Biosketch

As the Clinical Center Chief Nursing Officer, Dr. Hastings directs patient care services that support intramural research activities conducted at the Clinical Center’s 234-bed research hospital and ambulatory care facility. She represents the Clinical Center in defining the roles of clinical nurses within the national clinical research infrastructure and in setting standards for integrating patient care and management of the clinical research process. She also directs the nursing research program at the Clinical Center with portfolio strengths in quality of life, symptom management, health disparities reduction and research career development.

Dr. Hastings started her career as a staff nurse at the Clinical Center. She has held senior management roles at the Washington Hospital Center, in Washington, DC and the University of Maryland Medical System in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Hastings is past president of the American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing where she became nationally known as a spokesperson for defining the role and contributions of nurses in ambulatory care. She served as a Senior Evaluator for the Malcolm Baldrige Award Health Care Pilot. She has extensive publications and presentations on ambulatory care nursing, professional practice development, clinical research nursing and nursing administration. She also has a long-standing affiliation with the University of Maryland School of Nursing where she has taught graduate level courses in measurement and research methodology. Dr. Hastings was selected as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing in 2003

Selected Honors and Awards

NIH Director’s Recognition Award for Hurricane Katrina Response Effort, 2005; NIH Director’s Award for Mentoring, 2005; Clinical Center Directors Recognition Award for work in activation of the Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center, 2004;Appreciation Award for work in support of 3rd Annual Chesapeake Consortium Research Day, Sigma Theta Tau, 2004; Selected as a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, 2003; Chief Nurse Officer Award for Outstanding Contributions to Nursing, US Public Health Service, 2002; Appreciation Award, National Association of Hispanic Nurses, 2001; Graduate Nursing Award for Outstanding Dissertation Project, Sigma Theta Tau, Pi Chapter, 1995; Doctoral Award for Excellence in Indirect Nursing, University of Maryland School of Nursing Graduate Program, 1995; Service Award, American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing, 1993.

Selected Publications:

Hastings, C. (2006) Reduce errors with computerized prescriber order entry. Nursing Management, 37(12). 68.
 
Wallen, G.R., Hastings, C. (2006). Researching the gap: Minority health disparities studies at the National Institutes of Health. Advance for Nurses, 14-17.
 
Moore, M. & Hastings, C.  (2006) The evolution of an ambulatory nursing intensity system: Measuring nursing workload in a day hospital setting. Journal of Nursing Administration. 36 (5). 241-248.
 
Hastings, C. (2006). The ambulatory care practice arena. Ambulatory Nursing Core Curriculum, 2nd Edition. Pitman, NJ: AAACN.
 
Haas, S. & Hastings, C. (2006). Staffing and workload in ambulatory care nursing. Ambulatory Nursing Core Curriculum, 2nd Edition. Pitman, NJ: AAACN..
 
Wallen, G.R., Rivera-Goba, M., Hastings, C., Peragallo, N., de Leon Siantz, M.L. (2005). Developing the Research Pipeline:  Increasing Minority Nursing Research Opportunities. Nursing Education Perspectives, 26(1).

Hastings, C. (2001). The ambulatory care practice arena. Ambulatory Nursing Core Curriculum. New York: W.B. Saunders.
 
Haas, S. & Hastings, C. (2001). Staffing and workload in ambulatory care nursing. Ambulatory Nursing Core Curriculum. New York: W.B. Saunders.
 
Benefield LE, Clifford J, Cox S, Hagenow NR, Hastings C, Kobs AE, Mayer GG, Porter-O'Grady T, Stahl DA, Valentine NM, Wolgin F. (2000). Nursing leaders predict top trends for 2000. Nursing Management, 31(1), 21-3.
 
Perkins, S., Connerney, I., & Hastings, C. (2000). An introduction to outcomes management. AACN Clinical Issues: Advanced Practice in Critical Care. 11(3), 339-50.