Meet Our Team!
Nancy Haker, BSN, RN
Emergency Department Nurse | Nurse Educator | Founder, Alaska Trauma & Emergency Nursing Education
With over two decades of experience in emergency nursing, Nancy Haker brings seasoned clinical expertise, strong leadership, and a deep passion for education to every setting she serves. After several impactful years as the Emergency Department Manager at Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation, Nancy recently returned to her home in Soldotna, Alaska, where she now works in the Emergency Department at Central Peninsula Hospital.
Nancy is also the founder of Alaska Trauma & Emergency Nursing Education — a program focused on delivering high-quality trauma and emergency care training across rural Alaska. “Teaching has always been where my heart is,” she says. “This work lets me share what I love alongside some of the strongest nurses and best people I know.”
Originally from Northern California, Nancy made the move to Alaska in 2019, drawn by the community and quality of life. She’s the proud mother of four grown children and grandmother of eleven —
Known for her practical approach, clear communication, and fierce support of her team, Nancy leads with experience, heart, and humor. Whether building trauma education programs, guiding new nurses, or jumping into the busiest shifts, she stays grounded in her values: work hard, learn constantly, and never underestimate the power of a strong cup of coffee.
Sue Metcalf, MSN, RN, CEN, TCRN, CPEN
Providence Alaska Medical Center
Sue has over 40 years of experience in Emergency nursing. She has worked in critical access hospitals as well as level 1 trauma centers and all levels in between. She has been teaching trauma for many years and enjoys sharing and hearing stories from students. Sue believes nurses learn best when they can increase their knowledge based on what they know.
Jessie Westin, BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN, CPEN
ED/ICU Clinical Educator
Providence Alaska Medical Center
I have worked in the Providence Emergency Department as a nurse for over 10 years and I’ve been teaching ENPC and TNCC for the last seven years. My passion has always been education going back to my time before nursing as a fly fishing guide and through my prehospital medical career as an EMT (including as a medic on the set of the movie “Big Miracle”) and a Ski Patroller. I am so glad to have had opportunities to meet students from all over the state of Alaska and look forward to teaching more classes outside of my current role.
Fun fact: My Dad wrote a book about my growing up in the Alaska Bush (near Skwentna) where we flew in a small bush plane to Anchorage once a year to get groceries (Planes, Bears, and the Turkey Bomber available on Amazon). Out there, my family owned and operated a wilderness camp for kids and families where we were able to teach fire starting, tree climbing, canoe racing, geocaching, shelter building, etc. A pretty neat childhood.
Also fun fact: I have water skied behind a Cessna 185 on floats and survived! (Looks cool but is VERY fast and you smell like aviation fuel after:)
Colleen Clarke RN
Guardian Flight
Bio incoming