Background
Kirkhorn, Lee-Ellen Charlotte was born on August 19, 1956 in Kennewick, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Ernest Arnold and Ellen Lillian Mathilda (Landstrom) Copstead.
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Lee-Ellen Charlotte Kirkhorn
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Education
ADN, Columbia Basin College, 1976; Bachelor of science in nursing summa cum laude, Washington State University, 1978; M Nursing, U. Washington, 1979; Doctor of Philosophy, Gonzaga U., 1983.
Career
Research assistant, Washington State University, Pullman, 1976-1977;
clinic nurse, Professional Mall, Pullman, 1976-1977;
charge nurse, St. Brendan Nursing Home, Spokane, Washington, 1977-1978;
research assistant, U. Washington, Seattle, 1979;
instructor, Intercollegiate Center for Nursing Education, Spokane, 1979-1981;
public health nurse, Spokane County Visiting Nurses Association, 1980, 82;
public health nurse, Zion Lutheran Church, Deer Park, Washington, 1993;
assistant professor, I.C.N.E., Spokane, 1981-1985;
associate professor, I.C.N.E., Spokane, since 1985. Consultant, presenter in field. Adjunct clinical faculty member Hawaii Pacific U., Honolulu, 1994.
Associate professor I.C.N.E.-U. Guam, 1991. External grant reveiwer Alberta Canada Foundation for Nursing Research, since 1991.
Achievements
Membership
Member of executive board, chair grantwriting subcommittee Inland Empire branch National Arthritis Foundation, since 1991. Team captain fundraising doctor American Heart Association, since 1988. Member task force on aging Sacred Heart Center, since 1984.
Co-leader funddr. United Way, 1980. Member ANA (certified gerontological clinical nursing specialist), American Mental Health Counselors Association (certified gerontological counseling trainer), American Association of University Professors, National League Nurses, Business and Professional Women, Gerontological Society American, International Council Nurses, International Rehabilitation Institute, Washington State Nurses Association, Washington State Public Health Association, Inland Empire Nurses Association (nominating committee 1981-1982), Western Gerontological Society, Intercollegiate Center for Nursing Education Alumni Association, Mensa, Sigma Theta Tau (2d vice president Delta Chi chapter-at-large).
