Paulina Gilliland, RN, CPAN

HISTORIAN, MEMBERSHIP

Paulina began camp nursing in 1995 as a volunteer nurse for the Muscular Dystrophy program while working as an ICU nurse. She met her husband and, as a result of marriage, moved to Camp ASCCA, “Alabama’s camp for children and adults,” but worked for another 10 years as a post anesthesia nurse before she became Camp ASCCA’s health services director in 2001. She loves her current job!

Paulina works with children and adults with all types of disabilities: the physically disabled, mentally disabled, and those with chronic diagnoses such as sickle cell, asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, and spinal conditions. Her work, a year round position, provides opportunity for new quests; this year, for example, she’s developing a handicapped accessible garden at the camp.

Camp ASCCA doesn’t keep Paulina busy all the time. She also works as a ER nurse during the winter months. Paulina joined ACN when she became a camp nurse and has appreciated the help she’s received by networking with other members, especially during her first years in the practice. She hopes to enable more of that networking through her Board efforts, especially in the area of membership while she captures ACN’s story as historian.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Paulina Gilliland, RN, CPAN
PO Box 21 – Camp ASCCA
Jackson’s Gap, AL 36861

256-825-9226

paulina@campascca.org