Background
O'Brien, Mary Blichfeldt was born on August 31, 1952 in Pittsburgh. Daughter of Roger Wentworth and Mary Elizabeth (Ruppen).
O'Brien, Mary Blichfeldt was born on August 31, 1952 in Pittsburgh. Daughter of Roger Wentworth and Mary Elizabeth (Ruppen).
Bachelor of science in nursing, University Pittsburgh, 1974. Master of Science in Nursing, University Michigan, 1979. Master of Business Administration, Indiana State University, 1992.
Nurse consultant, since 1986; clinical nurse specialist intensive care unit, St. Joseph Hospital, Minot, North Dakota, 1986-1987; clinical instructor critical care, Minot State College, 1986-1987; resource staff nurse intensive care, Union Hospital, Terre Haute, Indiana, 1988-1993; clinical instructor, Indiana State University, 1992-1994; clinical nurse specialist surgery intensive care unit, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1979-1982; staff nurse surgery intensive care unit, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1982-1983; assistant director, Kellogg Multihosp. System Quality Assurance Project, Sisters of MercyHealth Corporation, Farmington Hills, Michigan, 1982-1984; resource staff nurse intensive care unit/CICU, Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, Ohio., 1985-1986; instructor, Wright State University School Nursing, 1984-1986; resource staff nurse post anesthesia recovery unit, Kettering Medical Center, Dayton, 1984-1986. Critical care clinical preceptor graduate program in medical-surgical nursing University of Michigan, 1980-1982.
Board directors Young Women’s Christian Association, 1992-1994. Member American Association of Critical Care Nurses (treasurer board directors 1988-1991, chair finance and audit committee 1988-1991, chair committee on public affairs 1983-1985, treasurer Certification Corporation 1988-1991), American Nurses Association (council clinical nurse specialists 1982-1991), National Women's Health Network, Society Critical Care Medicine, Visiting Nurses Association of the Wabash Valley Inc. (board directors 1988-1994, secretary 1989-1991, vice president 1991-1993), American Heart Association (board directors 1991-1993), Sigma Theta Tau.
Married Charles M. O'Brien, December 10, 1983.