Background
Burkett, Karen Weber was born on August 11, 1955 in Fort Hood, Texas, United States. Daughter of Dean Sylvester and Mary Lou Weber.
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Karen Weber Burkett
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Bachelor of science in nursing, College Mount St. Joseph, 1973; Master of Science, University of Michigan, 1982.
Career
Staff nurse, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, 1977-1979; assistant head nurse, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, 1979-1980; staff nurse, Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1980-1982; clinical nurse specialist, Kennedy Institute for Handicapped Children, Baltimore, 1982-1986; nurse manager rehabilitation, Kennedy Institute for Handicapped Children, Baltimore, 1986-1988; clinical nurse specialist rehabilitation, Kennedy Institute for Handicapped Children, Baltimore, 1988-1989; clinical nurse specialist neurosurgery, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, since 1989; clinical nurse specialist rehabilitation consultant, program development, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, 1992-1993. School nurse for handicapped pre-schools Kennedy Institute, Baltimore, 1985-1986.
Achievements
Membership
Advisory board Child Care, Cincinnati, 1990-1991, Kennedy Preschool, Cincinnati, 1989-1991. Active safety prevention campaigns. Member American Association Neurosci.
Nurses (president 1992-1994), Association Rehabilitation Nurses (chair Pediatric Special Interest Council 1989-1991), National Association Pediatric Nurse Associations and Practitioners, National Head Injury Foundation, National Foundation for Brain Tumor Research, Ohio Coalition for Nurses with Specialty Certified(co-regional coordinator since 1995).
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Married Gregory Eugene Burkett, July4, 1981. Children: Erin Keith, Stephen Sean, Anna Elizabeth.
