Patricia M. Vanhook

Background

Vanhook, Patricia M. was born on December 23, 1953 in East Stone Gap, Virginia, United States. Daughter of James Pierson and Thelma Lorraine McKenzie.

Education

Associate of Applied Science, Mount Empire Community College, Big Stone Gap, Virginia, 1982; Bachelor of science in nursing, East Tennessee State University, 1991; MSN, East Tennessee State University, 1994.

Career

Staff nurse special care unit, Lonesome Pine Hospital, Big Stone Gap, 1973-1982; director emergency room-special care unit, Lonesome Pine Hospital, Big Stone Gap, 1982-1991; instructor critical care, Indian Path Medical Center, Kingsport, Tennessee, 1991-1993; projects administrator, Indian Pathological Medical Center, Kingsport, Tennessee, 1993-1995; FNP, Indian Pathological Medical Center, Kingsport, Tennessee, since 1994; projects administrator, FNP Physician Access, Duffield, Virginia, since 1995. Member associate faculty Mount Empire Community College. President McKenzie-Vanhook, PC, Big Stone Gap, Pennsylvania, since 1995.

Achievements

• Patricia M. Vanhook has been listed as a noteworthy Family nurse practitioner, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association of Critical Care Nurses (board directors Southwest Virginia chapter, certified critical care nurse), American Heart Association (certified instructor American Council of Learned Societies, Tennessee affiliate faculty), Ecole nationale d'administration (certified trauma nurse), Southwest Virginia Nurse Practitioners Council (vice president), Rho Nu Nursing Club (past president), American Nurses Association (certified Family Nurse Practitioner), Sigma Theta Tau, Tennessee Nurses Association, American Academy Family Nurse Practitioners.

Connections

Married Guy Phillip Vanhook, May 9, 1975. Children: Andrew Phillip, Alicia Lorraine.

Father:

James Pierson McKenzie

Mother:

Thelma Lorraine McKenzie

Spouse:

Guy Phillip Vanhook

child:

Alicia Lorraine Vanhook

child:

Andrew Phillip Vanhook