Barbara Sands

Background

Sands, Barbara was born on April 16, 1948 in Lynn, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Earl John and Helen Catherine (Cahill) Sands.

Education

Diploma, St. Elizabeth Hospital, 1968; Bachelor in Psychology summa cum laude, Long Island U., 1972; Bachelor of science in nursing summa cum laude, Salem State College, 1975; MSN, Boston University, 1976; postgraduate, Adelphi U.

Career

Staff nurse, Lynn Hospital, 1968-1969; head nurse, Lynn Hospital, 1969-1970; staff nurse student health service, Southampton (New York) College Long Island U., 1970-1972; staff nurse in-patient psychiatry, Melrose (Massachusetts)-Wakefield Hospital, 1972-1975; instructor psychiatric nursing, Salem (Massachusetts) State College, 1976-1979; clinical coordinator, Central Nervous System liaison psychiatry, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, 1979-1982; psychiatric coordinator, Eastern Long Island Hospital, Greenport, New York, 1982-1984; assistant professor nursing, St. Joseph's College, Patchogue, New York, since 1988.

Achievements

• Barbara Sands has been listed as a noteworthy Mental health nursing educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Magazine United States Army Nurse Corps., 1982-1986, lieutenant colonel research, 1986. Member ANA, New York Nurses Association, National League Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau (Alpha Omega chapter).

Connections

Married Donald Baker, 1981. 1 child, Catherine.

Father:

Earl John Sands

Mother:

Helen Catherine (Cahill) Sands

Spouse:

Donald Baker

child:

Catherine Sands