Marta Collins This is Me

Education

 Web References

1. 1. thedaily.washington.edu

   thedaily.washington.edu/2007/1 - [Cached]

   Published on: 11/30/2007   Last Visited: 1/16/2008

   Marta Collins is a registered nurse who works with the Family Health Clinic and the Women’s Clinic.
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   Marta Collins, a nurse at the UW's Hall Health Center, agreed that the nursing field is never dull.
   
   "It's a great profession because you can go into so many different fields of nursing," she said. "You never have to be stagnant. It's so refreshing."
   
   Collins also graduated from the UW School of Nursing, which she said is one of seven nursing programs in Seattle.
   
   She works at both the Women's Clinic and the Family Health Clinic at Hall Health.
   
   Prior to coming to work at the UW, she worked in Burns and Plastics and Intensive Care units at Harborview Medical Center. She also has experience in labor and delivery.
   
   At Hall Health, Collins is a jack-of-all-trades, performing activities ranging from answering phone calls and answering questions of parents, giving Depo Provera shots for birth control, doing assessments for urinary tract infections, giving pediatric flu shots, testing for whooping cough and posting health-related bulletin boards that promote education.
   
   Like Lytle, Collins hadn't always wanted to be a nurse.
   
   Before, she was a waitress and even worked in casinos in Las Vegas. However, while visiting home, a family friend who was an assistant to the county coroner introduced her to the field of nursing.
   
   "I really had no idea what a nurse did," she said.

2. 2. Health information and health education Seattle: Family Health

   www.hallhealthcenter.com/staff - [Cached]

   Published on: 5/31/2005   Last Visited: 11/1/2006

   Marta Collins, RN
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   Marta Collins, RN: Nurse
   
   Marta Collins, RN, graduated from the University of Washington Nursing School in 1984. Prior to coming to Hall Health, she worked in the Burn/Plastics and Intensive Care Units at Harborview Medical Center for 5 years. Following this intense experience, she chose to pursue another equally intense but much happier career path and worked in Labor and Delivery at 2 area hospitals.
   
   In 2003, Marta started work at Hall Health in the Immunization Clinic and found it very interesting to learn about vaccines, communicable diseases, public health issues, and travel medicine. Most recently, she has been working in the Women's Clinic one day a week and in the Family Health Clinic 4 days a week. Utilizing some of her previous experience working with women and babies, Marta finds that one of the most satisfying parts of her position is relieving the often very worried mind of a new parent. She also enjoys counseling and teaching freshman women,,away from home for the first time,,about college health issues.
   
   On a personal note, Marta is married and lives in Kirkland. She has a son who is a college freshman, a daughter who is a high school junior, 2 pound puppies, and 2 crazy cats. She loves animals, music, cooking and travel.