Patricia Ryan-Krause ‘81

90 Outstanding Yale Nurses Recipient

Class of 1981

After she graduated from YSN in 1981, Patricia Ryan-Krause, MS, MSN, PNP-BC, worked as an itinerant pediatric nurse practitioner in the coal mining area of Appalachia in Kentucky for five years. After her return to Connecticut, she took a position at a community pediatric practice, where she has been for the past 23 years. Pat is an associate professor of nursing at YSN.

She was the recipient of the YSN Annie Goodrich Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2003 and 2008. In 2007, Pat began her international work with a trip to Nicaragua and is now the director of clinical education for the Center of International Nursing Scholarship and Education at YSN.

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