LAURA COLLIS

lauracollis@ucla.edu | (661) 803-1114 | address provided upon request

LICENSE
CA Registered Nurse License # 95040379

CERTIFICATIONS
Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) certification from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Public Health Nursing certification from the California Board of Registered Nursing
BLS/CPR certification from American Heart Association

EDUCATION
Masters of Science in Nursing June 2014
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
GPA: 3.83
Coursework includes: Ethical Issues, Social Justice, & History of Nursing; Research Design &
Critique; Health Promotion & Risk Reduction; Secondary Prevention; Healthcare Systems &
Organizations; Quality Improvement & Population-Based Quality of Practice

Bachelor of Arts, English
University of California, Los Angeles June 2010

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Medical Surgical I, Ronald Reagan UCLA (30 hours) Jan. Feb. 2013
Medical Surgical II, Ronald Reagan UCLA (60 hours) April May 2013
Psychiatric, Veterans Hospital, Santa Monica (60 hours) June July 2013
Geriatrics, Santa Monica UCLA (120 hours) July Aug. 2013
Pediatrics & PICU, Ronald Reagan UCLA (60 hours) Oct. Nov. 2013
Obstetrics & NICU, Providence Holy Cross (60 hours) Nov. 2013
Intensive Care Unit, Ronald Reagan UCLA (12 hours) Dec. 2013
Preceptorship, Surgical Step-Down, Cedars-Sinai (360 hours) Jan. March 2014
Public Health, SRO Housing Corporation, Skid Row (80 hours) April May 2014

Senior Preceptorship
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 32-Bed Progressive Surgical Step-Down Unit
One-on-one with experienced preceptor for 360 clinical hours (total 10 weeks)
Worked three 12-hour shifts per week, handling three high acuity patients per shift
Patient population comprised of pre- and post- operative liver, kidney, lung transplant patients or
those patients who had undergone other surgical procedures

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Quality Improvement Project: Standardized Protocol for Daily Weights Jan. March 2014
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Surgical Step-Down Unit
Independently designed and implemented a standardized protocol for obtaining daily weights
Tailored project to meet the specific needs of the unit
Identified area for improvement within current process and utilized root cause analysis and
evidence-based practice to improve the process
Set time-efficient goals and objectives, and evaluated project outcomes with unit management

Research Publication June 2008 June 2010
Dept. of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Placental Glucose and Amino Acid Transport in Calorie Restricted Wild Type and Glut3 Null
Heterozygous Mice (2012)
Research assistant under Sherin Devaskar, M.D., Mattel Endowed Executive Chair of Pediatrics
Analyzed effects of maternal dietary intake during pregnancy on premature and growth-restricted
infants (i.e., development of adult-onset conditions including obesity, diabetes, and hypertension)
LAURA COLLIS
lauracollis@ucla.edu | (661) 803-1114 | address provided upon request


LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
Club President Sept. 2008 June 2010
Bruin Initiative, UCLA
Tutored and mentored underserved children in East Los Angeles
Planned and supervised annual Education Awareness Day and School Supply Drive
Managed quarterly SAT workshops for high school students
Organized club website, meeting agendas, volunteer recruitment, and club retreats

Department Coordinator Sept. 2007 July 2009
Care Extenders Medical Internship
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center & Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center
Supervised over 30 interns in the Oncology and Pediatric units
Managed weekly department floor audits and recorded feedback from hospital staff
Conducted monthly orientations for new interns
Rewarded Care Extender of the Rotation for two consecutive rotations

WORK EXPERIENCE
Office Assistant Aug. 2012 July 2013
Service-Learning Department, College of the Canyons
Designed community service projects for college courses
Ran weekly new student orientations
Acted as liaison to community partners and organized annual Volunteer Day
Managed and updated department website

Contributing Writer June 2011 Sept. 2011
Santa Clarita Magazine and lite Magazine
Authored articles on health promotion (i.e., childhood obesity, womens health, diet and exercise)
Researched local clinics, hospitals, and private medical practices about new programs and/or
health-related services offered to the community

Senior Clerk Sept. 2006 June 2007
Billing Department, UCLA Medical Center
Audited patient charts for billing and verified insurance
Reviewed and sought completion of proper chart documentation
Became proficient with medical terminology and mainframe hospital computer programs

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS / SCHOLARSHIPS
Member of the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International
June Miller Nursing Education Scholarship, Women Helping Women Foundation
Kaiser Permanente, Deloras Jones RN Scholarship
Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Foundation Scholarship

TECHNOLOGY
C-S Link (Epic) training, Cedars-Sinai electronic health record system 17 hours
CareConnect (Epic) training, UCLA electronic health record system 4 hours

RELATED TRAINING
FEMA certification in Hospital Emergency Preparedness
Leadership and patient safety training from Institute of Healthcare Improvement
SBIRT training (Screening, Brief Intervention, and Treatment for substance abuse and use)
Mandated Reporter Medical Training from California Department of Social Services