Margaret Ann Shimmin

Background

Shimmin, Margaret Ann was born on October 26, 1941 in Forbes, North Dakota, United States. Daughter of George Robert and Reba Aleda (Strain) Shimmin.

Education

Diploma in Nursing, St. Luke's Hospital School Nursing, Fargo, North Dakota, 1962; Bachelor of Social Work, U. West Florida, 1978; certified obstetrics-gynecology nurse practitioner, U. Alabama, Birmingham, 1983; Master in Public Health, U. Alabama, Birmingham, 1986.

Career

Head nurse, emergency room, St. Luke's Hospitals, Fargo, 1962-1967; charge nurse, labor and delivery, perinatal nurse educator, Sacred Heart Hospital, Pensacola, Florida, 1970-1982; ARNP, Escambia County Public Health Unit, Pensacola, 1983-1989; community health nursing consultant, District 1 Health and Rehabilitation Superior vena cava syndrome, Pensacola, 1989-1996; senior community health nursing supervisor, Escambia County Health Department, Pensacola, since 1996.

Achievements

• Margaret Ann Shimmin has been listed as a noteworthy Women"s health nurse by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Captain nurse corps United States Army, 1967-1970, Japan. Member NAACOG (certified maternal-gynecological-neonatal nursing 1978, obstetrics-gynecology nurse practitioner 1983), Florida Nurses' Association, ANA, N.W. Florida ARNP (pastsec./treasurer), Florida Perinatal Association, National Perinatal Association, Healthy Mothers/Healthy Babies Coalition, Florida Public Health Association, U. West Florida Alumni Association, U. Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health Alumni Association Alpha.

Interests

• Avocations: cooking, music, travel, photography, reading.

Connections

Father:

George Robert Shimmin

Mother:

Reba Aleda (Strain) Shimmin