Deborah Kupecz

Background

Kupecz, Deborah was born on January 6, 1952 in Camp Ruckor, Alabama, United States. Daughter of John Edward and Bertha Elizabeth (Winship) Bedner.

Education

Bachelor in Sociology and English, Carlow College, 1978; Associate of Science in Nursing, Community College Allegheny County, 1978; Bachelor of science in nursing, State University of New York, Albany, 1984; MSN, University Texas, El Paso, 1984.

Career

Staff nurse diabetic unit, St. Mary-Corwin Hospital, Pueblo, Colorado, 1978-1979; charge nurse Intensive Care Unit, coronary care unit, St. Mary-Corwin Hospital, Pueblo, Colorado, 1979-1981; nurse manager post-anesthesia recovery unit, St. Mary-Corwin Hospital, Pueblo, Colorado, 1981-1982; cardiac catheterizatin laboratory nurse, Parkview Episcopal Hospital, Pueblo, 1982-1983; emergency department staff nurse, R. E. Thomason General Hospital, El Paso, Texas, 1983-1984; cardiovascular rehabilitation nurse, Rocky Mountain Hospital, Denver, 1985; clinical nurse specialist for diabetes and critical care, Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center, Denver, 1985-1986; clinical transplant coordinator, International Medical Association St. Luke's Hospital, Denver, 1986-1990; adult nurse practitioner ambulatory care clinic, VA Medical Center, Denver, since 1990. Member of faculty U. Colorado Health Sciences Center School Nursing, 1992. Adjunct faculty member Regis College School Nursing, 1990-1991.

Member of faculty U. Phoenix, Colorado campus, 1985-1991, area chair nursing research committee, 1985-1988, 92, clinical strand committee nursing program, 1987-1988, 92. Member of advisory committee National Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Symposium, Keystone, Colorado, 1990-1992. Member healthcare settings committee Colorado Assist Alliance, 1992.

Clinical laboratory instructor University Texas, El Paso, 1983-1984. Presenter in field.

Achievements

• Deborah Kupecz has been listed as a noteworthy Gerontological nurse practitioner by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Transplant Council of the Rockies, 1987-1989. Member AACN, Colorado Nurses Association, Sigma Theta Tau.

Connections

Married Michael Steven Kupecz, November 25, 1987. 1 child, Michael John.

Father:

John Edward Bedner

Mother:

Bertha Elizabeth (Winship) Bedner

Spouse:

Michael Steven Kupecz

child:

Michael John Kupecz