Background
Baker, Tina Patrice Higgins was born on March 17, 1959 in Greenville, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Norman Allyn Higgins and Ann Howard (Nations) Seal.
consultant Gerontological nurse practitioner
Baker, Tina Patrice Higgins was born on March 17, 1959 in Greenville, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Norman Allyn Higgins and Ann Howard (Nations) Seal.
AD, New Mexico State University, 1979. Associate Degree in Nursing, Jackson County Junior College, Gautier, Mississippi, 1982. Bachelor of science in nursing, University Southern Mississippi, 1984.
MSN, Mississippi University for Women, 1986. Postgraduate, Rush University, since 1993.
Office nurse, Ob-Gyn. Associations, Pascagoula, Mississippi, 1982-1983;
operating room nurse, Biloxi (Mississippi) Regional Medical Center, 1983-1984;
infection control practitioner, North Mississippi Medical Center, Tupelo, 1984-1988;
consultant, Tupelo, 1988-1991;
consultant, Paducah, Kentucky, since 1991;
medical/surgical clinical nurse specialist, Lourdes Hospital, Paducah, 1991-1992;
gerontological nurse practitioner, Lourdes Hospital, Paducah, since 1994;
assistant professor nursing, Murray (Kentucky) State University, 1992-1995;
administrative director, Lourdes Center for Aging, Paducah, since 1996. Consultant Surgikos division Johnson & Johnson, Arlington, Texas, 1988-1991.
Nurse auditor Blue Cross and Blue Shield Mississippi, 1989-1991. Board directors Certified Board Infection Control, Mundelein, Illinois, 1988-1992, president, 1991. Member of faculty Regional Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Education Training Center, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, 1989-1990, Eastern Control Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Education Center, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, since 1992.
Lecturer international division C.R. Bard Urols., Inc., Japan, 1989, 90, 91. Adjunct Professor Murray State University Department of Philosophy, since 1997.
Brownie troop leader Girl Scouts United States, Tupelo, 1988-1991. Member American Nurses Association, Midwest Nursing Research Society, Southern Nursing Research Society, American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Society Bioethics Consultation, American Academy Medical Administrators, Association Practitioners in Infection Control (certified, president local chapter 1987, 89, national research committee), Academy Medical-Surgical Nurses, Kentucky Nurses Association, Rotary International (Paul Harris fellow 1998), Sigma Theta Tau.
Married Paul Myron Baker, May 12, 1979. Children: Ashley Megan, Paul Landon.