Beth E White

Beth E. Heinzeroth White graduated from a hospital-based diploma school of nursing. She went on to earn Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Master of Science in Nursing degrees. Her career has spanned adult critical care to nursing care of children and perinatal nursing. She has taught nursing of children and nursing management courses in diploma, ASN, and BSN programs. Beth's clinical practice as a certified Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist centered on her particular interests in pediatric palliative care and developmental pediatrics, particularly the care of children with spina bifida. She is co-author of two award-winning nonfiction books: In the Shadows: How to Care for Your Seriously Ill Adult Child (2013: Hygeia Press), awarded the 2013 AJN Book of the Year in the Consumer Health category, and Caps, Capes and Caring: The Legacy of Diploma Nursing Schools in Toledo, (2018: University of Toledo Press), awarded the Bowling Green State University Libraries CAC 2018 Local History Publication Award in the Independent Scholar category. Beth's fiction writing is found in the Kit Wilson, RN series: Kit Wilson, RN: First Year Nurse (2022), Kit Wilson, RN: Treading Water (2022), and Kit Wilson, RN: ReCreating Normal (2023). Kit Wilson, RN: No Regrets will be available in 2024. She is semi-retired and lives in northwest Ohio.