She enjoys combining her Christian faith with the care of patients and the teaching of students. Dr. Furrow began her nursing career when she enrolled in a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing program at Alderson-Broaddus College located in Philippi, West Virginia. After graduation from Alderson-Broaddus, Dr. Furrow began caring for patients at Fairmont General Hospital in Fairmont, WV. She soon moved back to her hometown of Beckley, West Virginia where she began taking care of patients in an oncology/medical-surgical nursing unit. After three years of oncology and medical-surgical nursing, Dr. Furrow worked for a hospice and provided care to terminally ill patients in their homes.