Background
Cope, Kathleen Adelaide was born on September 12, 1926 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Harry Raymond and Mabel Eva (Newhard) Stine.
educator critical care nurse parish nurse
Cope, Kathleen Adelaide was born on September 12, 1926 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Harry Raymond and Mabel Eva (Newhard) Stine.
Bachelor in Psychology summa cum laude, Belleville College, Nebraska, 1972. Diploma, St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem, 1951. Student, Whitworth College, Spokane, 1989.
Student, Washington State University, Spokane, 1989.
Private duty nurse Exeter (New Hampshire) Hospital, 1957-1960. Nurse Red Cross Blood Mobile, Portsmouth area, New Hampshire, 1961-1965. Staff nurse Clarkson Hospital, Omaha, 1966, assistant head nurse, 1966-1967, head nurse, 1967-1968, supervisor, organizer coronary care center, 1968-1970.
Staff nurse Intensive Care Unit/critical care Sacred Heart Medical center, Spokane, since 1973. Founder, director nutritional risk/identification network Health Improvement Partnership, Washington, since 1997. Member advisory council education committee Nutrition Screening Initiative, Washington, since 1992, Nutrition Institute Louisiana, New Orleans, since 1993.
Appointed delegate by United States Senate to White House Conference on Aging, 1995. Developer Body Mass Index awareness community action project through Leadership Spokane Class, 1999. Presenter Spokane's body mass index project United States Surgeon General's Inaugural Session on Obesity, 2001.
Appointed Silver Senator by United States Senate for Washington in National Silver Haired Congress, 1997. Member American Nurses Association, Washington State Nursing Association, National Council on Aging, American Society for Critical Care Nursing (founding), American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, United States appointed Silver Senator for Washington State in National Silver Haired Congress, Sigma Theta Tau.
Married Robert Clayton Cope, August 9, 1951. Children: Debra Kathleen Howard, Terry Faye Cicero.