School of Nursing Staff - Neena Patterson

Neena Patterson, MSN, RN

Instructor

Office:  Academic Complex, 105A
Phone:  270-745-4345
Email:  neena.patterson@wku.edu

Bio

Ms. Patterson began her nursing career as an LPN in 1980. She then graduated with an Associate Degree in 1989 and a Baccalaureate in Nursing in 2003 from The University of Tennessee at Martin (UTM). In 2008 she graduated with a Masters in Nursing Education from Walden University. Currently, she is pursuing a PhD in Education at Walden with an emphasis in Educational Technology.

Her teaching career began in 1998 as an LPN instructor at the Weakley County Adult Education Center.  In 2007 she began teaching at UTM in the baccalaureate program. Prior to and in between teaching, she worked in various areas of nursing including, Emergency Nursing, Home Health Administration, Medical Surgical, Newborn Nursery, Intensive Care, Long-term Care, Post-Anesthesia, and Outpatient Services.

Ms. Patterson is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, (Pi Tau Chapter), American Nurses Association, and Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education, (Alpha Epsilon Xi Chapter).