Colleen Ditro is a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), certified nurse practitioner, and the lead Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) for the orthopedics, pain and wound care teams at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children. She is on the medical advisory board of the Little People of America, is the camp nurse for Camp Seneb, a summer camp for children with skeletal dysplasia, and teaches nursing students as an adjunct faculty member at West Chester University. She’s been a pediatric nurse since 1987, and is a past board member of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and the Pediatric Orthopaedic Practitioners Society (POPS). Colleen joined Nemours in 2004, and earned Nurse of the Year honors for all of Nemours in 2013.
Why I Treat Children
I have wanted to be a pediatric nurse since I was 16 years old, when my brother passed away from leukemia. His nurses took such great care of him, I knew what I wanted to do with my life. I jumped at the chance to join the skeletal dysplasia team at Nemours. I saw that it was an opportunity to be part of a close-knit team and something I could jump into whole-heartedly. I really feel passionate about taking care of the families and children we see.
What I'm Passionate About
I’m passionate about providing high-quality care to families — family-centered care, where we make sure the whole family is included and provided for. Our families often come quite a distance for care and I want to make sure they leave feeling it was worth the trip, that everything fell into place for them and they’re satisfied with the care they got. I’m also passionate about nurses. I teach nursing at West Chester University, and do all I can to help them become great nurses and know how to provide high-quality care for families and children.
Make A Difference
I really try to help families in our skeletal dysplasia program connect with resources and with other families with similar conditions and circumstances. We have families from all over the world, so if I can make the connection for a family on the west coast, for instance, with another family of a child with a similar condition in their part of the world, they don’t have to feel like they’re out there by themselves.
Education & Training
Medical/Dental School
Doctor of Nursing Practice
- Thomas Jefferson University/School of Nursing,
2013
Board Certifications
Pediatric Nursing Certification Board
Awards & Recognition
2013
Nurse of the Year, Nemours
2002
Nurse Excellence Award, Abington Memorial Hospital
2013
Susan Schrand Award for Professionalism, Leadership and Advocacy, Jefferson College of Nursing
Insurance Accepted
Aetna Better Health FL Medicaid and Healthy Kids
Aetna Better Health PA Kids HMO
Aetna HMO
Aetna HMO/POS/PPO/EPO
Aetna PPO/POS/EPO
AmeriHealth Caritas Florida (FKA Prestige Health Choice)
Amerigroup NJ Medicaid/Healthy Kids
Amerihealth Caritas DE - PENNSYLVANIA SPECIALISTS ONLY
Amerihealth Caritas Delaware
Blue Cross Blue Shield Florida Blue Select
Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Non HMO
Carefirst MD Community Health Plan Mcaid
Cigna & Great West HMO/POS Open Access
Cigna & Great West PPO/EPO
Cigna/Great West HMO EPO POS
Cigna/Great West PPO
Community Care Plan Medicaid
Delaware First Health
Delaware Medicaid/Diamond State
Delaware Medicare
Devon Health Services
Employers Health Network PPO
Evolutions Healthcare
First Health Aetna PPO/EPO
First Health/Affordable PPO
Florida Medicaid
GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT DE
Geisinger Health Plan Commercial
Geisinger Health Plan Medicaid
HUMANA HEALTHY HORIZONS (FKA HUMANA MEDICAID)
Health First Health Plans
Health Partners Medicaid/Kidz Partner HMO
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware Traditional
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delware HMO PPO POS EPO
Highmark Medicaid Health Options
Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield NJ HMO
Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NJ PPO
Horizon NJ Health
Humana HMO/POS
Humana PPO/EPO
INTEGRA Administrative Group (ClaimsBridge)
Independence Blue Cross/Amerihealth/Keystone HMO PPO
Keystone First Medicaid HMO
Lifetrac Transplant
Maryland Medicaid
Molina Healthcare Medicaid
Multiplan PPO
New Jersey Medicaid
Olympus Managed Healthcare PPO ORL
Plan Vista/NPPN PPO
Prime Health Services PPO Specialty Florida
Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
Qualcare HMO/POS/PPO
Seminole Tribe of Florida
Simply Healthcare Healthy Kids
Simply Healthcare Medicaid HMO
Star Healthcare Network
Sunshine SMI/CMS 19 & 21
Sunshine State Health Plan Medicaid
Three Rivers Provider Network
Tricare/Humana Military Health Services
UPMC MCAID/CHIP PA DE
US Family Health Plan
United Healthcare Commercial Products
United Healthcare Community Plan Medicaid HMO
United Healthcare of the Mid-Atlantic
Volusia Health Network PPO/EPO
Wellcare of NJ Medicaid HMO
Skeletal Dysplasia
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