Background
Barber, Mary Frances was born on June 11, 1941 in Chester County, South Carolina, United States. Daughter of Dotson and Azalee Barber.
Barber, Mary Frances was born on June 11, 1941 in Chester County, South Carolina, United States. Daughter of Dotson and Azalee Barber.
Associate Degree in Nursing, New York City Community College, Brooklyn, 1971. Bachelor of science in nursing, Hunter College, 1973. MSN, Hunter College, 1976.
Staff nurse, assistant head nurse medical floor and recovery room, Booth Memorial Medical Center, Salvation Army Hospital, Flushing, New York, 1971-1976;
instructor AD nursing program, Clemson (South Carolina.) U., 1976-1980;
assistant professor AD nursing program, Clemson (South Carolina.) U., 1980-1982;
assistant professor Bachelor of science in nursing program, Clemson (South Carolina.) U., 1983-1987;
charge nurse progressive care unit, Spartanburg (South Carolina.) Regional Medical Center, 1987-1988;
nurse case manager, Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Barksdale SCAF, Inc., Spartanburg, South Carolina., 1991;
assistant professor nurse AD program, Mary Black School Nursing, University of Southern California, Spartanburg, 1988-1992;
staff nurse, Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, 1989-1992;
member of faculty, Mercy School Nursing, Charlotte, North Carolina, since 1992. Staff nurse coronary care unit Oconee Memorial Hospital, Seneca, South Carolina., summers 1977, 78, staff nurse pediatrics, summer 1980, staff nurse critical care unit, summers 1981, 83, 84. Staff nurse unit C, Oconee Geriatric Center, Seneca, summers 1985, 88, staff nurse and responsible for developing continuing education offerings, summer 1986.
Staff nurse surgical intensive care unit Medical University Hospital, Medical University of South Carolina., Charleston, summer 1979. Conductor workshops.
Volunteer Piedmont chapter American Red Cross, since 1988. Member Area Health Education Centers Minority Advisory Council, since 1990. Member Nurses Club-Barksdale, Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation, since 1991.
Volunteer South Carolina Kidney Foundation, 1978. Muscular Dystrophy Dance-a-Thon, 1977-1978, Pickens County Senior Citizen Influenza Injection Program, 1978, Health Fair, 1980-1981, Senior Citizen Health Screening, 1982, 83, 4-H Health Screening Activities, 1983. Member citizens advisory council American Institute for Cancer Research, 1984-1992.
Participant school students Goldenview Baptist Church, Clemson, 1982. Member American Nurses Association, National League for Nursing, International Society on Hypertension in Blacks Inc., South Carolina League for Nursing (treasurer since 1990), Piedmont District Nurses' Association (chair fund raising committee since 1988, nominating committee since 1988, 2d. vice president since 1992), Sigma Theta Tau.