Title: Nursing Instructor Faculty Since: 2006 Office: King Hall 217 VoiceMail: 5024 E-Mail: khamilton@kvcc.me.edu

Credentials: 

University of Phoenix, Masters of Science in Nursing and Healthcare Education, Sigma Theta Tau
Saint Joseph's College, Bachelor's of Science in Nursing, Magna Cum Laude
University of Maine at Augusta, Associate Degree in Nursing
 

Professional Affiliations:
Member of National Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International
Member of AACN (American Association of Critical-Care Nurses)
Critical Care Registered Nurse Certification 1996-2000
ACLS (advanced cardiac life support)

Committees:
Member on the Diversity Committee

Students Should Know:
With 22-years of experience as a clinical registered nurse, my practice began with a medical-surgical background for four years and then I expanded my practice to critical care nursing from 1990 and going strong! I continue to work at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine in the Critical Care Unit working alongside physicians using on the edge research and the newest technology.

I believe to be a nurse one is able to enter the most private place of a patient where we are able to guide the person back to health or guide them into the next phase, death. A person is to be treated holistically and we have that ability as nurses to be leaders in this profession. With the knowledge and technology explosion in healthcare, the next generation of nurses need to learn to balance the human touch with all the technological changes the healthcare world has embraced.