Johanna Ruth Dewees

Background

Dewees, Johanna Ruth was born on March 5, 1955 in Sylva, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Philip Ernest and Mary Elizabeth Dewees.

Education

AS in Medical Sciences, Brevard (North Carolina) College, 1975; Bachelor of science in nursing, U. North Carolina, 1977; AD in biomedical Electronics, DeKalb College, Decatur, Georgia, 1983.

Career

Staff nurse special care nursery, Crawford W. Long Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, 1977-1979; charge nurse nursery, Shallowford Community Hospital, Chamblee, Georgia, 1981-1982; staff private duty nurse, Nursefinders Inc., Atlanta, 1982-1983; house supervisor, Camelot Hall Nursing Home, Richmond, Virginia, 1983-1984; nursing supervisor, Staff Builders Inc., Richmond, 1983-1984; charge nurse obstetrics-gynecology., C.J. Harris Community Hospital, Sylva, 1979-1981; newborn nursery director, C.J. Harris Community Hospital, Sylva, 1984-1992; maternal/child educator, C.J. Harris Community Hospital, Sylva, since 1992.

Achievements

• Johanna Ruth Dewees has been listed as a noteworthy Maternal/child nurse, educator, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors March of Dimes Foundation, Asheville, North Carolina, since 1990. Member NAACOG, North Carolina NAACOG (chapter coordinator since 1990), Jackson County Junior Chamber of Commerce, Sigma Theta Tau, Phi Theta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: guitar, carpentry, home building.

Connections

Father:

Philip Ernest Dewees

Mother:

Mary Elizabeth Dewees