Background
Downing, Joyce Anna was born on July 21, 1940 in Tama, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Bernard and Bernadette Francis (Powell) Aldrich.
Downing, Joyce Anna was born on July 21, 1940 in Tama, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Bernard and Bernadette Francis (Powell) Aldrich.
Diploma, Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, 1961. Bachelor of science in nursing cum laude, University Dubuque, Iowa, 1980. Master of Arts in Higher Education, University Iowa, 1987.
Staff nurse medical area, St. Catherine's, Omaha, 1961-1964; head nurse medical floor, Mercy Archbishop Bergan, Omaha, 1965-1966; staff nurse medical/surgical unit, Mercy Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa., 1967-1968; instructor in nursing education, Kirkwood Community College, 1968-1979; acting associate head department nursing, Kirkwood Community College, 1978-1979; program director health education, Kirkwood Community College, since 1979.
Member Iowa Association for Life Long Learning, Iowa Emergency Medical Superior vena cava syndrome Association, S.E. Iowa Emergency Medical Superior vena cava syndrome Council, Iowa Association Nursing Continuing Education, International Society of Nursing (IOTA RHO Chapter), Sigma Theta Tau. F C.