Linda Kay Tuck-Shiraishi

Background

Tuck-Shiraishi, Linda Kay was born on April 24, 1956 in Corpus Christi, Texas, United States. Daughter of Marvin Douglass and Mary Ann Tuck-Shiraishi.

Education

Associate of Arts in Nursing, Middle Tennessee State University, 1977; Bachelor of science in nursing, U. Tennessee, Nashville, 1980; MSN, U. Tennessee, Memphis, 1982; enterostomal therapy nurse education program, Emory University, 1993.

Career

Staff nurse, Baptist Hospital, Memphis and Nashville, 1977-1982; nurse practitioner, Tennessee Preparatory School, Nashville, 1982-1983; nurse practitioner, J. Daniel Rudd, Doctor of Medicine, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 1983-1990; nurse practitioner chemical dependency unit, Middle Tennessee Medical Center, Murfreesboro, 1990; clinical specialist, Alvin C. York VA Medical Center, Murfreesboro, since 1990. Consultant Tennessee State Veterinary's Home, Murfreesboro, 1993-1997. Guest instructor Middle Tennessee State University, Mufreesboro, 1993-1997.

Co-presenter Association Military Surgeons of the United States, 1995.

Achievements

• Linda Kay Tuck-Shiraishi has been listed as a noteworthy Nurse specialist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Nurse practitioner Medi-Guard/Guard Care, Tennessee, since 1994. Major United States Air Force Reserve, since 1990. Member ANA, National Guard Association of the United States, Tennessee Nurses Association, Middle Tennessee Enterostomal Therapy Nurses Group, Middle Tennessee Advanced Practice Nurses Group, Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurses Society, Emergency Nurses Association, Nurses Organisation of VA, Sigma Theta Tau.

Interests

• Avocation: gardening.

Connections

Father:

Marvin Douglass Tuck-Shiraishi

Mother:

Mary Ann Tuck-Shiraishi