Background
Patterson, Kathryn Ann was born on December 11, 1942 in Spangler, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of John Victor and Coletta Mary (Farabaugh) Kuntzman.
Patterson, Kathryn Ann was born on December 11, 1942 in Spangler, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of John Victor and Coletta Mary (Farabaugh) Kuntzman.
Diploma, Indiana Hospital School Nursing, 1963; Bachelor of science in nursing, University of Pennsylvania, 1970; Master of Science in Nurse-Midwifery, Columbia University, 1974; Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Sociology, University of California, San Francisco, 1989.
Consultant, researcher pre-term labor prevention project, City of Berkeley, California, 1985-1986; assistant professor, U. Hawaii School Nursing, Honolulu, 1989-1992; director primary care nurse practitioner program, U. Hawaii School Nursing, Honolulu, 1990-1992; associate professor, U. Hawaii School Nursing, Honolulu, since 1992. Co-investigator perinatal substance abuse Department of Health, State of Hawaii, 1990-1992.
Member Council on Drug and Alcohol Dependency, Honolulu, 1991, Advisory to the Governor on Advanced Nursing Practice, Honolulu, 1991. Member ANA, American Sociological Association, American College Nurse Midwives (chair, national finance committee 1981-1983, board review division accreditation 1986-1989), Hawaii Nurses Association (2d vice president since 1990).
Married William Edward Patterson, December 30, 1967 (divorced 1971).