Background
Scearse, Patricia Dotson was born on September 4, 1931 in Wabash, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Claude Richard and Lilly Etta (Colvill) D.
Scearse, Patricia Dotson was born on September 4, 1931 in Wabash, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Claude Richard and Lilly Etta (Colvill) D.
Bachelor of Science, Earlham College, 1955. Master of Science, University Colorado, 1968. Doctor in Nursing Science, University California, San Francisco, 1974.
Staff nurse, Reid Memorial Hospital, Richmond, Indiana, 1954-1955; head nurse, instructor, Hillcrest Baptist Hospital, Waco, Texas, 1955-1956; instructor School Nursing, Candler Hospital, Savannah, Georgia, 1956-1960; administrative assistant, education consultant, Wyoming State Board Nursing, Cheyenne, 1964-1968; assistant professor, San Diego State University, 1969; assistant professor, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1969-1971; associate professor, area chairperson, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1974-1980; professor, dean College Nursing, Texas Christian U., Fort Worth, 1980-1995; emeritus dean, professor, Texas Christian U., Fort Worth, since 1995.
Recipient Outstanding Nurse award Sigma Theat Tau, Beta Alpha, Fort Worth, 1986. Kennedy Institute Ethics postdoctoral fellow, Georgetown University, 1978. Member American Nurses Association, American Public Health Association (board governors 1976), American Association Colleges of Nursing (board directors 1982-1984, 85-87), National League for Nursing, Council Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Programs (board review), Association Community Health Nurse Educators (named Great 100 Nurses 1992).
Married Vernon Quinton Scearse, June 26, 1955 (deceased March 1990). 1 child, Victoria Lynn Lenderman.