CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME:
Karen Elaine Collins
HOME ADDRESS:
271 Deer Run Drive
Plainwell, MI 49080
(269) 720-8807
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
Bronson Methodist Hospital
601 John Street
Kalamazoo, MI 49007
EDUCATION:
Institution
Degree
Major
Year
Ferris State University
Ferris State University
Kalamazoo Valley Community College
Ferris State College
MSN
BSN
AAS
AAS
Education
Nursing
Nursing
Radiology
5/2014
2009
1999
1979
Certifications/Licenses
Registered Nurse (MI)
Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
Basic Life Support (BLS)
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
1999-Current
Current
Current
Current
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Staff nurse Labor and Delivery/Antepartum
Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo, MI
2000-present
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
Southwest Michigan Perinatal Association
Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses
Sigma Theta Tau
Current
Current
AWARDS:
Nursing Professional Advancement Ladder (NPAL)
Level IV
Level IV
Level III
Level II
January 2013
January 2011
January 2009
January 2007
QUALIFICIATIONS:
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Preceptor and mentor to staff and nursing students
Leadership experience as chair, co-chair, and secretary of OB Education Council since
2002
Leadership experience in OB Coordinating Council
Leadership experience in Divisional Nursing Clinical Quality 2014
Active member of Protocol and Nursing Manual Committee (PNMC) since 2011
Completed a 300-hour practicum, in didactic, clinical and simulation lab areas of nursing