Background
Briggs, Arleen Frances was born on September 4, 1939 in Brooklyn.
Briggs, Arleen Frances was born on September 4, 1939 in Brooklyn.
Diploma in Nursing, Helene Fuld School Nursing, 1960; Bachelor of science in nursing, College Santa Fe, 1987; MSN in Nursing Administration, U. New Mexico, 1993.
Staff, Helene Fuld Hospital, Trenton, New Jersey, 1960-1961;
supervisor psychiatry, Trenton (New Jersey) Eastern State Hospital, 1960-1961;
First lieutenant, United States Air Force, 1961-1963;
supervisor medical surgical, Coeur de Alene (Idaho) Hospital, 1966-1967;
supervisor medical surgical, Centinella Hospital, Hawthorne, California, 1967-1968;
supervisor medical surgical, Laguna Memorial Hospital, Laguna Beach, California, 1968-1970;
staff operating room, Mission Cmty. Hospital, Mission Viejo, California, 1970-1977;
supervisor, educator, Las Vegas Medical Center, 1977-1994;
assistant professor, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana, since 1994. Member Recovering Nurse Program Advisory Committee, Bon, Louisiana, since 1995.
Part-time psychological nursing community consultant.
Chairperson Regional Board Nursing-Diversion Program, Las Vegas, 1989-1994. Intervention nurse alcoholism Alcoholics Anonymous-McNeese, Lake Charels, since 1990, Las Vegas, N. Mexico. Counsellor Reach to Recovery, LakeCharles, since 1994.
Psychiatric counselor Human Immunodeficiency Virus patient, since 1989. Member National Society Addictions Nursing, National Society Medicine, Law and Ethics, Sigma Theta Tau.
Daughter of Thomas Frances and Margaret Elizabeth (McCann) Whelan. (divorced); children: Lisa J., Jon M., Kara J., Lora M.