instructor for the Serious Illness Conversation Program.