Provided ventilator weaning and patient care on a 26 bed ventilator unit

• Adapted and implemented my previously created ventilator weaning protocol to fit the needs of Cumberland Medical Center and accommodate new research in ventilator management• Combined EKG, Cardiac Diagnostics, and EEG departments into a single department by expanding clinician roles and, therefore, utilizing existing staff more fully• Reduced staffing need by seven FTEs without compromising care• Initiated and guided process to get polysomnographer tech notes and medication reconciliation documentation entered directly into the electronic medical record• Initiated a Comprehensive Unit Safety Program (CUSP) in the ICU for ventilator patients

• Taught health science education courses offered at the school inclusive of Health Science Education, Medical Therapeutics, Diagnostic Medicine, Clinical Internship and Forensic Science

• Coordinated over $800,000 savings for the health system for calendar year 2009• Implemented value analysis process redesign• Maintained departmental budget with less than 2% variance

• Designed and implemented oxygen and ventilator weaning protocols• Designed and proposed medication therapy protocol• Coordinated stress test process redesign to decrease physician and patient wait times• Made departmental improvements that allowed the hospital to earn the Quality Respiratory Care Recognition Award from the American Association of Respiratory Care• Redesigned and implemented a new ventilator flow record• Assured state regulatory compliance for the facility Arterial Blood Gas Lab• Assured Joint Commission regulatory compliance for department• Redesigned and implemented the patient therapy administration record for the medical chart

• Updated and taught weekly patient education classes• Created PowerPoint presentations for all pulmonary education courses taught• Performed daily pulmonary patient exercise monitoring and evaluation• Revised and maintained Will Rogers Grant activities

• Initiated and facilitated 12 separate process improvement teams addressing internal and external company processes• Maintained documentation of improvement team work and outcomes for use in External Quality Review Organization (EQRO), Medicare, and Department of Health reviews• Coordinated monthly improvement process reporting through the Administrative Quality Improvement Committee