Background
Connolly, Phyllis Marie was born on October 24, 1942 in Summit, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of William James Connolly Senior and Margaret Elizabeth Coughlin.
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Phyllis Marie Connolly
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Phyllis Marie Connolly, American Nursing educator, clinical specialist. Registered Nurse, California, New Jersey; certified clinical specialist adult psychiatric/mental health nursing ANCC. Recipient National Institute of Mental Health Graduate Tgn. grant, Rutgers University, 1979-1980, Sigma Theta Tauscholarship, 1985, 86, 87, 90, 93.
Education
Bachelor magna cum laude, Georgian Court College, 1974; Master of Science, Rutgers University, 1981; Doctor of Philosophy, Golden Gate U., 1987.
Career
Staff nurse Intensive Care Unit, Middlesex General Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1963-1964;
staff nurse, Community Memorial Hospital, Toms River, New Jersey, 1966-1967;
staff nurse coronary care unit, Community Memorial Hospital, Toms River, New Jersey, 1967-1968;
evening supervisor, Community Memorial Hospital, Toms River, New Jersey, 1968-1974;
in-service instructor, Community Memorial Hospital, Toms River, New Jersey, 1974;
public health nurse, Ocean County Health Department, Toms River, New Jersey, 1974-1975;
nursing care coordinator emergency department, mainland division, Atlantic Mental Health Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1975-1976;
in-service educator mainland division, Atlantic Mental Health Center, Pomona, New Jersey, 1976-1978;
mental health consultant, Atlantic Mental Health Center, Atlantic City, 1978-1981;
administrative assistant C.I.P., Atlantic Mental Health Center, Atlantic City, 1980-1981;
assistant professor, Stockton State College, Pomona, New Jersey, 1981-1983;
associate professor, San Jose (California) State University, 1983-1990;
interim department chair, San Jose (California) State University, 1990;
professor, San Jose (California) State University, since 1991;
private practice, since 1982;
coordinator transdisciplinary collaboration project, since 1993;
facilitator, trainer, Moller-Wer Simultaneous Patient Family Education, since 1994;
director Institute Nursing Research & Practice, since 1995. Instructor, mentor Consortium of California State University Nursing Program, 1984-1986. Psychology nurse consultant, Visiting Nurses' Association, Santa Clara, California, 1986-1989.
Active in academic governance local campus and statewide California StateU., 1987-1994, chair personnel committee, 1991-1993. Consultant, content director National.Coun. Licensure exam, CTB McGraw-Hill Psychology/Mental Health Nursing, 1988, 89.
Coordinator nurse managed centers, 1988-1992, semester 6 chair, 1984-1988, 92-94, project director Los Gatos CDBG, 1989-1992. Presenter profl meetings, local, state, national and international.
Achievements
Membership
Member Santa Clara County Alliance for the Mentally Ill, since 1986. Curriculum and training network Special Committee of National Alliance for Mentally Ill, since 1989. Board directors ACT for Mental Health, San Jose, since 1987.
Chair professional advising committee ACT, since 1987. Fellow American Orthopsychiat. Association; member ASPA, ANA (certified clinical specialist, government relations committee 1984-1994), American Psychiatric Nurses Association (chair of regional and state representatives 1991-1994, regional representative California since 1991, co-chairThe Consumer & Family Educators special interest group since 1994, chair task force on special interest groups 1995, president-elect 1996), California Faculty Association, Bay Area Nursing Diagnosis Association (secretary 1991-1992), California Alliance for the Mentally Ill (co-chair task force on families and mental illness 1991-1996, consultant to Bakersfield Alliance for Mentally Ill andCalif.
State University Bakersfield 1995), Sigma Theta Tau (nominating committee 1993-1994).
Interests
Connections
Married Bruno E. Zorzi, September 21, 1963 (divorced June 1978). Children: Michael K. Zorzi, Colleen Patricia Zorzi. Married G. Michael Northrup, August 16, 1980.
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Religion
Roman Catholic -
Political Party
Republican