Background
Blair, Ellen Weiss was born on October 16, 1956 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Jesse J. and Pearl (Cohen) Weiss.
Blair, Ellen Weiss was born on October 16, 1956 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Jesse J. and Pearl (Cohen) Weiss.
Bachelor of science in nursing summa cum laude, Adelphi U., 1978; Master of Science in Nursing, Yale University, 1987; student, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1974-1976.
Staff nurse psychiatric inpatient unit, Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, Towson, Maryland., 1979-1981;
staff nurse medical oncolgy unit, Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, 1978-1979;
head nurse substance abuse inpatient unit, Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, Towson, Maryland., 1981-1982;
staff nurse psychiatric inpatient unit, U. Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, 1982;
psychiatric outpatient clinician, Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, 1984-1985;
psychiatric clinical nurse specialist, Connecticut Valley Hospital, Middletown, 1986-1987;
head nurse geriatric day treatment center, Institute of Living, Hartford, Connecticut, 1982-1984;
nurse coordinator inpatient psychiatric unit, Institute of Living, Hartford, Connecticut, 1987-1990;
part time faculty, Greater Hartford (Connecticut) Community College, Hartford, Connecticut, 1992-1993;
part-time faculty, St. Joseph College, West Hartford, Connecticut, since 1994. Presenter annual board governor's meeting Institute of Living, 1989. Panelist meetings, symposiums and workshops various professional organizations including Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, 1980, 81, Northeastern Gerontological Convention, Newport, Rhode Island, 1983.
Presenter area hospitals. Representative for Institute of Living American Medical Association's Conference on the Impaired Health Professional, Chicago, 1988.
Member ANA (certified specialist in psychiatric nursing), Connecticut Nurses Association, Sigma Theta Tau. F C.
Married Charles Lee Blair, May 18, 1985. Children: Eric, Melanie, Hayley.