Laura Childree Young

Background

Young, Laura Childree was born on May 20, 1948 in Ozark, Alabama, United States. Daughter of Lawrence Clifton and Evelyn Marie (Chapman) Childree.

Education

Bachelor of science in nursing, U. Alabama, Birmingham, 1970; MSN, 1983.

Career

Charge nurse, inservice director, house supervisor, Jackson Hospital and Clinic, Montgomery, Alabama, 1970-1973, 74; team leader, inservice, Mercy Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama, 1973; Intensive Care Unit supervisor, director nursing, Elmore County Hospital, Wetumpka, Alabama, 1974-1976; head nurse nursery, St. Margaret's Hospital, Montgomery, Alabama, 1976; critical care clinician, N.E. Alabama Regional Medical Center, Anniston, Alabama, 1977-1978; head nurse CVSU, critical care clinician, St. Margaret's Hospital, Montgomery, Alabama, 1978-1981; unit manager, director medical nursing, Brookwood Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, 1981-1983; part care coordinator, director critical care, Baptist Montclair Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, 1983-1985; assistant administrator, Bay Medical Center, Panama City, Florida, 1985-1988; vice president nursing, Harris Methodist Health Sys., Bedford, Texas, 1988-1994; vice president patient care services, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, since 1994. Adjunct faculty University Texas, Arlington, 1989-1994, Auburn U., Montgomery, Alabama, 1980-1981. Member of advisory board for licensed certified, Montgomery, Alabama, 1978-1983.

Member of advisory board Darton College, Georgia Southwestern Advisory Board, Albany, Georgia, since 1994, Albany State College, since 1994.

Achievements

• Laura Childree Young has been listed as a noteworthy Nursing administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Circle T Girl Scouts Council, Fort Worth, Texas, 1991-1993. Member Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Coord. Council Tarrant County, Texas, 1992.

Graduate Leadership Colleyville, Texas, 1993. Member ANA, AACN, American Organisation of Nurse Executives, American Hospital Association, National Association Women's Healthcare.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, travel, symphony, theater.

Connections

Married David Edward Young, December 4, 1976. 1 child, John Mark.

Father:

Lawrence Clifton Childree

Mother:

Evelyn Marie (Chapman) Childree

Spouse:

David Edward Young

child:

John Mark Young