Background
Holmberg, Sharon K. was born on October 26, 1945 in Lynch, Nebraska, United States. Daughter of Harry Theodore and Helen Elizabeth (Shearon) Holmberg.
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Sharon K. Holmberg
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Sharon K. Holmberg, American Psychiatric mental health and geriatrics nurse, researcher, educator. Registered Nurse, Connecticut, New York, Indiana. Recipient Swedish Institute grant, 1977-1978, Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene grant, Walter Cancer Foundation grant, Annie W. Goodrich award Yale U.Sch. Nursing, 1989, Predoctoral fellowship National Institute of Mental Health, 1992-1994.
Education
Bachelor of science in nursing, U. Nebraska, Omaha, 1967; MSN, New York University, 1972; Certified, Stockholm U., 1979; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Rochester, 1994.
Career
Staff and head nurse coronary care, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1967-1969; head nurse psychiatric research, New York University Medical Center, New York City, 1969-1972; staff nurse geriatrics, Ulleråkers Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden, 1977; director supportive care services, Manchester (N.H.) Mental Health Center, 1973-1976; clinical nurse specialist, Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, 1979-1989; psychiatric nursing faculty, Yale University School Nursing, New Haven, 1979-1989; psychiatric nursing consultant, St. John's Nursing Home, Rochester, New York, 1990-1995; postdoctoral fellow, U. Rochester, 1994-1995; associate professor, Indiana U., Indianapolis, since 1995.
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Membership
Member State Planning Conference on Elderly, Concord, N.H., 1975. Board directors Continuum of Care, New Haven, 1980-1989. Member APHA, ANA, National League for Nursing, Society for Edition and Research in Psychiatric Nursing, Midwest Nursing Research Society, Sigma Theta Tau (Research grant 1993-1994).
