Kathy Booker joined YSN in 2009 as Director of the Adult APRN Specialty. She previously held the position of Dean of the College of Professional Studies and Professor of Nursing at Millikin University.
Booker received her PhD in Nursing from Loyola University, MSN from Southern Illinois University, and BSN from Illinois Wesleyan University.
Research interests
Demand Myocardial Ischemia
Cardiac Monitoring
Critical Care Nursing Practice
Sleep Disordered Breathing
American Nurses' Association
American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN)
American Heart Association, Council on Cardiovascular Nursing
American Lung Association
Society of Critical care Medicine
Sigma Theta Tau
Phi Kappa Phi
Citizenship
2006-2009 Board of Directors, Decatur (IL) Memorial Hospital
2005-2009 Board of Directors, Macon County Health Department Foundation
2004-2008 Decatur Area Asthma Coalition
2003-2008 Board of Directors, Decatur Community Partnership