Deborah Travis Ratterree

Background

Ratterree, Deborah Travis was born on July 6, 1951 in Englewood, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Charles Merwin and Frances Elizabeth Travis.

Education

Bachelor of science in nursing, Boston University, 1975; M of Nursing, Louisiana State University Medical Center, 1992.

Career

Staff nurse Intensive Care Unit, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, 1975-1978; staff nurse outpatient clinic, Southern Baptist Hospital, New Orleans, 1978-1980; staff nurse emergency department, Southern Baptist Hospital, New Orleans, 1980-1986; staff nurse emergency department, Boston City Hospital, Boston, 1987; orientation nurse, Southern Baptist Hospital, New Orleans, 1987-1988; head nurse emergency department, 1988-1991; head nurse emergency department, Southern Baptist Hospital, New Orleans, since 1991; staff nurse emergency department, Children's Hospital, New Orleans, since 1991; staff nurse emergency department, Mercy Baptist Medical Center, New Orleans, since 1991. Director clinical education Nursing Knowledge, Metairie, Louisiana, 1993-1995, also board directors.

Achievements

• Deborah Travis Ratterree has been listed as a noteworthy Nursing educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Volunteer project LAST Children's Bureau, New Orleans, 1992-1993. Member American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, Emergency Nurses Association (national meeting delegate 1992), Society Critical Care Medicine.

Connections

Married John Kelver Willis (divorced February 7, 1987). Children: Jeremy Chandler Willis, Lucy Katherine Willis. Married Leclare Busch Ratterree III, October 16, 1988.

Father:

Charles Merwin Travis

Mother:

Frances Elizabeth Travis

Spouse:

John Kelver Willis

Spouse:

Leclare Busch Ratterree III

child:

Jeremy Chandler Willis Ratterree

child:

Lucy Katherine Willis Ratterree