Meet your AHA instructor: Adriana Park, MSN, RN
Most CPR cards in Las Vegas come from someone who does this on the side. Yours won't.
Adriana Park MSN, RN
A master's-prepared nurse educator with more than 20 years at the bedside, about sixteen of them in the NICU, alongside emergency, critical-care, and home-health nursing. Adriana has been a Neonatal Resuscitation Program instructor since 2012, so when you ask the hard question in class, the answer comes from someone who has done it on real patients, not read it in a manual.
My goal is to take you from anxious about emergencies to capable. You leave my classroom with the competence and confidence to save a life.
Two decades, one through-line
- 20+ years A registered nurse At the bedside since 2004
- ~16 years In the NICU Neonatal & high-risk delivery
- Since 2012 An NRP instructor Teaching neonatal resuscitation
- MSN Nurse educator Master's, emphasis in Education
Trained to teach this, and to do it
Adriana isn’t a nurse who picked up teaching on the side. She holds a master’s in nursing education and has been a Neonatal Resuscitation Program instructor for over a decade. More recently, she added AHA’s BLS, ACLS, and PALS instructor credentials.
Education
- 2018
Master of Science in Nursing, emphasis in Education
Grand Canyon University
- 2012
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
University of Delaware
- 2004
Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
Craven Community College
- 2015
Lactation Consultant Certification
UC San Diego
Instructor credentials
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Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
Instructor since 2012
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Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
Provider since 2007 · Instructor since 2023
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Basic Life Support (BLS)
Provider since 2003 · Instructor since 2024
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Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
Provider & Instructor since 2024
Licensure & advanced certifications
- Registered Nurse · Nevada & California Active license
- Int'l Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC)
- Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) 2022
Equipped for neonatal resuscitation
A real warmer, real NRP gear, and the AAP reference chart on the wall. It's the setup Adriana has taught NRP on since 2012.
Where the calm in an emergency comes from
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Today
Founder & lead instructor Heartbeat Haven LV · Las Vegas
Teaches every BLS, ACLS, PALS, and NRP class herself. Small groups, real manikin time, no rotating contractors.
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Since 2023
RN Community Liaison Serenity Nonprofit · The Courtyard
Community-health nursing with people experiencing homelessness at The Courtyard, connecting them to the medical care and resources they need across Las Vegas.
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~16 years
NICU & neonatal nursing Level III NICUs
Shift manager, neonatal transport-team member, and high-risk deliveries from 24 weeks, at St. Joseph's (Stockton), UC Davis Children's, Sunrise Children's, and St. Rose.
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Okinawa, Japan · 2010–2012
U.S. Naval Hospital
As a civilian RN: the first civilian charge nurse in the Level III NICU, and the first civilian on the Air Force neonatal ground-transport team.
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Emergency & critical care
ER and step-down ICU Desert View Hospital · Kaweah Delta
Triage and trauma, stroke, heart-attack, and sepsis protocols, plus emergency newborn deliveries.
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Earlier in her career
Correctional health nurse
Cared for patients inside a correctional facility, part of two decades that also span the ER, home health, and community nursing.
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Nurse educator
Adjunct professor San Joaquin Delta College
Taught nursing students as adjunct faculty for the neuropsychiatric nursing rotation.
Small groups. Real reps.
You don’t learn compressions by watching a video. Every Heartbeat Haven class is small and hands-on, and Adriana teaches all of them herself.
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12 students max
8 for NRP. Capped, not packed, so everyone gets real manikin time, not a spot in the back row.
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Same-day AHA eCard
Issued by the AHA the day you pass, straight to your inbox, no paperwork wait.
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AHA-aligned
Through an AHA Training Center. The same card every Las Vegas employer accepts.
Heartbeat Haven LV exists because most Las Vegas CPR options are 20-person chain classrooms or 10-minute YouTube videos. Healthcare workers deserve a third option: a small in-person room, a working clinician at the front, and the same AHA card every employer accepts.
Why Adriana started Heartbeat Haven
After two decades at the bedside, running real codes in NICUs and emergency departments, and caring for patients everywhere from home health to corrections, Adriana watched too many colleagues come back from chain CPR classes having barely touched a manikin. So she opened Heartbeat Haven LV, the class her own coworkers should have had: small, hands-on, and taught by a clinician who has lived it.
She still works as a community-health nurse in Las Vegas, now serving people experiencing homelessness, which is part of why the mission runs deeper than a card. Heartbeat Haven exists to put hands-on, AHA-aligned training within reach of the people who need it. In time, that means free certification for the Las Vegas communities that don’t always get the option. Every heartbeat matters.
Heartbeat Haven teaches the full American Heart Association slate plus the AAP’s Neonatal Resuscitation Program. See all courses →
What past students say
“She knows how to simplify algorithms so you remember them long-term.”
From Adriana's NRP, ACLS, and PALS classes. Verified Google reviews.
Adriana is an amazing teacher and she really takes her time to answer all in-person questions. She knows how to simplify algorithms so you remember necessary skills in the long term.
- ★★★★★
I took NRP with Adriana and she was a fantastic instructor. I appreciated that she explained the course in a manner that easy to understand. I will definitely take another course with her in the future.
Vanessa GonzalezNRP · 2025 - ★★★★★
NRP with Adriana was very informative. She made the whole class feel comfortable no matter skill level or experience.
Celeste De LeonNRP · 2025
“Adriana was great! Straight to the point but detailed. Gave great scenarios.”
Quotes are from verified Google reviews of Adriana's classes prior to founding Heartbeat Haven LV. Reviewer names shown as published.