Cathy Lou Giesey

Background

Giesey, Cathy Lou was born on March 3, 1941 in Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Nevin Paul and Geraldine Ethel (Miller) Shaffer.

Education

Diploma, Western Pennsylvania Hospital School Nursing, 1962; student, University Pittsburgh, 1962; Bachelor of Science, Wheaton College, 1965; MSN, West Virginia University, 1985.

Career

Labor and delivery charge nurse, Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, 1962-1963; psychiatric nurse II, Somerset (Pennsylvania) Eastern State Hospital, 1965-1966; charge nurse post partum unit, Baptist Hospital, Nashville, 1972-1976; head nurse, Park West Manor Nursing Home, State College, Pennsylvania, 1977-1978; visiting home health nurse, Home Health Nursing Association, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, 1978; nursing instructor, Center County Vo-Technology School, Pleasant Gap, Pennsylvania, 1978-1982; nursing instructor, Salem (West Virginia) College, 1982-1985; assistant professor nursing, Salem (West Virginia) College, 1985-1988; education nurse specialist, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, North Carolina, 1988-1991; clinical nurse IV, Sentara Norfolk (Virginia) General Hospital, 1991-1992; faculty, DePaul School Nursing, Norfolk, since 1992.

Achievements

• Cathy Lou Giesey has been listed as a noteworthy Maternal/child health nurse by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Active West Virginia Coalition on Adolescent Pregnancy, North Carolina Coalition on Adolescent Pregnancy. Facilitator Social Help and Rehabilitation Effort Perinatal Bereavement Support Group, Greenville. Member NAACOG, ANA, Virginia Nurses Association, Sigma Theta Tau.

Interests

• Avocations: cycling, piano, backpacking, reading, sailing.

Connections

Married Lester MarshalBlough, August 8, 1966 (divorced August 1979). Children: Lisa Marie, HeatherAnne, Häns Garrett. Married James Ford Giesey, July 4, 1984.

Father:

Nevin Paul Shaffer

Mother:

Geraldine Ethel (Miller) Shaffer

Spouse:

James Ford Giesey

Spouse:

Lester MarshalBlough

child:

Häns Garrett Giesey

child:

Lisa Marie Giesey

child:

HeatherAnne Giesey