Carol Stiltner, Msn, Rn Email and Phone Number

As a senior clinical advisor with Dueringer Advisors I am dedicated to supporting health plans, providers and partners in driving success.

Designing and delivering course material to undergraduate nursing students. Assessing student performance through clinical experiences, exams and projects. Collaborating with colleagues on research and interdisciplinary initiatives. Utilization of the ATI engage and testing platforms to enhance student learning and retention.

Assessed student performance through clinical experiences. Collaborated with colleagues on interdisciplinary initiatives.

Independent clinical and quality consultant focusing on payor, health plan, and acute care operations. Support implementation of Medicare and D-SNP plans. Develop and execute clinical quality programs within the payor and acute care space.

Support implementation of Medicare and D-SNP plan including integration with current Medicaid line of business. Develop clinical and quality programs.

Responsible for development and expansion of clinical and ancillary service lines. Accountable for the operations of all clinical and ancillary service lines. Collaborate with clinical and non-clinical leaders to revise, monitor, and facilitate the hospital Performance Improvement (PI), Quality and Safety Programs. Collaborate with hospital leaders to develop action plans related to mock survey findings. Responsible for the development and execution of Key Performance Metrics (KPIs) within the clinical and ancillary service lines. Developed corrective action plans and remediation processes related to regulatory findings. Developed Quality Improvement program for HCAHPS scores.

Responsible for development and expansion of clinical and ancillary service lines. Accountable for the operations of all clinical and ancillary service lines, Collaborate with clinical and non-clinical leaders to revise, monitor, and facilitate the hospital Performance Improvement (PI) program, Quality and Safety Programs. Collaborate with hospital leaders to develop action plans related to mock survey findings. Responsible for development and execution of Key Performance Metrics (KPIs) within the clinical and ancillary service lines. Developed corrective action plans and remediation processes related to regulatory findings. Led the Culture of Safety Program including training, surveys, debriefing, trends, departmental and house wide action plans. Developed Quality Improvement program for HCAHPS scores. Increased STS and ACC performance metrics.

24/7 accountability for staff members and operations within the 12 bed ICU, 66 bed Medical/Surgical/Telemetry floor and house supervisor team. Ensured compliance with regulatory and accreditation requirements ensuring staff were in a state of continual regulatory readiness for CMS and Joint Commission Surveys. Developed and implemented Quality Improvement programs. Developed Quality Improvement program for HCAHPS scores.

24/7 accountability for staff members and operations within the 12 bed trauma ICU and 24 bed CVICU

24/7 accountability for staff members and clinical operations within the 24 bed ICU and 22 bed ED

Assessed, designed, implemented and evaluated educational needs of nursing staff. Participated in CMS/CDPH survey activities. Participated in performance improvement projects.

Lecturer for Disaster Management. Clinical instructor for Medical/Surgical Nursing. Provided mentorship for students.

Lecturer for nursing fundamentals, medical/surgical nursing first semester, and ethics. Clinical instructor for medical/surgical nursing courses. Served as a mentor for students.

Assessed, designed, implemented and evaluated education needs and programs utilizing high fidelity and standardized patient simulation.

Assessed, designed, implemented and evaluated educational needs of nursing staff. Competency development and validation of nursing staff. Continual research to ensure practices on unit were evidence-based practices. Participated in performance improvement projects at the unit level.

Assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating, care of the acute trauma, surgical, neurosurgical and post transplant patient (liver, kidney and pancreas). Performing individualized patient and family education. Care of the acutely ill patient utilizing hemodynamic monitoring (CVP, A-line, PA line), mechanical ventilation, vasopressor support, intracranial monitoring and hypothermia protocol for the patient experiencing return of circulation post cardiac arrest. Collaborating with the health care team to develop and revise treatment plans based on identified needs and assessment data. Assisting physicians with bedside procedures such as bronchoscopy, endoscopy, intubation, chest tube insertion, central/arterial/pulmonary artery line insertion, emergent ventriculostomy insertion. Functioned as a preceptor to new graduate nurses and new hires