Scott MacLean, RN

Qualifications

• RN Refresher Course completed 2/2004
• Basic Life Support(B.L.S.)CPR with A.E.D.,7/15/2004
• Licensed to practice nursing as a Registered Nurse in; North Carolina(1995),Connecticut(1991),New York(1988)and The United Kingdom(1983)
  
• Certificate in Tropical Community Medicine & Health, The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, England(1987)
  
• Certificate in Tropical Medicine (with distinction), The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, England(1986)
  
• Family Planning Training, Eastern General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland (1985)
• BSc. Microbiology, Glasgow University, Glasgow, Scotland(1980)with studies in; Biology, Geology, Chemistry, Marine Science & Psychology

Work Experience

• Camp Nurse, 6/2-6/14/2002 & 7/13-8/9/2002
• Part of a team offering free clinics in Bangalore, South India, 11/2001
• Travel in Ladakh, North India, Summer 2001
• Camp Nurse, a 5 day overnight camp, June 2001
• Camp Nurse, a 5 day overnight camp, July 2000
• American Red Cross Local Volunteer in Wilmington, NC following Hurricane Bertha, 1996
• Agency Nursing, Wilmington, NC, 1995-1997, providing private duty home care and staff relief in the Pender Memorial Hospital ER, Burgaw, NC
• Agency/Registry Nursing, Private Duty Nursing, Home & Hospital, 1991-1995, assignments included Stamford Hospital, Stamford, CT, Private Duty Nursing in the hospital as well as working in the pediatric, endocrine, allergy, foot, eye, cardiac and other outpatient clinics as needed
• Camp Nurse, Burlingham, NY, summer 1991
• American Red Cross Disaster Health Services Volunteer in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Hugo, 1989
• Camp Nurse, Christine, TX, summer 1989
• Volunteer Rural Health Care Worker, Belize, Central America (12/88-3/89)
• Agency Private Duty Nursing in NY State, 1988
• Medical Research, Edinburgh University School of Medicine, Bacteriology Dept., Edinburgh, Scotland (2/87-8/87) "Lewis Antigen secretor status as an innate host defence mechanism"
• Volunteer Maternal & Child Health/Rural Health Care Worker, Memorial Christian Hospital, Sialkot, Pakistan (2/86-5/86)
• Senior Staff Nurse, Renal Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland (1/85-1/86)

Publications/Projects

• A World Survey on the Treatment of Diarrhoeal Disease by Oral Rehydration in 1979, W.A.M. Cutting, S.J. MacLean & others, Annals of Tropical Pediatrics, 1981, 1, 199-208
  
• Pillows for Comfort, S.J. MacLean, Nursing Times(U.K.) Jan. 5, 1982
  
• Health care in Gabon-A project undertaken at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, England, 1987

Achievements

• Bicycled across the U.S.A. Seattle, WA to Rehoboth Beach, DE, 3,200 miles in 6 1/2 weeks, summer 1995
• Bicycled across North Carolina, Boone to Wilmington, 428 miles, Oct. 8-14, 2000
• Extra Class Ham Radio Operator
• Computer literate on PC and Macintosh Platforms
• Independently traveler in: India (1986 & 2001), Pakistan (1986), Nepal (1986), Guatemala (1989), Honduras (1989), Mexico (1989), Belize (1989) Europe, the UK (1970's and 1980's, July 2001, November 2001) and France (11/2001)
• Language ability in: French, German, Spanish, Hindi/Urdu

  This page was updated May 14th, 2005