Background
Byrd, Paula Strickland was born on June 2, 1948 in Dyersburg, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Paul Theodore and Lavern Inez (Coburn) Strickland.
educator Mental health nurse clinician
Byrd, Paula Strickland was born on June 2, 1948 in Dyersburg, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Paul Theodore and Lavern Inez (Coburn) Strickland.
Diploma, St. Joseph Hospital School Nursing, Memphis, 1969; student, Memphis State University, 1970-1975; student, Dyersburg State College, 1985; student, University Alabama, since 1990.
Outpatient DON, Memphis Mental Health Institute chief nurse, admissions coordinator, S.E. Memphis Mental Health Center director staff development, infection control, Mid South Hospital, Memphis nurse manager adult services, Mid South Hospital, Memphis, 1990-1992; physician extender, N.E. Mental Health Center/Spectra Behavioral Healthcare Management, 1992-1997; nurse, casemgr.,, Case Management Inc.,, Memphis, Tennessee, 1997-1998; medication therapist, group home consultant/educator, S.E. Mental Health Center, Memphis, since 1998. Item writer American Nurses Credentialing Center. Administrative consultant The Mid South Hospital.
Member ANA, Tennessee Nurses Association, Tennessee Hospital Association, Tennessee Organisation Nurse Executives, Association for Professionals in Infection Control, International Patient Education Council, Health Education Consortium, American Psychiatric Nurses Association, American Heart Association, Mid South Hospital Speakers Bureau.
Married Kenneth Allen Byrd Senior.