Background
Larsen, Patricia Jane was born on June 27, 1933 in Traverse City, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Elton Brentwood and Lola L. (Cook) Bigger.
Larsen, Patricia Jane was born on June 27, 1933 in Traverse City, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Elton Brentwood and Lola L. (Cook) Bigger.
Diploma, Butterworth Hospital School Nursing, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1957.
Emergency room head nurse, Sinai Hospital, Detroit, 1960-1965; pediatric/Intensive Care Unit head nurse, U. New Mexico Medical Center, Anna Kaseman Hospital, Albuquerque, 1969-1971, 72-75; nurse manager chemical dependency unit, U. New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1977-1978; Intensive Care Unit, Cardiac Care Unit nurse manager, Columbia Memorial Hospital, Astoria, Oregon, 1979-1981; nurse, Washoe Medical Center, Reno, Nevada, 1981-1984; nurse coordinator, Nevada Peer Review, Reno, 1984-1985; nurse coordinator, Western Health Plan health maintenance organization, Reno, 1985-1987; director Health Benefit Cons., Medical Benefit Cons. and Superior Health Care Preferred Provider Organisation, Reno, since 1987. Member Nevada Hospital Association Task Force on Utilization Review Providers, 1990.
Member Citizens Private Enterprise, Reno, 1990-1992. Member American Board Quality Assurance and Utilization Review, Nevada Nurses Association, Reno Chamber of Commerce, Michigan State Student Association (president elect 1956, president 1957).
Married Walter Christian Larsen, November 22, 1956. Children: Elysia Kim Kary, Kip Anne Hopper, Janice Kirstin.