Sharon Helsley McGinley Summary

Sharon Helsley McGinley
PO Box 532188 Harlingen, Texas 78553
956-533-1970
[email protected]
Summary
Nursing Educator with over 21 years of pre-licensure educational experience.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certified by the American Heart Association.
Advanced practice RN in area of Clinical Nurse Specialist-Critical Care.
 Certified in Critical Care as RN in 1984 by American Association of Critical Care Nurses.
 Fort Worth Cook Children’s Hospital Internship
 Clinical Research Focus: Health Promoting Factors of Mexican-Americans living in the Rio
Grande Valley Texas, Yale Stem cell transplant for Parkinson Disease, Yale Spinal Cord Study,
Yale Depth Electrode Study, Congestion Heart Failure Protocols.
Education
Master of Science in Nursing
1992
University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, Texas
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
1989
University of Texas Arlington, Texas
Diploma in Nursing
Saint Francis Hospital Medical Center Peoria, Illinois
Vocational Nurse/Certified Nurse Assistant
LaSalle-Peru Township High School for Health Occupations
1980
1977
Career History & Accomplishments
Teaching
University of Texas at Brownsville College of Nursing.
Taught prerequisites for the Pre licensure Bachelor Science in Nursing Program.
Taught courses for the RN to Bachelor Science in Nursing Program.
2013present
University of Texas at Brownsville Texas Southmost College
Taught pre-licensure Accelerated LVN to RN Program
2002-2013
University of Texas at Brownsville Texas Southmost College
Distance Education Campus Coordinator-Harlingen, Texas
Texas Board of Nursing Approved
1996-2003
University of Texas at Brownsville Texas Southmost College
Taught Traditional and LVN to RN pre-licensure Program Tracks
1993-2002
Midland Community College Clinical Instructor: Associate .Degree in .Nursing
Program and Emergency Medical Technician Program
1984-1987
Midland Memorial Hospital Director Nursing Education
Midland, Texas
1985-1987
Clinical
Licensure Honors
Certifications
Harlingen Medical Center Critical Care/Cardiovascular Critical Care
Intensivo Contract Nursing Agency-Critical Care
McAllen Medical Center Critical Care Interim Manager, Clinical Nurse
Specialist, Cardiovascular Team.
Valley Regional Medical Center Brownsville Critical Care Adult and
Newborn ICU
Travel Nurse Corp:
Yale New Haven Hospital-Neuro Intensive Care
University of California Davis Medical Center Neuro Intensive Care
Queens Medical Center Honolulu, Hawaii Critical Care Unit Float
Samaritan Hospital System Maryvale, Arizona Critical Care
Midland Memorial Hospital Texas. Director Nursing Education, Charge
Nurse Adult/Pediatric Critical Care
Saint Francis Hospital Medical Center Charge Nurse 24 Bed Critical Care,
Cardiovascular Recovery Team, Trauma Team, Neuro Team
Saint Francis Hospital Medical Center PN/CNA Float Pool
Turtle Creek Nursing Home LaSalle, Illinois GPN/CNA
2004-2013
1997-2003
1989-1994
Texas Board of Nursing. Registered Nurse License. Requires validation of 20
hours of Continuing Education Credit and Criminal Background Check. 1983present. Renewal due July 2015.
2001-2002
American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certified (ACLS)
1984-present. Recert due 2015.
American Heart Association Basic Cardiac Life Support Certified (BCLS)
1976-present. Recert due 2015.
American Association of Critical Care Nurses Certified Critical Care Nurse
(CCRN) 1984-2004. Now retired status
University of Texas at Brownsville/ Texas Southmost College RN program
Pinning Ceremony. Speaker/International Nursing Pledge administered. 5/2013,
12/2012, 5/2012, 12/2011, 5/2011, 12/2010.
University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College VN program
Pinning Ceremony. Keynote speaker. December 2004.
University of Texas Brownsville/Texas Southmost College Exceptional Merit
2003 & 1995.
Brownsville Herald Interview. “First Class of Fast Track LVN to RN students
Graduated from New Program” Interview. December 2, 2002.
University of Texas Brownsville/Texas Southmost College Tenured 1999.
Inactive Nursing License: Illinois, Arizona, Hawaii, California, Connecticut.
Original 2014
1989-1990
1987-1988
1988
1988
1987
1987
1983-1987
1980-1982
1978-1980
1975-1977