Loana Hernandez, Assistant Dean of Allied Health, comes to Coastal Bend College with 20 plus years of nursing experience.  Her experience initiated with Medical Assistant and escalated to a Licensed Vocational Nurse (Bee County College), and Registered Nurse (Del Mar College).  Hernandez has been an Interim Director of the Vocational Nursing program for Coastal Bend College for over a year.  Her education includes earning an Associates of Applied Science in Registered Nursing Degree (Del Mar), and is currently enrolled in a Masters in Registered Nursing to Master of Science in Nursing Educator (Texas A&M Corpus Christi). 

Hernandez work experience includes working for the Christus Spohn system and Kingsville Nursing Rehab Center, where she was a nurse and worked Medical/Surgical/Telemetry/Pediatric Unit, trained nurses in Telemetry, ICU, ER, and Nursery.  She also managed and assigned nurses to patients. 

Hernandez is a member of the Texas Association of Vocational Nurse Educators, American Nurses Association, and Texas Community College Teachers Association. 

Presentations: 

Presented at The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) Conference:  

• Hernandez, Loana and Garcia, Julia presented Bringing the Simulation Lab into the Classroom on December 4, 2017 in Dallas, TX. 
• Hernandez, Loana and Cuyler, Kathy presented Career focused student learning. December 2015 in Houston, T 

Presented at the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) Conferences:   

Hernandez, Loana, Garcia, Julia, Espinoza, Beatriz, Lado, Julius and Salinas, Gabriela presented Success in Innovative Partnership: Hospital and Community College Collaboration, in October 2017 in San Diego, CA.

Presented at the Texas Distance Learning Association: 

Hernandez, Loana and Cuyler, Kathy presented Help! I want a live teacher. March 2015 in San Antonio, TX