Background
Giesey, Cathy Blough was born on March 1, 1941 in Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Nevin P. and Ethel G. (Miller) Shaffer.
Giesey, Cathy Blough was born on March 1, 1941 in Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Nevin P. and Ethel G. (Miller) Shaffer.
Diploma in nursing, West Penn Hospital School Nursing, Pittsburgh, 1962; Bachelor of science in nursing, Wheaton (Illinois) College, 1965; MSN, West Virginia University, 1985.
Charge nurse labor and delivery, Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, 1962-1963; infirmary charge nurse, Wheaton College, 1963-1965; psychiatric nurse II, Somerset (Pennsylvania) Eastern State Hospital, 1965-1966; charge nurse obstetrics-gynecology., Baptist Hospital, Nashville, 1972-1976; head nurse, Park Manor Nursing Home, State College, Pennsylvania, 1977-1978; instructor Licensed Practical Nurse program, Centre County Vocational Technology School, Pleasant Gap, Pennsylvania, 1978-1982; instructor associate degree nursing program, Salem (West Virginia) College, 1982-1985; assistant professor nursing, Salem (West Virginia) College, 1985-1988; educational nurse specialist obstetrics-gynecology, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, North Carolina, since 1988. Adjunct faculty East Carolina U. Active state task force on adolescent pregnancy.
Active Boyd Memorial Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Women's Association, worship and Christian education committee, adult choir. Member American Nurses Association, West Virginia Nurses Association, North Carolina Nurses Association, Nurses Association of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, North Carolina Coalition on Adolescent Pregnancy, Sigma Theta Tau (Beta Nu chapter).
Married James Giesey, July 4, 1984. Children: Lisa Marie, Heather Anne, Hans Garrett.