Background
Vincelli, Sister Mary Nicholas was born on February 2, 1927 in St. Paul. Daughter of Nicholas Mario and Mary Josephine (Sauro) Vincelli.
Vincelli, Sister Mary Nicholas was born on February 2, 1927 in St. Paul. Daughter of Nicholas Mario and Mary Josephine (Sauro) Vincelli.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, College St. Catherine, St. Paul, 1948. Master of Arts in Nursing, State University Iowa, 1966.
Various nursing and teaching positions, 1948-1966. Instructor medical-surgical nursing Sisters St. Joseph School Nursing North Dakota, Grand Forks, 1952-1958, 66-67, State University Iowa, Iowa City, 1966. Evening supervisor St. Michael's Hospital, Grand Forks, 1968-1970.
Assistant professor nursing College St. Catherine, 1967-1968. Public health nurse Hidalgo County Department Health, Edinburg, Texas, 1970-1979, Director of Nursing, 1979-1986. Program manager family health services Texas Department Health, Harlingen, 1986-1990, director nursing services, since 1990.
Member North Dakota Board Nurse Examiners, l956-58. Member advisory board Lower Rio Grande Sub-Area Council Health Systems Agency, l980-82. Member Texas Sudden Infant Death Advisory Committee, l981-82, Council for Handicapped, l982-84.
Member nursing advisory committee Pan. American University, l982-83. Board directors Rio Grande Health and Medical Services, Inc.
Member Hidalgo County Day Care Advisory Committee, l985-86. Member advisory committee Texas Early Childhood Intervention Program, since 1981, chairwoman, 1985. Member advisory committee Texas Maternal and Infant Health Improvement Act, 1985-1990.
Member Foster Grandparents Advisory Committee, 1984-1986. Member special education advisory committee Evins Regional Juvenile Center, since 1991. Fellow Texas Public Health Association (Outstanding Service award 1981, 86, grantee 1983-1990).
Member American Nurses Association, American Red Cross Nursing Service, United States Mexico Border Health Association (Outstanding United States Mexico Border Health Professional award 1987), Texas Nurses Association, District Nurses Association, Texas Public Employees Association (legis committee 1992), Sigma Theta Tau.