Nurse practitioners get advanced training in nursing so they can take their careers a step farther. By getting graduate-level education, they can operate independently or under the supervision of a physician.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Pat Ryan may refer to: 1  Pat Ryan (curler) (born 1955), Canadian curler.  Pat Ryan, maiden name of Pat Nixon (1912â1993), First Lady of the United States.
First Lady Biography: Pat Nixon. THELMA CATHERINE PAT RYAN NIXON. Born: Ely, Nevada. 16 March, 1912. *Although she was born as Thelma Catherine Ryan Nixon, she assumed the name of Patricia, or Pat upon the death of her father; of Irish parentage, he had first called her St. Patrick's babe in the morn, because she was born at night, just hours before St. Patrick's Day.