Jonna Ruth Swithers White

Background

White, Jonna Ruth Swithers was born on July 24, 1951 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. Daughter of John Robert and Cora Lee (Overstreet) Swithers.

Education

Diploma, Methodist Hospital School Nursing, Memphis, 1971; Bachelor of science in nursing, U. Tennessee, 1976; MSN, Texas Womans U., Dallas, 1981.

Career

Charge nurse, West Tennessee Chest Disease Hospital, Memphis, 1972-1973; from nursing supervisor to pulmonary rehabilitation program coordinator, U. Tennessee Hospital, Memphis, 1974-1979; charge nurse, Methodist Hospital of Dallas, 1980; nurse specialist, U. Tennessee Hospital, Memphis, 1980-1981; medical-surgical nursing instructor, N.W. Mississippi Junior College, Senatobia, 1981; assistant professor, U. Evansville, Indiana, 1981-1983; head nurse Intensive Care Unit, Saints Mary and Elizabeth Hospital, Louisville, 1984-1985; certified poison information specialist, Kentucky Regional Poison Center of Kosair Children's Hospital, Louisville, 1985-1992; Associate of Science in Nursing program instructor, Ivy Tech, Sellersburg, Indiana, since 1992.

Achievements

• Jonna Ruth Swithers White has been listed as a noteworthy Nurse educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Sigma Theta Tau (Eta Lambda chapter), American Association Poison Control Center (abstracts review committee, certified poison information specialist, certified exam writer, 1989-1991).

Connections

Married David Vogt White, February 12, 1983. Children: David William, Andrew Michael.

Father:

John Robert Swithers

Mother:

Cora Lee (Overstreet) Swithers

Spouse:

David Vogt White

child:

Andrew Michael White

child:

David William White