PATRICK HAWKINS
LINDSAY ANN MASON
DNP, RN
CRNA, RN
College of Nursing MSN-CNS ’13
College of Nursing MSN-NP ’04
College of Nursing MSN-NA ’10
Practitioner: Sparrow Hospital, Medical/Surgical
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Practitioner: Flint, Michigan and surrounding areas
Practitioner: Staff CRNA at Anesthesia Practice
Consultants, P.C., working primarily at Spectrum
Health Butterworth and Helen DeVos Children’s
Hospital campuses
Adjunct Faculty, Lansing Community College—Nursing
"As a BSN student I loved problem solving; creating
systematic changes to improve workflow and quality were
some of my favorite projects. While working with neurosurgical patients and their families as an RN, I discovered
that I also had passion for education. I loved how
education could make a difference to a patient’s wellness
and the satisfaction of improving their hospital stay.
My nursing mentors at MSU helped identify a career
that would maximize my talents and strengths. The
Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist with
Education concentration gave me challenging clinical
opportunities. The projects and clinical work I did within
the program were impressive to Sparrow Hospital.
They offered me a position after graduation.
"The education I received at MSU provided the
infrastructure on which my efforts are anchored. I was
motivated to become an advanced practice nurse to
elevate the quality of care provided to those in my care
with the knowledge gleaned from the best of medicine
combined with the art and science of nursing. Currently
I am a patient-focused, evidence-based advocate serving
as a preceptor and instructor to advanced practice
nursing students, a resource for staff nurses, and a
collaborator for multidisciplinary teams.
In my practice, I assess, develop, implement, and
evaluate ongoing interventions for multiple complex
medical conditions in patients with chronic kidney
disease, which include hypertension, hypervolemia,
anemia, and metabolic bone disease management.
I also coordinate multidisciplinary management of
end stage kidney disease clients. I recent