Background
Ford, Eva Marie Farrish was born on November 8, 1931 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Lewis and Mariah (Branch) Nervis.
consultant family nurse practitioner
Ford, Eva Marie Farrish was born on November 8, 1931 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Lewis and Mariah (Branch) Nervis.
Associate, Hinds Junior College, Raymond, Mississippi, 1976. Certified family nurse practitioner, Meharry Medical College, 1977. Bachelor of Science, Mississippi College, Clinton, 1984.
Supervisor Mississippi Action for Progress, 1967-1969. Director Family Health Service of Mississippi, Vicksburg, 1969-1970. Director home health service Medgar Evers Comprehensive Health Center, Fayette, Mississippi, 1970-1972, Jackson (Mississippi) Hinds Comprehensive Health Center, 1972-1977.
Private clinical practice Vicksburg, 1977-1980. Family nurse practitioner spinal cord injury clinic, anti-coagulant clinic, cronic neck and back pain clinic Department Veterinary Affairs Medical Center, Jackson, 1980-1994. With Morehouse Rural Health Clinic, Bastrop, Louisiana, since 1996.
Member Mississippi Special Interest Group Task Force to Develop Standards of Practice for Family Nurse Practitioners, since 1978. Member nurse recruitment committee Veterans Administration Medical Center, 1982-1984, member infection control committee, 1984-1986, member quality assurance committee, unit facilitator, 1986-1993, Coordinator Spinal Cord Injury quality assurance, 1990-1994, member Marker Model Systems Tea m, 1993-1994, member Nurse Management Team, 1993-1994. Speaker, lecturer, presenter in field.
Lifetime member American Field Service. Past president Elite Civic Club, Vicksburg Benevolent Homecoming Association. President Warren County Concerned Citizens, Warren County Community Council.
Assistant secretary Ladies Modnestic Club. Board directors, past president Jackson St. Young Men’s Christian Association. Rape crisis counselor.
Member Methodist Rehabilitation Home Health Advisory Board. Board directors, chair Vicksburg-Warren Community Health Center, Inc. Secretary/treasurer Jackson State University Booster Club.
Member American Nurses Association, American Association Spinal Cord Injury Nurses (chair subcommittee for standard of care 1989-1990, research committee 1990-1994, task force 1992-1994, continuous quality improvement committee 1993-1994), Mississippi Nurses Association (Professional Accomplishment award 1988), Mississippi Association for Health Care for the Poor, Eliza Pillar Professional Black Nurses Association, Meharry Medical College Alumni (state secretary Mississippi chapter since 1989), American Legion (certified of appreciation 1993), Order of Eastern Star.
Married James L. Farrish (divorced November 1977). Children: Carmen, Janice, Sylvia, Lenora, James III. Married Homer Ford, November 26, 1977 (deceased April 1995).