Background
Kline, Jo Ann was born on May 5, 1945 in Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Ralph Howard and Ruth Wright.
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Jo Ann Kline
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Education
Diploma, Good Samaritan School Nursing, 1966; Bachelor of science in nursing, Ohio U., 1980; Master of Education, Ashland U., 1988; MSN in adult health care, Otterbein U., 1996.
Career
Staff nurse surgical floor, Mercy Hospital, Mount Vernon, Ohio., 1966-1967;
office nurse, Drs. Robert Sooy & Clinton Trott, Mount Vernon, 1967-1970;
staff nurse Intensive Care Unit, critical care unit, pediatrics and medical floor, B.W. Martin Memorial Hospital, Mount Vernon, 1970-1972;
head nurse Intensive Care Unit, critical care, pediatrics and medical floor, B.W. Martin Memorial Hospital, Mount Vernon, 1972-1974;
head nurse coronary care unit and Intensive Care Unit, B.W. Martin Memorial Hospital, Mount Vernon, 1974-1978;
relief supervisor Intensive Care Unit and recovery room staff nurse, Knox Comty. Hospital (merged Mercy and B.W. Martin Memorial Hospital), Mount Vernon, 1978-1979;
on-call staff nurse medical-surgical unit, Knox Comty.
Hospital, Mount Vernon, since 1979;
instructor theory/practice, Knox County Career Center School Practical Nursing, Mount Vernon, since 1979. Member steering committee, board directors, vice president, president Hospice of Knox County, Mount Vernon, 1980-1992, director emeritus, 1990.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Knox County Heart Association, Mount Vernon, 1970-1980. Member-at-largeadminstrv. county Mulberry St. United Methodist Church, Mount Vernon, 1990-1995;member ethics committee Hospice of Knox County, since 1997. Member ANA (certified, delegate to conversations 1970s), Ohio Nurses Association (delegate to conversations 1970s, board directors 1970s), Ohio Organisation Practical Nurse Educators (treasurer 1980-1995, Teacher of Year 1989), Ohio Education Association, Knox Comty.
Hosp.Found. (board directors 1991-1995), Knox-Licking District Nurses Association (president 1980-1983, treasurer 1980-1997, Heart of Nursing award 1995, Ednl. Excellenceaward 1986), Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Theta Tau.
Interests
Connections
Married C. Edward Kline, August 14, 1966.
