Background
Patterson, Karen Anderson was born on May 17, 1954 in Miami, Florida, United States. Daughter of Lawrence Richard and Marian (Bailey) Anderson.
Patterson, Karen Anderson was born on May 17, 1954 in Miami, Florida, United States. Daughter of Lawrence Richard and Marian (Bailey) Anderson.
Diploma in nursing, Georgia Baptist Hospital, 1975; Bachelor of science in nursing, Auburn U., 1992.
Staff nurse, Manatee Memorial Hospital, Bradenton, Florida, 1975-1978;
staff nurse, house supervisor, Lee County Hospital, Opelika, Alabama, 1978-1980;
nurse recruiter, Lee County Hospital, Opelika, Alabama, 1978-1981;
critical care coordinator, department head, Lee County Hospital, Opelika, Alabama, 1980-1981;
member special procedures laboratory, East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika, 1981-1982;
coordinator educational services department, East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika, since 1982. Staff nurse Blake Memorial Hospital, Bradenton, 1975, Cobb General Hospital, Austell, Georgia, 1975. Instructor basic trauma life support, course coordinator advanced trauma life support American College Surgeons, since 1983.
Instructor British Society for Literature and Science and CPR American Heart Association, since 1976, American Council of Learned Societies, since 1979. Adjunct faculty Express Mail Service division TrenholmState Technology College, Montgomery, Alabama. Presenter in field.
Charter member, co-founder Lee-Stop Child Abuse Now, Inc., Task Force for Lee County. Member Farmville Community Center, blood pressure screening Village Mall Rise and Shine Walking Club, 1984-1985. Member AACN, American Society for Healthcare Edition and Training, Emergency Nurses Association (certified trauma nurse core instructor), Alabama Society for Healthcare Edition and Training (treasurer 1986, president-elect 1987, president 1988), Alabama State Trauma Nursing Committee, Sigma Theta Tau.
Married Michael Stephen Patterson, November 21, 1981.