Margot Leona Nelson

Background

Nelson, Margot Leona was born on August 4, 1944 in Pierre, South Dakot. Daughter of Frank Savage and Zelia Fern Blaeser.

Education

Bachelor of science in nursing, Augustana College, 1967; Master of Arts in Physiology, U. South Dakot, 1976; MSN, Texas Women's U., 1978; Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing, University of Minnesota, 1992.

Career

Assistant professor nursing, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakot, 1972-1993; nursing consultant, McKennan Hospital, Sioux Falls, South Dakot, 1974-1985; nursing consultant, Veterans Administration Hospital., Sioux Falls, South Dakot, 1980-1985; nursing educator, Community Education, Sioux Falls, South Dakot, 1981; interim acting chair nursing department, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakot, 1982; graduate assistant, U. Minn School Nursing, Minneapolis, 1985-1989; nursing education consultant, College St. Scholastica Department Nursing, Duluth, Minnesota, 1986; research nurse clinician, University of Minnesota, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Clinic Trials Unit, Minneapolis, 1989-1991; associate professor nursing, director master's program, Augustana College, since 1993. Member, researcher sexuality task force Augustana College, since 1992. Abstract reviewer Association Nurses in Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Care, since 1994.

Achievements

• Margot Leona Nelson has been listed as a noteworthy Nursing educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member, consultant East Dakota Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Network, Sioux Falls, 1992-1994. Member ANA, Mid-West Nursing Research Society, South Dakot Nurses Association, Oncology Nursing Society, Sigma Theta Tau (faculty advisor, chair nominating committee since 1993, scholar 1988), Phi Kappa Phi.

Interests

• Avocations: racquetball, cross-stitch, bicycling.

Connections

Married Lynn Maurice Nelson, December 20, 1966 (divorced 1977). Children: Jay Maurice, Lon Stephen.

Father:

Frank Savage Blaeser

Mother:

Zelia Fern Blaeser

Spouse:

Lynn Maurice Nelson

child:

Lon Stephen Nelson

child:

Jay Maurice Nelson