Debra Mudd Email & Phone Number

United States

Louisville, Kentucky

Experienced APRN providing in home health care for home bound patients experiencing multiple co-morbidities, including COPD, CHF, HTN, DM2, CKD, depression / anxiety - BLS active- DEA active - experienced with working with DME suppliers - experienced with team collaboration - home health agencies, referral to specialty groups, Hospice

9200 Shelbyville Road, Ste 530 Louisville, KY 40222

- in home care of home bound patients as noted above- MD2U was acquired by LHC, and experienced a name change to Advanced Care House Calls at the time of acquisition.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

• Developed and implemented staff training programs, utilizing new coaching and corrective techniques to improve performance, mitigate risk, and enhance research quality metrics reporting.
• Established standard operating procedures for combining three large research entities under one central organization, including 16 groups working on approximately 600 research protocols.
• Supported roughly 50 physicians and staff as Super User during EPIC/EMR implementation.
• Organized ACLS certification of approximately 50 cardiologists to facilitate hospital accreditation.
• Assessed all 16 research offices for compliance with OHSA standards, overseeing training in use of PPE (personal protective equipment) and proper lab shipping techniques.
• Lead onsite and remote assessments of research activities, ensuring full compliance with standards including SOPs, company policy, Good Clinical Practices, and applicable regulations, including oversight of quality.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

• Consistent top enroller in multiple research trials for both drug and devices development
• Maintained research compliance and safety by building strong working relationships with patients, resulting in CHF patients often stabilizing prior to hospitalization due to device and drug adjustments.
• Coordinated multiple ongoing research trials involving up to 250 subjects.
• Supported Cardiology trials and in specialty areas including device implants, hyperlipidemia, anti-coagulation therapy, CHF, and CAD long term follow-up trials.
• Organized trial enrollments for 8-10 research trials while maintaining follow-up and active engagement with all enrolled individuals, as well as provided ongoing assessments and physician updates.
• Served as Super-user during EPIC implementation and ongoing optimization activities for staff and physicians within the Research environment

• Chaired Crash Cart Committee that collaborated with other physician groups to provide advanced life support skilled care for all patients as well as served as OHSA representative.
• Facilitated development of organized response teams and coordination of emergency patient services.
• Taught annual ACLS courses for designated staff members in a large Cardiology practice with a full diagnostic center; Office staff included 26 cardiologists, and support personnel for a Cardiac Cath lab, exercise and.
• All activities as denoted for Norton Healthcare

Louisville, Kentucky Area

• Cared for immediate post-operative patients from CABG and valve repair procedures.
• Managed and weaned patients of ventilators, vasoactive IV medications, and fluid resuscitation as well as utilized specific equipment and administered blood products as necessary to deal with emergencies.
• Awarded Nurse of the Year in 2000 for Open Heart Recovery.
• Preceptor for new staff members, taking active role in education and onboarding

Master Of Science Nursing - Primary Care, Family Practice Nurse/Nursing

Activities and Societies: Sigma Theta TauAugust 2016

Bsn, Nursing, Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa PhiMay 2013

Adn, Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse, Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: President of Student Nursing Society