Background
McClain, Mary Elaine Rafferty was born on December 4, 1940 in Providence. Daughter of Arthur F. and Mary E. (Gorman) Rafferty.
nursing educator community health nurse
McClain, Mary Elaine Rafferty was born on December 4, 1940 in Providence. Daughter of Arthur F. and Mary E. (Gorman) Rafferty.
Bachelor of Science, Salve Regina College, Newport, Rhode Island, 1962; Master of Science, Boston University, 1980.
Maternal-child health clinical specialist, Brockton (Massachusetts) Visiting Nurse Association, 1980-1982; co-founder, director pediatric hospice, Brockton (Massachusetts) Visiting Nurse Association, 1980-1982; project coordinator Massachusetts Center for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome,, Trustees Health and Hospitals, Boston, since 1982. Lecturer graduate program Boston College School Nursing, since 1985.
Member American Nurses Association, American Public Health Association, Massachusetts Nurses Association, Massachusetts Public Health Association, Transcultural Nursing Society, Association Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Program Professionals (president), Sigma Theta Tau.
Married James W. McClain, 1962. Children: James, Ellen, Elizabeth, Kimberly, Kara, Matthew.