Title
Eileen Healy Garrity
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Description
Eileen Garrity’s first draw to the medical field came through her interest in Christiaan Barnard’s work as a cardiac surgeon. After deciding to pursue nursing instead of medicine, Ms. Garrity entered the Jefferson School of Nursing’s Diploma program, graduating in 1976. She began her career as an ER and ICU nurse, working at Atlantic City Medical Center, Pennsylvania Hospital, and Mercy Fitzgerald. She eventually left hospital nursing to work at Blue Cross, ending there as the manager of their risk programs department before moving on to Taylor Hospital as a director of social work case management and later manager of clinical documentation improvement. Ms. Garrity is currently the director of clinical documentation improvement programs for the Jefferson University Hospital system.
Publication Date
1-28-2016
City
Philadelphia
Keywords
Thomas Jefferson University, alumni, women, oral histories, nursing, diploma nurse
Disciplines
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Nursing | Oral History
Restrictions on Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce these oral histories must be obtained in writing from the Thomas Jefferson University Archives and Special Collections. No use (beyond limited quotation) should be made of the transcripts of these interviews without authorization.
Processing Information
Oral history was edited by Kelsey Duinkerken, February 2016
Provenance
Interview was conducted by Kelsey Duinkerken with Eileen Garrity on January 28, 2016
Recommended Citation
Garrity, Eileen Healy and Duinkerken, Kelsey, "Eileen Healy Garrity" (2016). Jefferson Nursing Oral Histories. 10.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/nursing_oral_histories/10
Included in
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Commons, Nursing Commons, Oral History Commons
Comments
DISCLAIMER: These oral histories express the personal views, memories, and opinions of the interviewee. They do not represent the policy, views, or official history of Thomas Jefferson University.