Colleen Ann Haines
San Diego
Summary
Critical Care Nurse and Clinical Nurse Specialist. Dedicated and self-motivated individual with a passion for life-long education. A compassionate and professional nurse who uses excellent assessment skills and quality clinical judgment to provide comprehensive care. A team-player who views the unit as a whole and values the necessity of teamwork in this career. Clinical Nurse Specialist student, who will graduate in August 2025.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
RN- PTU
UCSD Health
04.2018 - Current
- Provide pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative care to patients undergoing cardiac catheterization, electrophysiology procedures, vascular surgery, and cardiothorasic surgery
- Manage airway and hemodynamics during procedural sedation as well as post-operative airway management
- Advanced skills including prostacyclin management, LVAD management, swan-ganz management
- Charge nurse, member of shared governance, ran for chair of education, super user for the roll-out of lumbar drains, and thermodilution
- Resource for staff regarding TV pacemakers
RN- Cardiovascular ICU
UCSD Health
09.2017 - 04.2018
- Provide direct care for patients post CABG, TAVR, PTE, among other cardiac procedures
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary team to provide highest quality of care
- Provide education to patients and families regarding their current diagnosis and plan of care
- Assist in ventilator management for critically ill patients
- Bedside procedures including bronchoscopy
RN- Cardiovascular ICU
Good Samaritan Hospital
02.2016 - 08.2017
- Provide direct care for patients in CVICU including but not limited to: therapeutic hypothermia, Impella and IABP management, TAVR cases, and watchman cases
- Assess hemodynamic status and provide appropriate interventions
- Frequently assume role of charge nurse on a 17 bed CVICU
- Rapid Response nurse: respond to rapid response calls, code blues, code shocks, brain attacks, and STEMIs house-wide
RN- ICU
Hilo Medical Center
02.2014 - 10.2015
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary team to provide comprehensive care
- Manage and prioritize care of 1-2 critically ill patients in a med/surg and trauma ICU
- Charge nurse duties for 11 bed med/surg ICU
- Member of rapid response team and code blue team, as well as a responder to full trauma, modified trauma, and code sepsis activations in the ED
- Skill set includes but not limited to those listed above as well as: multiple cardiac drips and vasopressors, sedation management, ABG and other lab interpretation, continuous cardiac monitoring and interpretation, early mobilization in the critically in patient, emergent intubations, mechanical ventilator management, assistance with central line insertions, chest-tube management
Education
MSN/CNS -
Azusa Pacific University
01.2025
BSN -
Dominican University of California
San Rafael, Ca05.2010
Nursing Development Program
Hilo Medical Center
01.2011
Skills
- Research and Development
- Development of New Programs
- Problem-Solving Skills
- Evidence-Based Evaluation
- Compassion and Empathy
- Educator
- Critical Care RN
Accomplishments
- High-Risk, Low-Frequency Procedures: A multi-modal educational program to increase nurse-assessed competence of cardiac thermodilutions.
- Indirectly improving A1C, HTN, and cancer risk through increased consumption of plant-based food, a public health initiative
- Consumer-Involved Handoff in Behavioral Health In-Patient Units: hospital wide rollout using EBPI
- Heart Failure Program Rollout at UCSD East Campus
Involvement and Volunteer
- Charge nurse and member of shared governance, PTU
- Co-Chair, Education Committee
- ICU Hilo triathlon medical tent volunteer, 2015
- Super-user, TV pacemaker, lumbar drains, and thermodilution cardiac output
- Wound Warrior, Good Samaritan Hospital, 2016-current
- Volunteer, Community education regarding BSL, Oakridge mall, 2016
- Member, Shared Governance Committee
Certification
BSN
CCRN
CNS-AG
Timeline
RN- PTU
UCSD Health
04.2018 - Current
RN- Cardiovascular ICU
UCSD Health
09.2017 - 04.2018
RN- Cardiovascular ICU
Good Samaritan Hospital
02.2016 - 08.2017
RN- ICU
Hilo Medical Center
02.2014 - 10.2015
BSN -
Dominican University of California
Nursing Development Program
Hilo Medical Center
BSN
CCRN
CNS-AG
MSN/CNS -
Azusa Pacific University
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