2008

Th tnas elected ECCC associate de ·ree nursing instructor From press reports

Honor Society. Thomas

Denita K. Thoma:. of Noxapa– ter ha::. joined the Associate Degree .Nur:.ing faculty at East Central Community Col– lege in Decatur. announced ECCC President Dr. Phil A. Sutphin. Prior to her selection, Thomas served as family nurse practitioner at Neshoba Pediatric Medical Clime in Philadelphia. She is also a for– mer d1rector of nursing for Lowsville Group Homes-Hud– speth Center and served as a home health nurse for ~1agna Home Health m Philadelphia. She holds membership in several profes~ional orgamza– tions, including ~fississ1ppi Nurses Assoc1ation, American Nurses Association, Pul– monary Hypertension Associa– tion and the Gamma Lambda Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau Internat ional Honor Society of Nursing. She 1s a hfetlme member of the P.hi Kappa Phi

is a 1990 graduate ofNoxapa– ter High School where she w a s selected class vale- '--..~;.;o.;...;;.;o;~~-~ dictorian. Thomas S h e received an associate's degree in nurs– ing from ECCC in 1996 and served as president of the Col– lege's ASNEC (Association of Student Nurses) chapter in 1995-96. She earned bachelor and master's degrees in nursing from the University of South– ern Mississippi in 2003 and 2007, respectively. She is married to John A. Thomas and they have a daughter, Alexandria, and a son, Adam.

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