Background
Farnsworth, Ellen Jane was born on May 8, 1943 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Edward Louis and Ellen Jane (McConnell) Lynsky.
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Ellen Jane Farnsworth
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Ellen Jane Farnsworth, American nurse practitioner. Registered Nurse, Maine; certified Registered Nurse-clinical specialist American Nurses Credentialing Center, nurse practitioner cert AANP. Recipient Mead Johnson award Nurses Educational Foundation, 1965; named Massachusetts Student Nurse of Year, Massachusetts Student Nurses Association, 1964.
Education
Diploma in nursing, New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, 1964. Bachelor of science in nursing, Boston University, 1968. Master of Education, Temple University, 1990.
MSN, Simmons College, 1996.
Career
Staff nurse, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, 1965-1967;
staff nurse, New England Baptist Hospital, 1964-1965;
clinical instructor, New England Baptist Hospital, 1967-1968;
educator Lamaze childbirth, Columbus (Ohio) Association Childbirth Education, 1969-1971;
private practice educator Lamaze childbirth, Presque Isle, Maine., 1972-1976;
private practice educator Lamaze childbirth, Haddonfield, New Jersey, 1977-1982;
clinical instructor, Methodist Hospital, Philadelphia, 1977-1978;
nurse, Temple University Health Svc., Philadelphia, 1980-1990;
head nurse hospital short procedure unit, Temple University, Philadelphia, 1990-1992;
assistant director continuing education health professions, University of Southern Maine, Portland, 1992-1995;
college health nurse, Westbrook College, Portland, 1995-1996;
nurse practitioner, director student health center, Southern Maine Technology College, South Portland, Maine., since 1996. Co-founder, president Greater Camden Area American Society Psychoprophylaxis Obstetrics Inc., Blackwood, New Jersey, 1979-1981. Regional trainer American Society Psychoprophylaxis Obstetrics, Washington, 1979-1981.
Crew chief National Collegiate Athletic Association, since 1987, basic life support instructor, 1992.
Achievements
Membership
Vice president Haddonfield Home School Association, 1979-1981. Director Peat Players, Philadelphia, 1988-1990. Member American Nurses Association, American Association of University Women (vice president Presque Isle chapter 1974-1976), American Academy Nurse Practitioners (certified), American College Health Association, Maine Nurses Association (chairman governmental relations committee since 1996), Maine Nurse Practitioners Association (external affairs committee, secretary), Sigma Theta Tau.
Connections
Married Richard Ransom Farnsworth, December 16, 1967. Children: Richard Edward, Ian Scott, Ellen Jane.
