Danielle Menne Email & Phone Number

• Charge Nurse for 16 bed CVICU/SICU
• Responsible for recovering patients from the Operating Room
• Establish a compassionate environment by providing educational and emotional support to patients and their families following surgical procedures
• Manage all aspects of hemodynamics to achieve optimum patient care
• Assist Surgeons with procedures in a competent and professional manner
• Respond to all STAT situations with composure and excellence

• Management of the Nursing Department; direction and supervision of hospital wide nursing activities on designated shift.
• Responsible for making administrative decisions utilizing knowledge of hospital policies and nursing standards.
• Is knowledgeable of social, economic, and legal issues affecting the healthcare system and seeks opportunities for keeping up-to-date in healthcare practices.
• Develops, directs, implements and ensures compliance with Standards of Nursing Practice that promote optimal healthcare delivery.
• Responsible for meeting the Joint Commission Standards for Nursing.

• Developing and teaching a state regulated and grant funded PCT program.
• Teaching prospect nursing students dosage calculation both on-line and in the class room
• Grading of the dosage calculation exams

Greater St. Louis Area

• Float in-between CVICU, Nero/Trauma ICU, Medical ICU, and Burn Units
• Cross-trained to the PICU and Pediatrics floor
• Identified patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand care requirements
• Resolved patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies
• Promoted patient's independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills