CURRICULUM VITAE
Kathleen M. Vollman MSN, RN, CCNS, FCCM, FAAN
PERSONAL: Clinical Nurse Specialist, Educator, Consultant & Entrepreneur
President
ADVANCING NURSING LLC
21092 Boulder Circle
Northville, MI 48167
Sepsis Solutions International LLC
President
21092Boulder Circle
Northville, MI 48167
Home address: 21092 Boulder Circle
Northville, Michigan 48167
Birth date: 11/15/1958
Pontiac Michigan, USA
Citizenship:United States of America
EDUCATION:
9/76 - 6/80Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan
9/86 - 5/89Master of Science in Nursing
Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist Program
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, California
APPOINTMENTS:
2012 – PresentAdjunct Faculty CNS Graduate Program
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
2010 - 2012Clinical Coordinator/Faculty CNS Graduate Program
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
2010 – 2012Member (Appointed)
Task Force for Nursing Practice
Michigan Department of Community Health
East Lansing, Michigan
1996 - 2010President HosTecH, Inc (Design & development of the Vollman Prone Positioner)
Northville, MI
10/89- 07/03:Clinical Nurse Specialist/Medical Critical Care Services
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, Michigan
10/02 –10/06: Lilly Critical Care Nursing Advisory Board
9/98 - Present:University of Michigan Graduate Advisory Board
5/98 - Present:Sigma Theta Tau International Media Expert
Critical Care Nursing & Advanced Practice Nursing
12/92 - 8/95:Associate Member of the GraduateFaculty
Wayne State University
MSN - Critical Care Advance Nursing Practice
Detroit, MI
01/86 - 6/86Faculty
Bachelor of Nursing Science Program
California State University, Long Beach
6/87 - 8/89:Staff Nurse
Intensive Care Units
Registry
Medical Staffing Services
Fountain Valley, California
Nursing Services Incorporated
Long Beach and Santa Ana, CA
5/86 - 6/87:Staff Nurse
Intensive Care Unit
Saint Mary Medical Center
Long Beach, California
7/85 - 6/86:Staff Nurse
Medical/Coronary/Surgical
Intensive Care Units
Sharp Memorial Hospital
San Diego, California
11/84 - 6/85:Staff Nurse-Charge Nurse
Medical Intensive Care unit
Harper Hospital
Detroit, Michigan
1/83 - 11/84:Assistant Head Nurse/ Staff Nurse - Charge Nurse
Medical Intensive Care Unit
Harper Hospital
Detroit, Michigan
5/82 - 7/82:Staff Nurse
Critical Care
University of San Diego
Medical Center
San Diego, California
1/81 - 4/82:Staff Nurse - Charge Nurse
Medical Intensive Care Unit
Harper Hospital
Detroit, Michigan
7/80 - 1/81:Staff Nurse - Team Leader
Medical Nursing
Harper Hospital
Detroit, Michigan
COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES:
University:08/10-2012Clinical Nurse Specialist curriculum development
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
9/05-06/07Clinical Nurse Specialist program development
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
05/91-1992:Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist curriculum development committee
Wayne State University
Detroit Michigan
09/98 -2008:Graduate Education Advisory Board
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
2/89 - 6/89:Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist Grant Committee for curriculum development
California State University, Long Beach
1/89 - 6/89:Nursing Research Committee
9/87 - 12/87:Graduate student representative
California State University, Long Beach
1/88 - 6/89:Graduate Nurses' Association
Founder & President
California State University, Long Beach
Hospital:1992/1995
/2001 to 07/03: Institutional Critical Care Committee, Member
09/95 - 12/99:Corporate Purchasing Council, Nurse Member
01/97 - 12/99:Corporate Medical-Surgical Product Standardization Committee, Chair
09/92 -09/96:Investigational Review Board/Henry Ford Hospital
01/95 -12/97:System-Wide Wound Care Program, Chair
Department:1990/1995
1999:2002Critical Care Nursing Practice Committee, Chair
4/90 - 12/92:Nursing Standards Committee, Chair
09/93 - 12/96:Support Services Council (Products Committee), Chair
09/90 - 12/99:Support Services Council, Member
1990/1995/
2000/2002:Advance Practice Nursing Committee, Chair
01/90 –07/03:Advance Practice Nursing Committee, Member
01/92 - 12/95:Nursing Research Committee, Member
10/89 – 07/03: Critical Care Nursing Practice Committee, Member
10/89 – 07/03:Medical Critical Care Collaborative Practice Committee
10/89 – 07/03: Unit Governance Council
1995 - 1997:Quality Improvement Team on the management of agitation in the mechanically ventilated patient, Co- Leader
1996 - 2000: Quality Improvement Teams for the implementation of a mechanical ventilation clinical pathway and non-invasive ventilation pathway, Co-Leader
1998 - 2002:Healing Environment Committee, Chair
CERTIFICATIONS:
1999 – Present:Acute and Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist Certification
1994 – 1999:Clinical Nurse Specialist in Medical-Surgical Nursing Certification
1983 - 2009:Advanced Cardiac Life Support
1983 - 2010:Basic Cardiac Life Support
1982 - 2006Critical Care Registered Nurse Certification
2006 – PresentAlumni Status
LICENSURE:
1982 - Present:California License
K - 338276
1980 - Present:Michigan License
132359
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:
2015 – PresentInternational Learning Collaborative Member
2009 – Present:Michigan Association of Clinical Nurse Specialist
2004 – 2005National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists Foundation (Board)
2002 – PresentAmerican College of Chest Physicians
1990 - Present:Michigan Chapter: Society Critical Care Medicine
1995 - Present: National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists
1994 -1999:Respiratory Nursing Society
1989 - 1992:Clinical Nurse Specialist Interest Group
Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University/Detroit, Michigan
1989 - Present:Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society
1988 - 1989:Graduate Nurses' Association at California State University, Long Beach
1987 - 1989:American Association of Critical Care Nurses -
Greater Long Beach Orange County Chapter
1987 - 1994:North American Nursing Diagnosis Association
1984 - Present:Society of Critical Care Medicine.
1981 - 1985:American Association of Critical Care
1989 - Present:Nurses - Southeast Michigan Chapter.
1981 - Present:American Association of Critical Care Nurses.
1980 - Present:Sigma Theta Tau International
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY ACTIVITIES:
2015 – Present:Director – Treasurer
World Federation of Critical Care Nurses
2009 – Present: APRN coalition
MI-CNP
Michigan
2009 – Present: President (Appointed position)
Michigan Association of Clinical Nurse Specialist
2004 – 2007:Co-Chair of Surviving Sepsis Campaign for State of Michigan
Michigan Society of Critical Care Medicine
2001- 2002:Board Director (Appointed position)
National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists Foundation
2001- 2009:Membership Committee
National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists
1998 – 2001:Membership Committee Chair (appointed position)
& 2003 –2009National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists
1995 - 1998:Director (elected position)
National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists
2004 – 2006:SCCM ICU Summit program planning committee (appointed position)
2001 – 2004:SCCM Advance Practice Work Group for White Paper on the Role of APNs as members of the critical care team
2000 -2001:Member at Large, Nursing Section, Society of Critical Care Medicine (elected position)
1999 - 2001:AACN Advance Practice Work group that developed the scope & practice standards for the acute and critical care Clinical Nurse Specialist (appointed position with application)
1998 – Present:Sigma Theta Tau International: Media Expert for Advance Practice Nursing and Critical Care
1998- Present:AACN Certification Corp CCNS Exam Development Committee involved in the test design, item writing and evaluation/point testing of the national certification exam for clinical nurse specialists in acute and critical care. (Appointed position with application)
1988 - 1989:Graduate Nurses Association California State University (Developed and launched the association)
1994 - 1997:Director at Large (elected positioned)
Southeast Michigan Chapter
American Association of Critical Care Nurses
1991 - 1993:Public Relations/Special Projects Committee
Southeast Michigan Chapter – AACN
1984 - 1985:Program Committee Chairperson Southeast
Michigan Chapter - American Association of Critical Care Nurses.
1983 - 1984:Program committee member - Southeast Michigan
Chapter American Association of Critical Care Nurses.
EDITORIAL AND REVIEW ACTIVITIES:
2016 to PresentAssociate Editor – CONNECT: The World of Critical Care Nursing
2015Intensive and Critical Care Medicine article review
2014 to PresentIntensive and Critical Care Nursing article reviews
2012:Australian Critical Care Editorial Review
2011:Illinois Hospital Association 2011 Quality Awards Reviewer
2003:Certification Clinical Nurse Specialist Peer Review Panel/Vignette Evaluation
2000 to Present:American Journal of Critical Care
Editorial Board
2008 to PresentCritical Care Nursing
Editorial Board
1998:National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialist Annual Symposium
Abstract reviewer
1995:Respiratory Nursing Society Annual Symposium
Abstract reviewer
PROFESSIONAL INVITATIONS:
Invited Lectures:
2017You Must Know Your ABCs to Prevent PICS.
Bugs be Gone: Strategies for Source Control in Healthcare and Emerging Resistant Organisms.
20th Annual Critical Care Update & Fair
Atlantic Health System Morristown Medical Center
Meadow Wood Manor
Randolph, NJ
November 30, 2017
Why Early Mobility is Critical to the Patient Outcomes (webinar)
Colorado Hospital Association / HRET – Hospital Innovation Initiative Program
November 28, 2017
Non-Ventilator Pneumonias.
2017 Annual Education Conference
APIC 068 Greater Jackson Chapter
MS Hospital Association
Madison, MS
November 17, 2017
C-Diff: Evidence Based Strategies for Source Control.
Infection Control Professionals of Southern New England Annual Fall Education Conference.
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Warwick, RI
November 16, 2017
Bugs Be Gone: Reducing Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in your ICU.
Upside Down You Turn Me: The When, The Why and the How of Prone Positioning for ARDS Patients.
XIII World Congress of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine
XXII Brazilian Congress of Intensive Care Medicine
Windsor Barra Hotel
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
November 7-11, 2017
Midpoint Sepsis Collaborative Meeting
HRET – Hospital Innovation Initiative Program
Arkansas Hospital Association
Hilton Garden Inn
Little Rock, AR
November 2, 2017
Keynote – Know It, Drive It, Own It: Healthcare’s Change Agent Now and In the Future.
2017 Annual California Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists Conference
Burtness Auditorium
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
Santa Barbara, CA
October 28, 2017
The Future is Now: Designing Your Practice to Impact Patient Outcomes.
The Power of One: Impacting patient Outcomes by Returning to the Basics.
Intact Skin is In: Bundling Evidence Based Strategies to Reduce Hospital Acquired Skin Injury while Protecting the Caregiver.
St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Critical Care Conference
Franco Auditorium
Pontiac, MI
October 26, 2017
Sepsis: Early management (x5)
Mobile Infirmary
Hearin Chandler Auditorium
Mobile, AL
October 24 & 25, 2017
Keynote – I learn it, I lead it, I leave it: CNS is Driving Change in Healthcare.
2017 Annual Wisconsin Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists Conference
Anderson Education Center
Waukesha County Technical College
Pewaukee, WI
October 20, 2017
Reducing Risk of CAUTI.
Strategies to Reduce Risk of Hospital Acquired Pneumonia.
Strategies to Reduce the Risk of Pressure Injuries.
Sheraton Red Deer Hotel
Red Deer, Alberta Canada
October 18, 2017
The Next Big Adventure in HAI Prevention: Tackling Non-Ventilator Hospital Acquired Pneumonia.
C-Diff: The Latest Scoop on the Poop.
Upside Down You Turn Me: The When, the Why and the How of Prone Positioning for ARDS Patients.
Workforce Panel Discussion.
ANZICS/ACCCN Intensive Care ASM 2017
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
October 11-13, 2017
What Every Hospital Patient Needs to Know: Combating Hospital Acquired Pneumonia Through Prevention. (Webinar)
Wisdom Tooth Project
Oral Health America
October 10, 2017
Reframing the Culture of Safety: Evidence Based Practices to Reduce Patient & Care Giver Injury in Peri-Operative Setting.
Hawaiian Islands Peri-Anesthesia Nurses Annual Conference
The Queen’s Conference Center
Honolulu, HI
October 7, 2017
Putting the Pieces of the Puzzle Together: Addressing Modifiable Risk Factor for the Patient and Staff in Preventing Hospital Acquired Skin Injury.
Chasing Zero: Going Beyond the Guidelines to Eliminate CLASBI and CAUTI.
Kamehameha Auditorium
Queens Medical Center
Honolulu, HI
October 6, 2017
Back to the Basics for Nursing.
University of Colorado Hospital
Aurora, CO
September 27, 2017
The Future is Now: Designing Your Practice to Impact Patient Outcomes.
Post ICU Syndrome: Impacting Long Term Cognitive and Physical Function through Evidence Based Practice.
The Next Big Adventure: Prevention of Non-Ventilator Hospital Acquired Pneumonia.
Putting the Pieces of the Puzzle Together: Evidence Based Strategies to Mobilize Patients while Protecting the Caregiver and Reducing Skin Injury.
Vitamins for Nurturing the Nursing Soul.
22nd Annual Julie Louis Walin Memorial Conference
Unity Point Health
Holiday Inn & Suites at Grand Prairie
Peoria, IL
September 26, 2017
Intact Skin is In: Bundling Evidence Based Strategies to Reduce Hospital Acquired Skin Injury while Protecting the Caregiver.
UCHealth Memorial Hospital
Colorado Springs, CO
September 22, 2017
Intact Skin is In: Bundling Evidence Based Strategies to Reduce Hospital Acquired Skin Injury while Protecting the Caregiver.
Penrose Hospital
Colorado Springs, CO
September 22, 2017
It’s More Than Tasks: Achieving Sustainable Reduction in HAI’s by Connecting Basic Care to the Nurse Advocacy Role.
Connecticut Hospital Association
Wallingford, CT
September 20, 2017
Tier 3: Implementation of the Sepsis Bundles. (Webinar)
HRET – Hospital Innovation Initiative Program
September 19, 2017
Closing Address – Learn It Lead It Live It: Strategies for Driving Change to Impact Patient Outcomes.
Ochsner 9th Annual Evidence-Based/Research Conference, optimizing Outcomes through Interprofessional Care Delivery.
New Orleans Downtown Marriott at the Convention Center
New Orleans, LA
September 18, 2017
ARDS Survival: Building a Roadmap to Achieve Successful Short and Long Term Outcomes.
Vitamins for Nurturing the Nurse’s Soul.
Early Progressive Mobility is a Must: Evidence Based Strategies for Achieving Safe mobility.
Tampa General Hospital 8th Annual Neuroscience Symposium, the Butterfly Effect on the Brain.
CAMLS – Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Stimulation
Tampa, FL
September 16, 2017
Beyond the Guidelines: Evidence Based Prevention Strategies to Eliminate CAUTI’s.
Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI) Louisiana Regional Learning Session
Hilton Garden Inn
Pineville, LA
September 14, 2017
Beyond the Guidelines: Evidence Based Prevention Strategies to Eliminate CAUTI’s.
Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI) Louisiana Regional Learning Session
LHA Conference Center
Baton Rouge, LA
September 13, 2017
Pneumonia Prevention in the Ventilated and Non-Ventilated Patient: An Evidence Based Approach.
32nd Annual BACCN Conference
Park Plaza Riverbank,
London, England
September 4-5, 2017
Incremental Positioning of the Critically Ill Patient (part of webinar).
HRET HIIN HAPI Webinar Event – Acute Skin Failure from Sepsis: Preventing Injury with Early Mobility.
August 31, 2017
Beyond the Guidelines: Evidence Based Prevention Strategies to Eliminate CAUTI’s.
Target Zero: Implementing a Program to Impact CLABSI.
C-Diff: Adopting Evidence Based Prevention Practices.
Group Work: Test of Change, 30 day and 60 day action plans.
MHA Keystone Center - HAI Regional Learning Session
Henry Ford Hospital
West Bloomfield, MI
August 29, 2017
Changing Perceptions of Safety on the Unit: Evidence Based Strategies to Prevent Skin Injury and Eliminate Caregiver Harm.
Cantina Laredo
Fort Myers, FL
August 15, 2017
Why Prone? Why Now? Improving Outcomes for ARDS Patients. (Webinar)
American Association of Critical Care Nurses
August 10, 2017
The Next Big Adventure: Prevention of Non-Ventilator Hospital Acquired Pneumonia.
Target Zero: Addressing Modifiable Risk Factors for the Patient and Staff in Preventing Hospital Acquired Skin Injury.
2017 Upper Cumberland AACN Summer Symposium
Whitson-Hester School of Nursing
Tennessee Tech
Cookeville, TN
August 10, 2017
Keynote presentation - Intact Skin is In: Bundling Evidence Based Strategies to Reduce Hospital Acquired Skin Injury while Protecting the Caregiver.
Crowne Plaza
Plymouth, MN
July 26, 2017
The Next Big Adventure: Prevention of Pneumonia in the Home. Webinar
Great Plains Quality Innovation Network
July 25, 2017
Target Zero: Evidence – Based Strategies for Elimination CAUTI’s.
Maggiano’s
Nashville, TN
July 20, 2017
Changing Your Viewfinder: Culture of Safety for the Patient and the Nurse. WOCN webinar
July 19, 2017
Managing Progressive Mobility, Pressure Injuries and Bariatrics - what's the latest? Progressive Mobility Workshops
Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, Australia
July 10-14, 2017
Stop Sepsis: Evidence Based Strategies to Decrease Mortality.
4 Rivers Venue – Mobile Infirmary
Mobile, AL
June 30, 2017
Beyond the Guidelines: Evidence Based Prevention Strategies to Eliminate CAUTI’s (webinar)
Eloquest Healthcare
June 29, 2017
Beyond the Guidelines: Evidence Based Prevention Strategies to Eliminate CAUTI’s.
Target Zero: Implementing a Program to Impact CLABSI.
C-Diff: Adopting Evidence Based Prevention Practices.
Group Work: Test of Change, 30 day and 60 day action plans.
MHA Keystone Center - HAI Regional Learning Session
Spectrum Health
Grand Rapids, MI
June 21, 2017
Chasing Zero: Evidence Based Prevention Strategies to Eliminate CLABSI & CAUTI.
AACN Triangle Chapter
Bonefish Grill
Durham, NC
June 15, 2017
Roundtable Breakfast Discussion on Evidence Based Practice.
Florida Hospital
Orlando, FL
June 14, 2017
The Power of One: Impacting Patient Outcomes by Returning to the Basics.
Florida Hospital
Orlando, FL
June 13, 2017
Getting to Zero: Saving Lives by Eliminating CLA-BSI's.
Baylor University Medical Center
Dallas, TX
May 30, 2017
Upside Down Your Turn Me: When, Why and How of Prone Positioning for ARDS Patients. X2
Stopping Sepsis Matters: Evidence-Based Strategies to Decrease Mortality Across the Continuum.
ARDS Patients Surviving and Thriving: Early Application of the Evidence Matters.
Prevention of Incontinence Associated Dermatitis: Decreasing Pressure Ulcer Risk.
National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition (NTI)
George R. Brown Convention Center
Houston, TX
May 21-25, 2017
Changing the Perception of Safety on your Unit.
NTI 2017 Breakfast Symposium
George R. Brown Convention Center
Houston, TX
May 23, 2017
Changing the Perception of Safety in your Facility.
WOCN 2017 Breakfast Symposium
Salt Palace Convention Center
Salt Lake City, UT
May 21, 2017
Keynote Address - Learn It, Lead It, Live It: Strategies for Sustainable Changes in Healthcare.
2017 3M Health Care Academy Global I.V. Leadership Summit
JW Marriott Mall of America
Minneapolis, MN
May 16, 2017
Interventional Patient Hygiene: Evidence Based Interventions to Improve Patient Outcomes.
Hartford Healthcare – MidState Medical Center
Meriden, CT
May 11, 2017
Do No Harm: Evidence Based Nursing Care Strategies to Improve Patient Outcomes. WebX presentation.
First Health Foundation
Pinehurst, NC
May 9, 2017
Changing the Perceptions of a Culture of Safety for the Patient and Caregiver. Webinar
Sage Products, LLC
May 2, 2017
The Power of One: Impacting Patient Outcome by Returning to the Basics of Oral Care and Bathing/Moisture Injury Prevention. x2
Delta Regional Medical Center
Greenville, MS
May 1, 2017
Changing the Perceptions of a Culture of Safety for the Patient and the Caregiver x2
FH Critical Care Conference
Surrey Memorial Hospital