Rita Carlson

 

Education:

• St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, 1957
• University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Master of Science in Nursing, Adult Health major, 1980
• University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, 60 hours in PhD program, Educational Administration, 1982-1992

Positions:

• Staff nurse, Rehabilitation unit, Fairview Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1957 & 1962, 2 years
• Staff nurse, Newborn Nursery, Lutheran General Hospital, San Antonio, Texas, 1972, 1 year
• Instructor of Vocational Nursing, San Antonio Independent School District, 1974, 3 years; Texas Southmost College, McAllen, Texas, 1981, 1year
• Instructor of Associate Degree Nursing, Pan American University, Edinburg, Texas,     1977, 4 years
• Program Director, Associate Degree Nursing, Texas Southmost College, Brownsville, Texas,  1982, 1 year
• Assistant Professor of Associate Degree Nursing, Pan American University, Edinburg, Texas, 1983, 5 years
• Assistant Professor of Bachelor’s Degree Nursing, Community Health, Pan American University, Edinburg, Texas, 1988, 1 year; University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 1989, 7 years
• Retired, 1996
• Part time: Clinical Instructor, Community Health Nursing: UTHSCSA, 1996, 2 semesters; University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas, 1998 through 2007; UTHSCSA, 2004 1 semester
• Volunteer: Parish Nursing Coordinator, Texas Department of Health, Austin, Texas, 1999 through the present

Current organizations:

• Health Ministries Association Texas Chapter
• First English Lutheran Church:  council, choir, Stephen Minister, altar committee
• Texas Impact, board representative from SWT Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
• North Central Austin Caregivers Board
• Texas Nurses Association
• American Diabetes Association
• Sons of Norway, local president

Previous organizations:

• Texas Public Health Association
• United States-Mexico Border Health Association
• Sigma Theta Tau