Allied Services employee earns Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse designation
Allied Services employee earns Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse designation
Yvette Collins, RN, BSN, CHPN, Care Coordinator for Allied Services Community Based Palliative Care program earned the credential of Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse (CHPN). Credentialed nurses must have 500 hours of hospice or and palliative nursing practice within a 12 month period and pass a competence-based Board. The certification indicates experience and competence in the provision of hospice and palliative nursing care in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team. Care necessarily encompasses the physical, psychological, emotional and spiritual needs of patients and family.
Prior to joining Allied Services Community Based Palliative Care program, Collins served as a program nurses for Allied Services In-Home. Prior to joining Allied Services, Collins as care manager for the chronic care initiative and office nurse at InterMountain Medical Group. She lives in Clarks Summit with her husband Donnie, and three children.
Photo ID: Yvette Collins, RN, BSN, CHPN, Care Coordinator for Allied Services Community Based Palliative Care program
