Background
Small, Deborah Childress was born on October 4, 1956 in Lee County, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Jack Dempsey and Ruby Virginia (Kennedy) Childress.
Small, Deborah Childress was born on October 4, 1956 in Lee County, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Jack Dempsey and Ruby Virginia (Kennedy) Childress.
Bachelor of science in nursing, U. North Carolina, Greensboro, 1978; MSN, business certified, Duquesne U., 1994.
Staff nurse, assistant head nurse telemetry unit, North Broward Hospital, Pompano Beach, Florida, 1982-1985; staff nurse surgical Intensive Care Unit, Danbury (Connecticut) Hospital, 1985-1986; staff nurse II, critical care nurse medical-surgical Intensive Care Unit,, Wake Medical Center, Raleigh, North Carolina assistant director medical-surgical nursing, Wake Medical Center, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1986-1991; administrative nurse consultant, Wexford, Pennsylvania, 1991-1992; administrative supervisor, Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, since 1992.
Board of directors Great 100 Inc., special projects chairman, 1989, chairman steering committee, 1990, secretary, since 1990. Member ANA, AACN, North Carolina Nurses Association, Sigma Theta Tau International.
Married Robert M. Small, August 8, 1981. Children: Benjamin, Margaret, Elizabeth.