Background
Karns, Julia M. was born on August 4, 1942 in Greenville, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Avery John and Treva Mae (McClure) Moffett.
Karns, Julia M. was born on August 4, 1942 in Greenville, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Avery John and Treva Mae (McClure) Moffett.
Diploma, Sharon Hospital School Nursing, 1963; Master of Arts in Counseling Superior vena cava syndrome magna cum laude, Slippery Rock U./Pennsylvania State University, 1979; Bachelor of Science in Education, Slippery Rock U., 1976; Bachelor of science in nursing, Thiel College, 1993.
Staff nurse, charge nurse, Greenville Hospital, 1963-1968; home care nurse, Greenville Hospital, 1971-1972; substitute health assistant instructor, Mercer County Vocational-Technology Institute, Mercer, Pennsylvania, 1973-1977; practical nurse instructor, Mercer County Vocational-Technology Institute, Mercer, Pennsylvania, 1983-1984; industrial nurse, Bessemer/Lake Erie R.R., 1977-1983; medical-surgical nurse, Greenville Regional Hospital, 1983-1987; school nurse practitioner, Commodore Perry School District, Hadley, Pennsylvania, since 1984.
President board directors One & Only Shot, Hadley, 1991-1995. Member Strategic Planning Committee, Hadley, since 1995. Club advisor Students Against Drunk Driving, Hadley, since 1987, Health Careers Club, Hadley, since 1985.
Member National Education Association, Pennsylvania Education Association, International Nurses' Honor Society, Pennsylvania School Nurses' Association and Practitioners (N.W. representative 1991-1993), Mercer County School Nurses (president, vice president 1984).
Married Rhodes (divorced 1979);children: Bryan M., Christopher J. Married Jay N. Karns, September 3, 1983.