Karen Lee Watson Skilling

EDUCATION

Diploma
Butler Co. Memorial Hospital
June 1968

B.S.N. in Nursing
Medical College of Georgia
June 1975

M.S.N. in Maternal Child/Teaching
University of Texas School of Nusring at Galveston
December 1976

EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor of Nursing
Florida A&M University
Present

R.N.
Neonatal Unit
Tallahassee Memorial Regional Medical Center
April 1987 - Present

Assitant Professor
Pediatrics
Florida State University
September 1982 - September 1983

Instructor
Undergraduate Pediatrics
U.T. School of Nursing at Galveston
September 1977 - June 1978

Instructor
Acute Care Pediatrics
U.T. School of Nursing at Galveston
June 1977 - July 1977

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Private Physician's Office
September 1976 - September 1977

Teaching Assistant
Undergraduate Pediatrics
U.T. School of Nursing at Galveston
September 1976 - December 1976

R.N.
Neonatal Unit
Medical College of Georgia
August 1974 - August 1975

R.N.
Neonatal Unit
Duke University Medical Center
August 1969 - August 1974

R.N.
Staff Nurse
Butler County Memorial Hospital
July 1968 - July 1969

MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Nurses Association
Florida Nurses Association

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS

Sigma Theta Tau
Junior League of Tallahassee - Sustainer
Tallahassee Ballet - Board Member
Junior Museum Guild
Capital Medical Auxillary
Trinity Methodist Church

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Various seminars and conferences to maintain licensure
Taught pediatric nursing course at TMRMC

AWARDS

Federal Traineeship
1976

DHEW Federal Stipend for Nurse Practitioner School
1975

PERSONAL

Married to Francis Curie Skilling, Jr., M.D.
Children:  Sara Kathryn, Bennett, John Daniel

PUBLICATIONS

• Anticipatory Guidance Sheets for Parents:  Who Have A High School Reading Level
  1994, Sunbelt Medical Publishers
  
  
• Anticipatory Guidance Sheets for Parents:  Who Have A Middle School Reading Level
  1994, Sunbelt Medical Publishers