Brenda Jo Guajardo Pena

Background

Pena, Brenda Jo Guajardo was born on December 28, 1959 in Laredo, Texas, United States.

Education

ADN, Laredo Junior College, 1978-1981; Bachelor of science in nursing, Corpus Christi State University, 1991; postgraduate, Incarnate Word College, 1992-1993.

Career

Team leader, Mercy Hospital 4 N, Laredo, 1979-1980; public information nurse, Registered Nurse supervisor, Texas Visiting Nurse Svc. Home Health Agency, Laredo, 1982-1984; manager, charge nurse, Filemon Guajardo Pediatric Adolescent Clinic, Laredo, 1980-1990; medical unit II charge nurse, Doctors Hospital, Laredo, 1990-1991; radiation oncology nurse, Doctors Hospital, Laredo, 1991-1992; director education, Doctors Hospital, Laredo, 1992-1993; director patient care services, Doctors Hospital, Laredo, since 1993. Board directors Area Health Education Centers Nursing Committee.

Member UISD Med-Prep Program.

Achievements

• Brenda Jo Guajardo Pena has been listed as a noteworthy Advanced nurse practitioner by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

1st vice president Texas Cattlewomen, Laredo, 1992. President Doctors Hospital Auxiliary, Laredo, 1989-1991, Webb, Zapata, Jim Hogg County Medical Auxiliary, Laredo, 1987-1988. Member Laredo Nurses Society, Laredo Organisation Nurse Executives, Tri-County Medical Society (planning committee annual update in medicine symposium), Phi Theta Kappa, Sigma Theta Tau (Eta Omicron chapter, scholarship 1992).

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, swimming, reading, cooking, bike riding.

Connections

M. Florencio Pena III, July 30, 1994.