Background
Helton, Margaret Susan Young was born on December 6, 1942 in Pulaski, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Fred Eugene and Mary Evans (Zentmeyer) Y.
enterostomal therapy nurse Surgical nurse
Helton, Margaret Susan Young was born on December 6, 1942 in Pulaski, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Fred Eugene and Mary Evans (Zentmeyer) Y.
Student, King College, 1961-1963; diploma in nursing, Stuart Circle Hospital, School for Nurses, 1966; Bachelor of science in nursing, Mobile College, 1980; diploma in enterostomal therapy, Emory University, 1988.
Staff nurse, Stuart Circle Hosp, Richmond, Virginia, 1966-1967; camp nurse, Camp Mount Shenandoah, Milboro Springs, Virginia, 1967; staff nurse military, United States Air Force, Sewart Air Force Base, Tennessee, 1967-1968; staff nurse medical-surgical, Mobile (Alabama) General Hospital, 1968; operating room nurse, Doctors Hospital, Mobile, 1972-1973; recovery room nurse, Mobile Infirmary Medical Center, 1981-1982; outpatient surgery nurse, Mobile Infirmary Medical Center, 1982-1988; enterostomal therapy nurse, Mobile Infirmary Medical Center, 1988-1990; home health enterostomal therapy nurse, Saad's Healthcare Superior vena cava syndrome, Mobile, 1990-1996; consultant, educator in home health, Infirmary Home Health Agency, Mobile, 1996-1998; wound consultant, educator, Wound Management Systems, since 1998. Consultant, educator in field. Member wound management team.
First lieutenant United States Air Force, 1967-1968. Member Mobile College Nursing Honor Society (charter), Stuart Circle Hospital School for Nurses Alumnae Association, Mobile Ostomy Association, Mobile Area Enterstomal Therapy Nurses (president 1992-1994), Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society (past delegate national conference S.E. region), Sigma Theta Tau.
Married Leon Gavin Helton, December 4, 1967 (divorced September 1995). Children: John Gavin, Eric Scott, Virginia Lee.