Diana Burgess RN MSN CCRN
Burgess.Diana@SPcollege.edu


Objective To use my education as well as my vast amount of diverse clinical experience to prepare, enable and inspire the next generation of professional nurses.

Retired from full time faculty December 2018.

Experience January, 2014 to December, 2018 St. Petersburg College of Nursing,  St. Petersburg, Florida
Full-time Nursing Faculty
 Teach theory to all levels of ADN nursing students
 Provide clinical experiences within the hospital setting for students as well as within a state of the art simulation lab
 Use diverse methods of teaching to meet the needs of all learning styles while helping students develop and strengthen critical thinking and  
     clinical reasoning skills
 Provide out of classroom student support through creating and presenting content workshops
October, 2006-January 2014 St. Petersburg College  St. Petersburg, Florida
Clinical Lab Facilitator/Adjunct Clinical Faculty
 Assist students to practice and perfect clinical nursing skills
 Assist faculty in providing clinical scenarios for all levels of students
 Set up and helped manage and multi-room, multi-simulator clinical lab
 Tutor students in nursing curriculum and work with students unsuccessful in passing their end of program and/or NCLEX exam
 Manage students within the clinical setting providing active learning experiences to enable them to clinically reason while applying the nursing
     process

March, 1989 to August 2002 Care Flight International  Clearwater, FL
Chief Flight Nurse
 Perform critical care air medical transports for patients of all ages, from neonates to adults-both domestic and international transports
 Screen, hire, and educate all medical staff, including physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists and paramedics
 Developed 16-hours DOT-approved Flight Physiology Course.  Presented this course throughout the country to physicians, nurses, respiratory
     therapists and paramedics
 Conduct annual orientation sessions for all personnel on staff.  Sessions included: Policy and Procedure compliance, Infection Control, ACLS
     and ATLS review, Aircraft Safety, Risk Management, Stress Management, HAZMAT, OSHA requirements
 Helped write self-study/application for and obtained national industry certification (CAMTS) for company
April, 1990 to 1998 Criticare Critical Care Nursing Agency St. Petersburg, FL
Critical Care Nurse
 Provided nursing care for all critical care areas throughout many Bay area hospitals
 Critical care units included: CCU, CVICU, PACU, ER, NICU, ICU, MICU
 Presented continuing education courses including CCRN review, Pulmonary and Renal systems-developed courses as well as taught them.

March, 1982 to 1989     Edward White Hospital               St. Petersburg, FL 
Staff Nurse/Charge Nurse- ICU/PCU /Nursing Supervisor

Education              
 Graduated with honors- ADN- May, 1982-St. Petersburg College of Nursing: Florida license number-RN 1362082
 Graduated with honors- BSN-May, 2005-St. Petersburg College of Nursing
 Graduated with honors- MSN (Educations track) December, 2012 University of Central Florida
 Obtained the first Alyce Roswell Memorial scholarship from Rogers Heart Foundation 2005 for BSN and MSN education
Professional Organizations  American Association of Critical Care Nurses- Active since 1982
      Chapter President 1994-1995
Certifications CCRN # 004641 1985-2006. CFRN #0009911526-2000-2006. *Both specialty certifications retired after being unable to maintain the required clinical hours in the specialty areas related to physical injuries suffered as a result of a plane crash in 2002.
BLS,ACLS, ACLS instructor, PALS