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Skills

  • Well visit procedures
  • Chart auditing and compliance
  • Critical patient care in PACU
  • Preventative health
  • Patient-centered care
  • Quality improvement initiatives
  • Insulin medication assistance
  • Pain management strategy innovation
  • Patient and family advocacy
  • OR and PACU collaboration

Work Experiences

  • Audited charts and reviewed clinical documents to ensure accuracy.
  • Oversaw and managed 15 clinical and support staff in patient care activities while maintaining a high level of staff morale and professionalism.
  • Oversaw nursing activities for 8 departments at a 7-bed hospital with 7+ employees, advising nurses on how to provide excellent patient care and satisfaction.
  • Observed and reported on the patient's condition, progress, and medication side effects to accurately document updates.
  • Affirmed consistent care quality.
  • Recorded details about all therapies, including process and initiative to keep patient charts up to date.
  • Advocated for patient safety initiatives by restructuring post-op handoff procedures, reducing post-surgical errors by 28%.
  • Achieved a 84% decrease in extended stay rates.
  • Acted quickly in situations that threatened the unit's safety and security, implementing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate the situation.
  • Gave patients, families, and caregivers information on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management, and lifestyle choices.

Summaries

  • Accomplished nurse manager with experience in spearheading healthcare process improvements, achieving a 52% reduction in errors and complications in 2020.
  • During each shift, an attentive nursing professional provides a high level of care, patient assistance, and quality assurance.
  • Focused on advancing expertise in risk assessment while fostering innovation.
  • Strengths in risk assessment and vendor management backed up by Healthcare training.
  • Considered to be a hard worker with a strong desire to succeed.
  • Clear understanding of stakeholder engagement and risk assessment as well as vendor management training.
  • PACU Clinical Nurse Manager is a multi-talented PACU Clinical Nurse Manager who is consistently rewarded for planning and operational improvements.
  • Proven track record of using critical thinking, analysis, and medical knowledge to provide exceptional care in high-pressure situations.
  • Achieved a 81% reduction in patient complications.
  • Board-certified registered nurse with interests in telemetry, medical-surgical, and behavioral health.

Accomplishments

  • Resolved product issue through consumer testing.
  • Collaborated with team of 3 in the development of standard.
  • Spearheaded the rollout of new health records management protocols, maintaining the integrity and confidentiality of patient data.
  • Standardized post-op care handoffs with multidisciplinary teams, reducing the incidence of medical errors by 69%.
  • Led electronic medical record (EMR) auditing efforts, ensuring compliance with legal and accreditation standards, and boosting data accuracy rates by 78%.
  • Led a cross-functional team in identifying bottlenecks in patient care workflows, reducing overall PACU wait times by 83%.
  • Directed education efforts on pain management innovations, ensuring PACU staff adoption of cutting-edge post-op care techniques.
  • Implemented monthly audits of patient care metrics, boosting compliance with hospital-wide quality standards by 27%.
  • Developed performance metrics for PACU staff, resulting in a 35% improvement in employee accountability and job satisfaction.
  • Engaged in continuous quality improvement projects, leveraging data-driven insights to enhance PACU performance by 55%.

Affiliations

  • American Nurses Association (ANA)
  • Critical Care Nurses Association (CCNA)
  • Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
  • Post Anesthesia Care Unit Managers Association
  • National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
  • Society of Human Resource Management
  • Freemason
  • Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE)
  • Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
  • American Medical Informatics Association

Certifications

  • NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) Certification
  • Certified Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse (CWOCN)
  • PACU-Specific Competency Assessment Certification from Cedar Works
  • ServSafe
  • Safe Sedation Practice Certification from Brightline
  • Project Management Professional (PMP)
  • Certified Healthcare Quality Professional (CPHQ)
  • Perianesthesia Nursing Certificate Course (PNCC) from Cedar Works
  • Certified Ambulatory PeriAnesthesia Nurse (CAPA)
  • Certified Nurse Manager and Leader (CNML)

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