Background
Barker, Sylvia Margaret was born on September 11, 1914 in Glens Falls, New York, United States. Daughter of Victor Howell and Julia Helen (Lansing) Barker.
(ISBN: 0914658944 In the occasion of the 150th anniversary...)
ISBN: 0914658944 In the occasion of the 150th anniversary of The Mount Sinai Hospital, Marjorie Gulla Lewis, BS, RN and Sylvia M. Barker, MA, RN, CNAA published, The Sinai Nurse: A History of Nursing at the Mount Sinai Hospital, 1852-2000, that chronicles the history of nursing since the Hospital's founding in 1852.
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Barker, Sylvia Margaret was born on September 11, 1914 in Glens Falls, New York, United States. Daughter of Victor Howell and Julia Helen (Lansing) Barker.
Student, Green Mountain College, Poultney, Vermont, 1933. Diploma, Mount Sinai Hospital School Nursing, New York City, 1936. Bachelor of Science, Columbia University, New York City, 1947.
Master of Arts, Columbia University, New York City, 1951.
Staff nurse, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1936-1937; gynecology head nurse, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1937-1940; nursing arts assistant instructor, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1940-1941; nursing of children instructor, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1941-1945; nursing arts instructor-in-charge, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1945-1948; instructor in charge nursing arts, Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, 1948-1950; nursing of children supervisor, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1951-1966; in-service education assistant dir.pr., Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1966-1972; associate director nursing, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1972-1977; acting director nursing, associate director nursing, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1972; associate director nursing affairs, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1977-1986; consultant nursing administration, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1986-1994. Honorary clinical associate faculty CUNY, 1984-1987, 89-91. Presenter State University of New York, Downstate, 1982, New York State Nurses Association, 1982, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1983, 91, 92, United Hospital Fund and Office of Professional Discipline, New York City, 1983, Cornell Medical Center, 1984, City College of New York, 1984-1991, Charleston West Virginia Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic, 1986, Hunter-Bellevue School Nursing, 1987-1991.
(ISBN: 0914658944 In the occasion of the 150th anniversary...)
Member of American Nurses Association (Council Nursing Administration Membership award 1998, Distinguished Membership award 1998), Nurses House, Inc. (incorporated board directors 1991-1995, nominating committee 1995, secretary 1995-1997, president 1997—2001, board member 2001-2004, Nursing Service Administration award 1984), New York Counties RNs Association (board directors 1983-1985, chair bylaws committee district 13 1983-1991, executive director 1993-1994, search committee, Jane Delano Distinguished Service award 1982, Recognition 50 Year Membership award 1989), New York State Nurses Association (bylaws committee 1982-1985, Recognition 50 Year Membership award 1986, Honorary Recognition award 1992), Southern New York League for Nursing, National League for Nursing, Alumni Association of Mount Sinai Hospital School Nursing (board directors 1981-1984, president 1987-1991, treasurer 1991-1995, secretary 1995—2002, board directors 2002-2005, secretary 2005-2009), Sigma Theta Tau.
