Hyacinth Carreon, DNP, RN, NI-BC, CMSRN, CPHIMS

She/Her/Hers

Areas of Expertise

• Health & Nursing Informatics
• Quality Informatics & Evidence-Based Projects
• Electronic Health Record (EHR) Systems (Cerner & Epic)
• Project Management
• Nursing Education
• Instructional Design

Biography

Dr. Carreon has been a practicing informatics nurse specialist since 2007. She has over 30 years of progressive clinical, teaching, and administrative nursing experience. Her clinical nursing experiences include medical-surgical, long-term care, step-down progressive/cardiac care, inpatient hemodialysis, and cardiac catheterization departments. She currently serves as a full-time nurse consultant for nursing informatics in one of the California state agencies.

She has been an EBP project advisor for nursing residency projects in acute care setting and has been teaching nursing informatics since 2010. She has enjoyed teaching in an adjunct nursing faculty role across pre-licensure and RN-BSN programs from 2009 to 2019. She transitioned to the MSN program in 2020.

Clinical Specialty

• Cardiovascular Nursing

Education

• Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), California State University, Northern California Consortium Program [Fresno State & San Jose State Universities]
• HITECH Workforce Grant Program – Clinician Practitioner Program, Chattanooga State Community College
• Post Master’s Certificate – Nursing Informatics, Walden University
• Instructional Systems Design Certification Program, University of North Florida (UNF)
• Master of Science of Nursing (MSN) – Nursing Education, Walden University
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) – San Pedro College

Certifications

• Board Certified in Informatics Nursing (NI-BC) – American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
• Certified Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse (CMSRN) – Medical-Surgical Nursing Certification Board (MSNCB)
• Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CPHIMS) – Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
• Certified Health Technology Specialist, Clinician/Practitioner Consultant (CHTS-CP) – American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
• Certified in Willow Inpatient, Epic Systems

Honors and Awards

• University of California Davis (UCD) Employee Excellence in Leadership Award
• American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA) Scholarship Award
• 2011 Great 100 Nurses of Northeast Florida Award

Recent Publications

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32692031/ 

Memberships and Affiliations

• Member, American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA)
• Volunteer – ANIA Education Committee
• Member, Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN)
• Member, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
• Member, Chamberlain College Nursing Honor Society (Phi Pi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International)
• Volunteer – Peer Review Panel, CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing Journal

Teaching Responsibilities

• Evidence-Based Practice & Informatics
• Transition to Graduate Education (Guest Lecturer)