Michelle L. Collins, MSN, RN-BC, ACNS-BC

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Michelle L. Collins, MSN, RN-BC, ACNS-BC

Michelle L. Collins, MSN, RN-BC, ACNS-BC

Vice President, Nursing Excellence & Magnet Designation

Expertise & Research Interests

  • Nursing Integrative Care
  • Nursing Development and Education
  • Engagement and Culture Change
  • Nursing Professional Practice
  • Nursing Professional Governance
  • Clinical Ladders
  • Nursing Administration

Education

  • D.N.P., Nursing Practice and Leadership, Wilmington University
  • MSN, Adult Nursing Health, University of Delaware
  • BSN, Nursing, University of Delaware

Michelle L. Collins, MSN, RN-BC, ACNS-BC

Vice President, Nursing Excellence & Magnet Designation

Michelle L. Collins is an expert in nursing practice, governance, education and development, change management, and strategic planning. Collins has co-led ChristianaCare's Making Tomorrow Happen effort to support employee engagement and problem-solving and led ChristianaCare to achieve its third Magnet designation, a preeminent excellence designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Only 9 percent of the nation’s hospitals hold the prestigious Magnet designation. ChristianaCare has earned Magnet designation for Christiana Hospital, Wilmington Hospital, Ambulatory Services, and ChristianaCare HomeHealth.

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Experience

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Selected Papers and Publications

Improving Nursing Knowledge of Alcohol Withdrawal: Second Generation Education Strategies

Journal for Nurses in Professional Development
2015 Christiana Care Health System implemented a Care Management Guideline for Alcohol Withdrawal Symptom Management, which provided direction for inpatient screening for alcohol withdrawal risk, assessment, and treatment. Nurses educated on its use expressed confusion with the use of the assessment tools, pharmacokinetics, and pathophysiology of alcohol withdrawal and delirium tremens.

All the World's a Stage: Integrating Theater and Medicine for Interprofessional Team Building in Physician and Nurse Residency Programs

Ochsner Journal
2012 To facilitate the delivery of excellent patient care, physician-nurse teams must work in a collaborative manner. We found that venues for the joint training of physician-nurse teams to foster collaboration are insufficient. We developed a novel interprofessional experience in which resident physicians and nurse residents practiced communication and collaboration skills involving a simulated alcohol withdrawal patient care scenario

All the World's a Stage: Integrating Theater and Medicine for Interprofessional Team Building in Physician and Nurse Residency Programs

Ochsner Journal
2012 To facilitate the delivery of excellent patient care, physician-nurse teams must work in a collaborative manner. We found that venues for the joint training of physician-nurse teams to foster collaboration are insufficient. We developed a novel interprofessional experience in which resident physicians and nurse residents practiced communication and collaboration skills involving a simulated alcohol withdrawal patient care scenario.
External Service and Affiliations
  • President-elect Delaware Organization of Nurse Leaders
  • Delaware Nurses Association
  • American Nurses Association with specific focus in Nursing innovation
Event Appearances

Strategic Planning in Shared Governance to Improve Work Environments

2023-01-28, Power in the People, American Nurses Association National Conference. Orlando, FL.

Impact on Medical Nurse Empowerment and Job Satisfaction

2023-01-28, Nursing Professional Practice Models, 13th Annual Nursing Research Conference. Newark, DE.

Impact on Medical Nurse Empowerment and Job Satisfaction

2023-01-28, Nursing Professional Practice Models, Doctors of Nursing Practice 11th National Conference. Palm Springs, CA.

Using Technology to Increase Staff Engagement in Professional Practice

2023-01-28, Technology : Innovations that Make a Difference, American Nurses Association National Conference. Orlando, FL.

Healthy Work Environment

2023-01-28, Emerging Nurse Leader workshop, Delaware Organization of Nurse Leaders. Bayhealth Kent Hospital. Dover, DE.

WSHA Partnership for Patients

2023-01-28, Pressure Ulcers Safe Table, Washington State Hospital Association.

Nurses as Change Agents

2023-01-28, Evidence-Based Leadership, Delaware Organization of Nurse Leaders Summit. Newark, DE.
Research Focus

Journal for Nursing Administration

1970-01-01 , Using a lean six sigma approach to yield sustained pressure ulcer prevention for complex critical care patients
2016 Healthcare Business Insights: Information technology Academy 2015 Achieving patient engagement through technology Journal for Nurses in Professional Development 2015 Improving Nursing Knowledge of Alcohol Withdrawal: Second Generation Education Strategies Christiana Care Health System implemented a Care Management Guideline for Alcohol Withdrawal Symptom Management, which provided direction for inpatient screening for alcohol withdrawal risk, assessment, and treatment. Nurses educated on its use expressed confusion with the use of the assessment tools, pharmacokinetics, and pathophysiology of alcohol withdrawal and delirium tremens.

Ochsner Journal

2023-01-28 , All the World's a Stage: Integrating Theater and Medicine for Interprofessional Team Building in Physician and Nurse Residency Programs
2012 To facilitate the delivery of excellent patient care, physician-nurse teams must work in a collaborative manner. We found that venues for the joint training of physician-nurse teams to foster collaboration are insufficient. We developed a novel interprofessional experience in which resident physicians and nurse residents practiced communication and collaboration skills involving a simulated alcohol withdrawal patient care scenario.