Administer the organization-wide Patient Safety Plan ensuring appropriate reporting of adverse events externally.Coordinate and track projects and initiatives related to patient safety. Initiate and project manage the implementation of the Comprehensive Unit Based Safety Program (CUSP), growing to utilization in ten units and expanding. Convene and facilitate root cause analysis and serious event investigations.Facilitate implementation, monitoring, and reporting of corrective actions related to serious events.Deliver senior leader and Board reports on patient safety activities.Educate staff on programs related to Patient Safety.Ensure compliance with patient safety regulatory and accreditation requirements.

Performance Improvement liaison to frontline and clinical leadership, coaching teams toachieve quality project goals.Lead multi-disciplinary quality improvement teams achieving improvement in areas suchas inpatient vaccination rates and staff hand hygiene compliance.Proficiency in use of quality improvement tools such as process flow maps,cause/effect diagrams, run charts, and checklists.

Yes, and… Philly is a group of diverse individuals gathering regularly for thinking, learning, and doing together. We’ll use Liberating Structures and other methods that open people to creative solutions and new possibilities. It is also a place to hone your own skills in facilitating teams and communities to solve challenges collectively by experiencing these techniques yourself. Along with my co-founders, Amanda Lyons and Bruce Waltuck, we have been developing Yes, and... Philly in order to build a community of learners and practitioners. Together we will experience new ways to help people in all types of communities, from neighborhoods to workplaces.

Provide direct care for patients presenting to the emergency department settingProficient in primary care of patients with a variety of complaints in all medical/surgical and critical care specialtiesPerform triage in a safe and efficient mannerCritical Thinking in high stress environmentMember of the Patient Safety Delta Team

Travel nursing assignments in Intensive Care, Step-down Cardiac Surgery, ProgressiveCare, and Neuro Intensive Care units.Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 1/2001 - 4/2001Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 5/2001 - 6/2002 Provided primary nursing care to critically ill patients and families.Proficiency in care of ventilators and invasive catheters.Train and supervise new licensed clinicians.

Monitor patients for changes in status and indications of conditions such as sepsis orshock and institute appropriate interventions.Proficiency in hemodynamic monitoring: Swan Ganz catheters, arterial lines.Prioritize nursing care for assigned critically ill patients based on assessment data andidentified needs.

Accountable for direct care of medical patients with a variety of diagnoses.Delegate to and supervise support staff to optimize patient outcomes and care goals.Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, orevaluate patient care plan.Provide education and emotional support to patients and families.