Background
Bethel, Tamara Ann was born on December 5, 1939 in Granville, New York, United States. Daughter of William Henry and Delphine Ann (McDonough) B. Diploma, Jeanne Mance School Nursing, Burlington, Vermont, 1961.
Bethel, Tamara Ann was born on December 5, 1939 in Granville, New York, United States. Daughter of William Henry and Delphine Ann (McDonough) B. Diploma, Jeanne Mance School Nursing, Burlington, Vermont, 1961.
Diploma, Jeanne Mance School Nursing, Burlington, 1961. Bachelor of Science, Boston College, 1968. Master of Education, Antioch Graduate Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1974.
Doctor of Philosophy, Walden University, Florida, 1981.
Head nurse Department Mental Health, Boston, 1961—1963, supervisor, 1963—1966. Staff nurse Veterans Administration Hospital, Brockton, 1966—1968. Member faculty Newton Wellesey Hospital School Nursing, 1968—1984, chairman medical, surgical, psychiatric nursing, 1984—1987.
Executive director Massachusetts chapter Lupus Foundation America, 1987—1989. Nurse manager mental health unit Milford Whitinsville Regional Hospital, Massachusetts, 1989—1994. Sceening coordinator department psychiatry Marlborough Hospital, since 1994, coordinator out-patient mental health, substance abuse services, 1997.
Nurse psychotherapist, consultant in curriculum. Member adjunct faculty in crisis intervention Institute Open Education, Cambridge College, Bridgewater State College. Developer, presenter workshops in mental health and psychiatric nursing, human sexuality ethics, stress management, non-profit organization operations.
Member of faculty Newton Wellesey Hospital School Nursing, Massachusetts, 1968-1984, chairman medical/surgical/psychiatric nursing, 1984-1987. Member adjunct faculty in crisis intervention Institute Open Education, Cambridge College, Bridgewater State College. Member Diploma Nurses Association (treasurer Massachusetts), Massachusetts Mental Health Nurses Association (certified clinical specialist mental health and psychiatric nursing), American Nurses Association, Massachusetts Nurses Foundation (trustee 1989), Massachusetts Nurses Association (Image of Professional Nursingaward 1990).