Practical Nursing Coordinator

Heather Haines has been the Practical Nursing Coordinator and Financial Aid Administrator at the Academy since September 2020. She has a B.S. in Biopsychology from Juniata College and earned her RN diploma from Lewistown Hospital School of Nursing. In 2019, she received her B.S. in Nursing from Graceland University. In May of 2024, she completed her M.S.N. in Nursing Education from Duquesne University.

Professionally, she has a past experience as a Laboratory Technician in a Cutaneous Nerve lab at Johns Hopkins University Hospital prior to nursing. Her nursing background includes Telemetry nursing, substitute school nurse, Nurse Supervisor for long-term care, and as a Wellness Nurse/Supervisor in family medicine. Heather Haines has served on the Nurse Education Advisory Committee for the Geisinger School of Nursing since 2013. She has also been the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Association of Practical Nursing Administrators (PAPNA) since the Spring of 2021.