Clinical Professor
acollins-yoder@ua.edu
Professional affiliations: Sigma Theta Tau, American Association of Critical Care Nurses, American Association of Neuroscience Nurses, National League for Nursing
Education:
- Samford University, Birmingham Alabama, ADN 1976
- Samford University, Birmingham Alabama, BSN 1977
- Medical College of Georgia, Augusta Georgia, MSN 1978
- UAB School of Nursing, Birmingham, Alabama, PhD 1991
Educator:
- Capstone College of Nursing, University of Alabama 2002-Present
- Teach Courses Relevant to Advanced Pharmacology, Advanced Pathophysiology, Complex Client, Clinical Teaching
Clinical Practice:
- Saint Thomas Hospital, Nashville, Tenn., Critical Care RN 1982-1990
- Hypertension Research Nurse UAB RN 1991-1992
- Critical Care RN UAB RN part time 1991-2009
- Critical Care CNS Baptist Princeton, Birmingham, Alabama, 1993-2014
- Critical Care CNS Sacred Heart, Pensacola Florida 2014-Present
Clinical Interests Presentations and Publications
- Neuroendovascular Therapies in Stroke
- Neurocritical Care Interventions
- Novel Drug Therapies: Monoclonal Antibodies
- Post procedural care: Nausea and Vomiting (PONV)
- Critical Care pharmacology: Residual Neuromuscular Blockade, Procedural Sedation
- Team STEPPS master trainer
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Innovative teaching methods-QSEN, Microsimulation, Mock Trials and Board Hearings
- Drug Induced Diseases: Angioedema, Autoimmune, Liver Induced Injury
- Intraoperative and Post-Anesthesia Pharmacology
- Concussions and Anesthesia
- Platelets in Stroke