Elaine Keavney lives in Oregon City, OR and is a Registered Nurse, with a background in Emergency Nursing. She has a master’s degree in nursing education. She worked in emergency nursing for 22 years, and spent 7 years as a clinical educator for staff in a busy emergency department in Puyallup, WA and 6 years as a System Clinical Educator in the Institute for Learning and Development at Multicare Health System in Tacoma Washington. She is currently working full time for APUS as program director for the RN to BS in Nursing program.
Elaine served in the U.S. Army after obtaining her Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing. Her service included a brief tour in Vietnam at the end of the war. She has been married for 36 years. She and her husband Patrick have three grown sons, one who served in the Air Force and one in the Marine Corps. She is also a proud grandmother of 3 grandchildren (1 boy & 2 girls) She is active in her church and enjoys gardening, knitting and spinning wool.