Background
Ruja, Ellen Elizabeth was born on December 2, 1951 in New York City. Daughter of Thomas Raphael and Bertha Elizabeth (McLaughlin) Mawhinney.
Ruja, Ellen Elizabeth was born on December 2, 1951 in New York City. Daughter of Thomas Raphael and Bertha Elizabeth (McLaughlin) Mawhinney.
Diploma in nursing, Englewood (New Jersey) Hospital School Nursing, 1971; Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Lewis U., 1979; Master of Science in Nursing, Lewis U., 1989.
Staff nurse, Englewood Hospital, 1971-1974; charge nurse, Center DuPage Hospital, Winfield, Illinois, 1974-1979; nurse mobile intensive care, Center DuPage Hospital, Winfield, Illinois, since 1976; nurse clinician, Emergency Medical Services coordinator, clinical specialist, Center DuPage Hospital, Winfield, Illinois, since 1979.
Member Illinois Nurse Educators, Northern Illinois Emergency Mobile Svc. Coords. Association, Emergency Nurse Association (education committee since 1989, pediatric advanced life support 1992, chairperson spring symposium since 1990, president elect 1993), Chicago Heart Association (instructor Bachelor of Liberal Studies, cardiopulmonary resuscitation since 1976, advanced cardiac life support since 1980), State Nurses Active in Politics in Illinois, Sigma Theta Tau Inc.
Children from previous marriage: Warren Thomas Junior, Stephanie Regan. Married John Gregory Ruja, April 3, 1992.