Background
Tayrien, Dorothy Pauline was born on June 15, 1921 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, United States. Daughter of William Cyprian and Ida May (Bennett) Tayrien.
Tayrien, Dorothy Pauline was born on June 15, 1921 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, United States. Daughter of William Cyprian and Ida May (Bennett) Tayrien.
Student, Bartlesville College High Junior College, 1942. Diploma in nursing, St. John Hospital, Tulsa, 1945. Bachelor of science in nursing, University Colorado, 1948.
AM, University Chicago, 1959. Postgraduate, University South Carolina, 1981.
Hospital staff nurse Pawhuska City Hospital, 1945-1946, Glockner Penrose Hospital, 1946-1947, Denver General Hospital, 1947-1948. Teaching fellow Vanderbilt University, 1948-1949. Instructor School Nursing, University Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, 1948-1950.
Instructor surgical nursing Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1951-1952. Assistant professor nursing fundamentals Northwestern State College, Natchitoches, Louisiana, 1950-1951. Assistant professor, director clinical education Monroe (Louisiana) Division, 1952-1954.
Assistant professor, assistant dean School Nursing, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 1954-1955. Assistant director nursing service Washington Memorial Hospital, Bartlesville, 1955-1957. Assistant professor nursing fundamentals Southwest Louisiana University, Lafayette, 1957-1959.
Associate professor medical surgical nursing E. Tennessee State University, Johnson City, 1960-1965, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 1965-1967, Forest Park Junior College, St. Louis, 1967-1968. Professor, director associate degree nursing program Kankakee (Illinois) Community College, 1968-1970. Associate professor, director continuing education program College Nursing, Medical University South Carolina, Charleston, 1970-1981.
Retired, 1981
Director nursing Tallahassee chapter American Red Cross, 1951-1952. Consultant in nursing Belleville (Illinois) Memorial Hospital, 1967-1968. Initiated and established Associate of Applied Science Degree in Nursing Program, Kankakee Community College, 1968-1970.
Speaker in field.
Board directors Lewis & Clark Community College, Illinois, 1968-1970, Public Health Department, Lafayette, South Carolina, 1957-1959, Tennessee State Nurses Association, 1962-1964, Women and Children in Crisis, Bartlesville, 1986-1990, La Quinta Preservation Foundation, 1986-1991. Member National Association of Female Executives, AARP, Washington County Retired Educators Association, Allied Arts and Humanities Council, Southern Regional Education Board (council college schools nursing 1975-1980).