Nursing Manager
Current- Effectively hired on 80+ full time staff members including RNs, PCTs, and unit clerks to open a new Trauma Med Surg unit. - Administered direct patient care as a clinical expert and charge nurse when needed - Hired and developed multiple charge nurses and four assistant nurse managers by providing growth and development opportunities such as continuous education and feedback - Chair of the PCT committee which meets every other month where we discuss issues and concerns the PCTs have and develop processes to improve the role - Part of the Progressive Mobility Pilate team using the JH-HLM score to increase patient mobility and ambulation hospital wide - Member of CAUTI Committee to establish best practice standards hospital wide - Member of Employee Safety Committee that aims to reduce employee injuries through multiple projects including needle stick prevention, patient handling, and workplace safety - Member of the Black Belt Throughput Project which focused on taking report on newly admitted patients in 15 mins or less, having the newly admitted patient into their bed in 60mins of less, and discharging a patient within 120mins once the discharge order has been placed - Improved FT/PT voluntary annualized turnover from 46.2%(FY23) to 26.0%(FY24 YTD), RN turnover improved from 45.1% to 24.3% - Implemented audits and education pertaining to identified CAUTIs, CLABSI, falls, and HAPIs. Have been 24 months CAUTI free, 8 months CLABSI free, went 100 days without a fall on the unit and 3 months without a HAPI - Increased nurse certification from 0% to 24% of qualified nurses - Assisted in hospital preparation to transition from Cerner to Epic EMR and provided support to the staff through the transition
