Maria del Rosario Valdez

Background

Valdez, Maria del Rosario was born on November 4, 1955 in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Daughter of Guadalupe Garza and Beatrice Consuelo (Martinez) Valdez.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Bachelor in Psychology, Incarnate Word College, San Antonio, 1978; Master of Science in Nursing, University Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, 1986; postgraduate, Texas Woman's U.

Career

Nurse, team leader, Santa Rosa Medical Center, San Antonio, 1979-1981; nurse, team leader, Metropolitan General Hospital, San Antonio, 1981-1985; childbirth educator, Santa Rosa Hospital, 1985-1987; obstetrics clinical educator, Santa Rosa Hospital, 1987-1994; instructor nursing, Incarnate Word College, 1989-1994; part-time perinatal staff nurse several nursing agys., several nursing agys., Houston, 1994-1996; staff nurse, North Control Baptist Hospital, San Antonio, since 1995. Instructor in Basic Life Support/CPR, American Heart Association, 1985-1995, Prepared Childbirth, Council of Childbirth Education Specialists, 1985, instructor neonatal resucitation, 1989, instructor. Member of advisory board Hispanic Nurse Practice in Medically Underprivileged Areas, Center for Health Policy Development, San Antonio, 1989-1991, Texas Works Together program United Way, San Antonio, since 1990.

Achievements

• Maria del Rosario Valdez has been listed as a noteworthy Perinatal nurse by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member ANA, NAACOG, Texas Nurses' Association, National Association Hispanic Nurses, Am.Soc. Psychoprophy Obstets., International Childbirth Education Association, Council Childbirth Education Specialists, Sigma Theta Tau.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, bowling, crochet, needlepoint, cross-stitch.

Connections

Father:

Guadalupe Garza Valdez

Mother:

Beatrice Consuelo (Martinez) Valdez