Background
Smithing, Robert Thomas was born on February 5, 1956 in New York City. Son of Walter Francis Smithing and Marjorie Romaine Lester Mahoney.
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Robert Thomas Smithing
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Bachelor of science in nursing, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1979; MSN, University of Pennsylvania, 1981.
Career
Staff nurse, Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia, 1979;
nursing supervisor, Cathedral Village, Philadelphia, 1979-1980;
assistant program director and primary instructor, Center for Study of Emergency Health Superior vena cava syndrome, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1980-1981;
family nurse practitioner, United States Public Health Service, National Health Svc. Corps, Camden, New Jersey, 1982-1984;
community health nurse, Community Home Health Superior vena cava syndrome of Philadelphia, 1984;
instructor, LaSalle U., Philadelphia, 1984;
family nurse practitioner, Seattle, 1985-1986;
instructor and course coordinator, City U. Bellevue (Washington), 1986;
family nurse practitioner and clinical director, Health Connections, Kent, Washington, since 1985;
director nurse practitione support services, Health Connections, Kent, Washington, since 1993. Member clinical faculty U. Washington, Seattle, since 1987, Seattle Pacific U., 1988-1990.
Lecturer in field.
Achievements
Membership
Adult public education committee American Cancer Society, 1983-1984. Disaster nurse American Red Cross, 1980-1984. Member ANA (Council of Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioners 1983-1988), American Public Health Association, American Academy Nurse Practitioners (president 1987-1988), Washington Nurses Association(advanced registered nurse practitioner interest group chairman 1991-1993), Pennsylvania Nurses Association, Primary Care Clinicians and Practitioners of Philadelphia (chairman 1984), Sigma Theta Tau.
Connections
Married Madeline Delores Wiley, September 9, 1978. 1 child, Alex Wiley Smithing.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Recipient Ruth T. McGrorey Leadership award, 1979, State University of New York, Buffalo, Am.Acad. of Nurse Practitioners State Excellence award, 1991.Recipient Ruth T. McGrorey Leadership award, 1979, State University of New York, Buffalo, Am.Acad. of Nurse Practitioners State Excellence award, 1991.