Background
Riegel, Barbara J. was born on April 3, 1950 in St. Louis. Daughter of Lawrence Virgil and Shirley Jean (Weil) Riegel.
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Riegel, Barbara J. was born on April 3, 1950 in St. Louis. Daughter of Lawrence Virgil and Shirley Jean (Weil) Riegel.
Diploma, Jewish Hospital School Nursing, 1974. Bachelor in Nursing, San Diego State University, 1981. Master in Nursing, University of California at Los Angeles, 1983.
Doctor of Nursing Science in Nursing, 1991.
Staff nurse intensive care/coronary care unit, Missouri Baptist Hospital, St. Louis, 1974-1975;
staff nurse coronary care unit, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, 1975-1976;
organizer, United States Army Cmty. Health Organisation, Frankfurt, Federal Republic of Germany, 1977-1978;
cardiovascular nurse specialist, collaborative practice, San Diego, 1983-1984;
cardiovascular nurse specialist, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California, 1984-1985;
faculty, San Diego State University, 1984-1987. Advisory county San Diego State University School Nursing, 1983-1985, member strategic planning committee, 1995-1996.
Clinical researcher Sharp HealthCare, San Diego, since 1990. Associate professor San Diego State University, 1995-1998, professor, since 1998.
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Fellow American Academy Nursing. Member American Nurses Association (certified, executive committee American Nurses Association council on cardiovascular nursing since 1998), American Association of Critical Care Nurses (member task force ethics in critical care research 1983-1984, research committee 1990-1992), American Heart Association (council on cardiovascular nursing, Southern California representative 1993-1995, automatic external defibrillator task force, co-chair research sub task force 1994-1997, American College Cardiology/American Heart Association acute myocardial infarction guideline committee since 1994), Sigma Theta Tau (chapter president Gamma Gamma 1992-1993).
Married m. Thomas A. Gillespie, May 23, 1978.