Diane Pullen Email & Phone Number

United States

Assist with mock survey preparation for Joint Commission visits. Remediate negative findings by agencies such as Joint Commission and AHCA. I can prepare hospitals who wish to gain JC specific disease certification. Experienced with stroke, spine, diabetes, hip and knee certifications. Successfully led 8 JC surveys/certifications in a 4 year period. Was able to turn around a failed JC CMS survey successfully and receive accreditation with no findings.

Sebastian, Florida

Promote community healthcare knowledge by delivering educational seminars throughout the South Florida area.

Efficiently managed 120 skilled nursing associates, along with overseeing cost center budgetary activities for ICUs, PACU, Telemetry, Progressive Care, Overflow, and Cardiac Rehab, and co-chairing a Cardiology Service Line Team.Nurse Manager of Progressive Care & Telemetry Units (1995 – 2002)Met healthcare goals by managing up to 100 top associates, preparing budgets, overseeing two cost centers, and implementing new service lines for vascular patients including staff education and CQI team leader responsibilities.Served as Chairperson of a multidisciplinary discharge task force and Facilitator of a Hospital Wound Care Team.Charge Nurse of Progressive Care Unit (1989 – 1995) • Staff RN of Medical Intensive Care Unit (1987 – 1989)—Additional Nursing Roles Held Prior to 1987

Applied dynamic leadership talents toward directing up to 100 associates, including nursing supervisors, house secretaries, clinical nurse specialists, wound care teams, and staff within ICUs, PACU, and Cardiac Rehab.Coordinated cost-effective departmental budgets to maximize bottom-line results within key medical center areas.Planned unit structuring, design, equipment purchases, and start-up of Cardiovascular ICU and CV

Led Cardiology and Pulmonary Service Line which included projects on JC core measures for AMI, CHF, and Pneumonia, along with participating in VAP program, ACS program, and Sepsis Bundle and Glycemic control projects.Built positive professional relationships by co-chairing the hospital’s “Interdisciplinary Council of Quality Control.”Structured a “Critical Care Mentorship Program” to orient and educate new nurses, and gained 100% retention rates.Served as Site Coordinator for Duke University’s CRUSADE study of patients with NSTEMI at the hospital.; Strategically steered multi-area healthcare operations by managing workflow of 175 associates, including handling budget responsibilities for ICUs, Progressive Care, Telemetry, Overflow, PACU, and Cardiac Rehab areas.Offered abilities as a leader of a Cardiology Service Line, and participated in integral mentorships for BSN students.

All aspects of Joint Commission requirements. Supervision of core measures and clinical data analyst. Direct reports include risk management , infection control, respiratory therapy, Iv access team. Coordination for 4 disease specific joint commission teams including primary stroke, impatient diabetes , spine and knees.Member of the executive team. Attendance at all Strategic Operations Meetings. Present at all Medical Division Meetings, Medical Executive Meetings and Board of Director meetings. Function as Chief Nursing Officer in absence of the current CNO. Act as Administrator on Call on a monthly rotation

Demonstrate wide-ranging nursing proficiencies toward serving as a Staff RN in Critical Care areas of ICC and ICU.Career HonorsNational speaker for VHA webinar on successful transitions for patients February 2012.Published in South Florida Health Care News September 2011- “Preparing for Financial Implications of Quality Measurement and Reimbursement”. Martin Memorial Medical Center named to Joint Commission Top 10% in the country for Quality 2011 under named leadership. Named Thompson Reuters Top 100 Hospital for 3 years in a row under named leadership, and in top 2% of the nation for total Top 100 recognition overall. Recognized for leadership performance excellence as Martin Memorial Hospital’s “STAR Leader of the Quarter” in 2008Noted in Manchester’s prominent “Who’s Who Registry of Executives and Professionals” for 2005 – 2006.Received an AACN grant for studies on nurses’ perspective on end-of-life care in an ICU setting for 2004 – 2005.Selected by Florida Nursing Association for clinical excellence in 1998.Achieved Martin Memorial Hospital’s “Nursing Excellence Award” in 1992, 1993, and 1996.

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