Background
Laben, Joyce Kemp was born on March 2, 1936 in Elgin, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Berton John and Lois Elizabeth (Heath) Kemp.
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Joyce Kemp Laben
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Bachelor of science in nursing, University Michigan, 1957. MSN, University California, San Francisco, 1963. Juris Doctor, Suffolk University, 1969.
Career
Nurse University California San Francisco Medical Center, 1957—1959, 1961—1962. Surgical office nurse San Francisco, 1960—1961. Instructor Boston State Hospital, 1964—1965.
Assistant professor School Nursing, Boston University, 1965—1970. Associate professor School Nursing, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1970—1978. Professor, since 1978.
Chairman behavioral science as applied to nursing, 1975—1981. Acting associate dean undergraduate studies, 1981—1982. Associate dean undergraduate studies, 1982—1984.
Coordinator graduate program in psychological, mental health nursing, since 1985. President women's faculty organization, 1980—1981.
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Membership
Director forensic services section Tennessee Department Mental Health, Nashville, 1972—1974. Consultant Tennessee Department Mental Health, Mental Retardation, since 1974. Member task force panel President's Commission on Mental Health, 1977.
Board directors, vice president Opportunity House, Nashville, 1973—1980. Board directors National Commission Confidentiality of Health Records, 1976—1979. Member of American Association of University Professors, American Orthopsychiat.
Association, American Association Nurse Attorneys, American Society Law and Medicine, American Nurses Association (special recognition award 1980, member council advanced practitioners psychiatric, mental health nursing).
Connections
Married Robert J. Laben, February 27, 1971.
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American