Christine Sloan's Nursing Vitae and Professional Experience
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POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY
School of Nursing
CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME Christine Sloan, PhD, RN, CNS, CPN
DATE OF INITIAL
APPOINTMENT August 2006
RANK Associate Professor
CALIFORNIA LICENSE RN 414216
CNS 3316
EXPIRATION DATE RN 12/2016
CNS 12/2016
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy, Nursing 2015
University of San Diego, San Diego, CA
Master of Science in Nursing, August 2008
Family Health Clinical Nurse Specialist, Nursing Education focus
Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, December 1986
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Associate Professor, August 2015 - Present
Point Loma Nazarene University, School of Nursing, San Diego, CA
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Staff Development, Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego
September 2015 - Present
Assistant Professor, August 2006 – August 2015
Point Loma Nazarene University, School of Nursing, San Diego, CA
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Hematology/Oncology Care Center, January 2014 – September
2015, Rady Children’s Hospital - San Diego
Clinical Nurse II, December 2010 – October 2013
Rady Children’s Hospital - San Diego, San Diego, CA
Clinical Nurse III, November 2005 – August 2006
Rady Children’s Hospital - San Diego, San Diego, CA
Clinical Nurse Educator, April 2003 – November 2005
Rady Children's Hospital and Health Center, San Diego, CA
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Clinical Nurse II, July 2002 – April 2003
Rady Children's Hospital and Health Center, San Diego, CA
Office Manager/Acting School Nurse, September 1999 - July 2002
City Tree Christian School, San Diego, CA
Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT) Program Coordinator, April 1994 - Sept 1999
Scripps Green Hospital, La Jolla, CA
Senior Clinical Research Associate, July 1991 - March 1994
Advanced Tissue Sciences, Inc., La Jolla, CA
Donor Center Coordinator, July 1989 - July 1991
San Diego Blood Bank, Bone Marrow Donor Center,
National Marrow Donor Program
Clinical Nurse II, January 1988 - July 1989
University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
Staff Nurse, January 1987 - January 1988
University Medical Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA
School of Nursing Committee’s & Roles:
Academic & Student Affairs Committee, Member (2006 – 2012)
Curriculum & Education Committee, Member 2012 - 2014
Selection Committee, Member (2007 – present)
Graduate Nursing Committee, Member (2012 – present)
Program Assessment Committee – SON (2012- present)
Student Nurses of Point Loma (SNAPL) Faculty Advisor (2009 – 2011)
Media Liaison (2007 – 2009)
New Student Orientation Coordinator – 2007- present
Junior Team Coordinator – 2012 – present
PLNU University Service:
Committee’s-
Graduate Education Studies Committee, 2016 -
Institutional Review Board, 2013-2016
Intercollegiate Athletics Committee 2012-2013
Honor’s Scholar Mentor, 2008-2009; Lynsey Lakin
Honor’s Scholar Mentor, 2011-2012; Rachel Webb
Honor’s Scholar Mentor, 2012-2013; Melissa Kingsley
Honor’s Scholar Mentor, 2015-2016; Christine Vermurlen & Emily Ehrlich
SON, Pinning Ceremony, Faculty Speaker, May 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016
Strengths on Point Mentor, 2011
Faculty Learning Community, Leader 2012-2013, 2016
PLNU Master of Nursing, Clinical Mentor for MSN Clinical at RCHSD (no load
credit): Susan Hurst, Alberta Agyemang, Jennifer Turney, Michi Sekol, Elaine
Arguilla, Jocelyn Firth, Ashley Edwards, Heather Garcia, Casey Blalock, Jeff
Osthimer, Christine Holmes, Erik Makovsky.
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COURSES TAUGHT: PLNU
2006 – Present NSG310: Nursing Care of Families: Child/Adolescent Focus – Theory
2006 – Present NSG311: Nursing Care of Families: Child/Adolescent Focus – Clinical
2008 - 2015 NSG270: Pharmacology
2009 – 2010 NSG441: Medical Terminology
2010 NSG150: Caring Faithfully
2012 – Present GNSG625: Pediatric Nursing CNS Role Acquisition - Theory
2012 – Present GNSG625L: Pediatric Nursing CNS Role Acquisition – Clinical
2015 – Present NSG481: Capstone Clinical
2015 – Present NSG480: Leading Faithfully: Synthesis & Transition to Professional
Nursing Practice (Capstone theory)
2016 – NSG441 – Study Abroad: Ghana
2016 – NRS440: Capstone (RN-to-BSN Program)
2017 – Planned course (Spring) – Caring Faithfully: Serving Across Cultures
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
1999 Project Compassion, Tegucigalpa, Honduras – Hurricane Mitch Medical Relief
2000 – 2013 AMOR Ministries, San Ysidro, CA – Annual house-building in Mexico
2006 City Tree Christian School, Vision Screening, San Diego, CA
2006 Heart-to-Heart International & PLNU, New Orleans Relief Effort
2007 First Presbyterian Church San Diego, New Orleans Hurricane Relief Effort
2007 Teddy Bear Clinic, Early Childhood Learning Center, Point Loma Nazarene
University
2007 – 2013, Central Venous Catheter Class, Rady Children’s Hospital, RN Residency
Program, bi-annual class
2007 – 2014, Hematology/Oncology content course, Rady Children’s Hospital, RN
Residency Program
2008 LoveWorks Mission Trip: Point Loma Nazarene University, Reynolds Memorial
Hospital, Washim, India
2008 First Presbyterian Church San Diego, New Orleans Hurricane Relief Effort
2008 – 2009, End of Life Steering Committee, member, Rady Children’s Hospital San
Diego, Hematology/Oncology Care Center
2010 First Presbyterian Church San Diego, Haiti Relief Effort/Medical Clinic
2010 - 2015 Military Outreach Ministries, Christmas Store
2011 – Present, Member, Evidence-Based Practice Council, member, Rady Children’s
Hospital
2011 – Presented “Parental Hope” at monthly meeting Achievement Rewards for College
Scientists, San Diego Chapter.
2013 – present –Certified Pediatric Nurse Preparation Course, Instructor (volunteer),
Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego.
2013-2015 – Program Mentor: Vision Pathways, Bridge Church, San Diego
2015-Present – Mentor, Teacher and Leader, Youth Development, Bridge Church, San
Diego, Member of Elder Advisory Board
2015-present – Editorial Review Board, Team-Based Learning Collaborative
2016 – Teacher and Trip Leader, Ghana Study Abroad, Point Loma Nazarene University
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:
HOLD – online teaching course, PLNU – Summer 2015
National Human Genome Research Institute (National Institutes of Health) – Short
Course in Genomics for Educators – Summer 2015
Liberal Arts Grounded Nursing & The Intersection of Faith and Global Health; Past,
Present and Future (Evvy Hay Campbell, PLNU In-service) - 2014
End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) – Advanced Practice Nurse
Certification Course, Washington, DC, November 2013
Team-Based Learning Collaborative, 12th
Annual Conference, San Diego CA March 2013
Faculty Learning Community Participant, Team-Based Learning, 2013 -2015
Point Loma Nazarene University, TILE Program: Technology Integrated Learning
Environments, May – June 2011.
Creative Teaching Strategies for the Nurse Educator – San Diego, CA 2011
People Can Prevent Dog Bites (Grand Rounds RCHSD) – 2011
The Gift of Organ Donation (Grand Rounds RCHSD) - 2011
California Nursing Student Association (CNSA) – State Conference, Phoenix, October
2010
National Student Nurses Association (NSNA) – Mid-year Conference, Phoenix, March
2010
Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC), Annual Conference, Phoenix, October 2010
Chemotherapy and Biotherapy Instructor Certification Course (APON), October 2006
Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses (APON), Annual Conference, Kansas City,
September 2004
Chemotherapy and Biotherapy Provider (APON), September 2004
Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses (APON), Annual Conference, Portland, OR,
October 2005
Pediatric End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) Train the Trainer, City of
Hope Medical Center, August 2004
Pain Resource Nurse Certification, Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, CA 2003
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses, Active Member (2002 – Present)
Infusion Nurses Society, Member (2003-2004)
National Association Clinical Nurse Specialists (2007 – Present)
Nurses Christian Fellowship (2014 – present)
Society of Pediatric Nurses, (2006 – Present)
Sigma Theta Tau International, Zeta Mu-at-Large Chapter, Member
Inducted as Community Nurse Leader, 2006
Faculty Counselor, PLNU – 2008 – 2011
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Pediatric Nurse (CPN) – November 2013
Chemotherapy and Biotherapy Instructor (APON), October 2006 (now expired)
Certified Pediatric Oncology Nurse (CPON), August 2005 (now expired)
Chemotherapy and Biotherapy Provider (APON), September 2004 (now expired)
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RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES
Barbosa, M., Moody, M., Sloan, C. A. & O’Haver, J. (2016, Sept/Oct) Pilot feasibility
study of the BARF Scale in the Hematology/Oncology Inpatient unit. Poster
presented at the 40th
Annual Meeting of the Association of Pediatric Hematology
Oncology Nurses, Indianapolis, IN. 1st
place.
Sloan, C.A. (2007). The Effect of a Unit-Based Palliative Care Program on End-of-Life
Variables among Children with Cancer. Poster presented at the Evidence-Based
Practice Conference, San Diego, CA.
Sloan, C.A. (2008). The effect of a unit-based palliative care program on end-of-life
variables among children with cancer (Masters thesis). Point Loma Nazarene
University, San Diego, CA.
Sloan, C.A. (2009). The effect of a unit-based palliative care program on end-of-life
variables among children with cancer. Poster session presented at the Annual
Pediatric Nursing Conference, Orlando, FL.
Sloan, C.A. (2012). Hope, uncertainty and coping among parents of children with high-
risk cancer. Poster presentation at the Achievement Rewards for College
Scientists Annual Dinner, San Diego, CA.
Sloan, C.A. (2013). Hope, uncertainty and coping among parents of children with high-
risk cancer. Poster presentation at the Western Institute of Nursing Conference,
Anaheim, CA.
Sloan, C.A. (2015). Hope, uncertainty and coping among parents of children with cancer
(doctoral dissertation). University of San Diego, San Diego, CA.
Sloan, C.A. (2016). Exploration of Calling and Vocation in Baccalaureate Nursing
Students at Point Loma Nazarene University (study in progress, 1st
data collection
completed May 2015).
Ongoing research:
PLNU:
Calling and Vocation in Baccalaureate Nursing Students
RCHSD:
Pilot Feasibility Study to Assess Use of a Pictorial Nausea/Vomiting scale
(BARF) in pediatric hematology/oncology population.
The use of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) to decrease
stress and improve resilience in critical care new graduate nurses
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PUBLICATIONS
Holt, D.M., Lewis, C., Klimpel, K., Sloan, C. & Aguda, C. (2010). The Effects of Focused
Nursing Education on 3F Groshong PICC Occlusion Rates: The Experience of One
Tertiary Care Facility. Journal of the Association of Vascular Access, 15(4), 213-
221.doi: 10.2309/java.15-4-6
Kim, S.C., Burke, L., Sloan, C. & Barnett, S. (2013). Attitudes toward teen mothers among
nursing students and psychometric evaluation of Positivity Toward Teen Mothers
Scale. Nursing Education Today, (33), 986-991.
Sloan, C. (2010). Hope amidst grief. Last Point, Point Loma Nazarene Viewpoint p.37.
Meisenberg, B.R., Callaghan, M., Sloan, C., Sampson, L., Miller W.E., McMillan,
R. (1997) Complications associated with central venous catheters used for the
collection of peripheral blood progenitor cells to support high-dose chemotherapy
and autologous stem cell rescue. Supportive Care in Cancer. 5(3), 223-7. PMID:
9176969.
Meisenberg, B.R., Miller, W.E., McMillan, R., Callaghan, M., Sloan, C., Brehm. T,
Kosty, M.P., Kroener,J., Longmire, R., Saven, A., & Piro, L.D. (1997). Outpatient
high-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem-cell rescue for hematologic and
non-hematologic malignancies. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 15(1), 11-7. PMID:
8996119
HONOR’S STUDENT MENTOR:
Lynsey Lakin 2008-2009
Florence Nightingale and the “call” to modern day nursing.
Conducted at Point Loma Nazarene University
Rachel Webb 2011-2012
Perceived Barriers to Transitioning End-of-Life Pediatric Patient’s to Palliative Care
Conducted at Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego
Melissa Kingsley 2012-2013
An Exploration of Perceived Faculty Support and its Relationship to Student Nurse Stress
and Wellbeing
Conducted at Point Loma Nazarene University
Christine Vermurlen 2015-2016
Attitudes and Awareness of the HPV Vaccine on a Christian College Campus
Conducted at Point Loma Nazarene University
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Emily Ehrlich 2015-2016
When there is nothing left to give: Codependence and eating disorder risk among
undergraduate nursing students
Conducted at Point Loma Nazarene University
HONORS & AWARDS
CV Mosby Award for Clinical Excellence, University of Arizona, 1986
Nightingale Lamp Award, Point Loma Nazarene University, 2008
Nightingale Lamp Award, Point Loma Nazarene University, 2009
Quantitative Research Award, $2,000, Sigma Theta Tau International,
Zeta-Mu Chapter at Large, 2013
Alumni Grant, $2500 Point Loma Nazarene University, 2013
Council of Independent Colleges Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education,
Lilly Foundation, $2000 for developing vocational education in SON.
Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS), Scholar 2011-2014.