Background
Payne, Virginia C. was born on July 23, 1949 in Greenville, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Richard L. and Dora Craft.
Payne, Virginia C. was born on July 23, 1949 in Greenville, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Richard L. and Dora Craft.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, East Carolina U., Greenville, North Carolina, 1971; MSHE in Child Development and Family Rels., East Carolina U., Greenville, North Carolina, 1976; Master of Science in Nursing, East Carolina U., Greenville, North Carolina, 1979.
Mental health nurse II, Wake County Mental Health Clinic, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1974; instructor, assistant professor, East Carolina U., Greenville, 1974-1979; assistant professor, Atlantic Christian College, Wilson, North Carolina, 1979-1982; assistant professor, level II coordinator, U. North Carolina at Wilmington School Nursing, 1982-1988; educational nurse specialist, coordinator nursing education, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, since 1988. Presenter seminars and workshops on mental health topics for nurses and other professionals in North Carolina, Virginia, Washington.
Member National League Nursing, American Nurses Association, North Carolina League Nursing (president, president-elect, program chair), North Carolina Nurses Association (psychiatric-mental health division chair, commission on practice, ad hoc task force on credentialing, vice-chair psychiatric-mental health division, district president, nominatingcom. baccalaureate and higher degree forum), Sigma Theta Tau (chapter secretary).
Married Jim Payne, November 27, 1969;1 child, Joey.