Developed a multidisciplinary ICU mobility initiative, resulting in 50% time reduction from ICU admission to first mobilization and $58,000 of rehab equipment awarded. Led a pain management committee to increase comfort measures utilization from 30% to over 75%. Created a Quality and Patient Safety Council and hospital level Code Blue committee, recruiting multidisciplinary representatives and analyzing CPR outcomes data to participate in national improvement collaboratives.

Created a comprehensive system for the evaluation and examination of adverse incidents within an expanding congenital heart program. This involved designing an online RedCap-based rounding tool that served both as a Quality Assurance and data collection process for a registry. Additionally, authored and presented a monthly dashboard on quality of care for a recently defined service line and newly established inpatient unit.Oversaw the extraction and submission of clinical data to the… Show more Created a comprehensive system for the evaluation and examination of adverse incidents within an expanding congenital heart program. This involved designing an online RedCap-based rounding tool that served both as a Quality Assurance and data collection process for a registry. Additionally, authored and presented a monthly dashboard on quality of care for a recently defined service line and newly established inpatient unit.Oversaw the extraction and submission of clinical data to the congenital data registry for the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, which included training new team members, creating educational materials, and implementing a faster and more comprehensive peer and surgeon audit process for case entries. Show less

Conducted data analysis for a physician communication workshop and shared results through presentations and publication.Established patient safety initiatives in the pediatric ICU, including a monthly safety bulletin with interdisciplinary contributions.Led workflow development for a mental health service line and nursing education in the PICU through a resource guide and preceptorship.

Led CLABSI reduction initiatives resulting in 57% decrease in unit CLABSI rate and prototyped an IV pole supply device to aid in IV clave disinfection workflow; investigated for production and patent by Seton Family of Hospitals.

Launched patient satisfaction improvement project by monthly analyzing NRC Picker data with NRC Catalyst to identify areas of service performance for improvement, and sharing data in nurse and physician huddles.Led development of hospital-wide "Zero Is Possible" quality initiative to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) based on best practices and case-specific analysis of root causes for known CLABSI in medical ICU.

Served as nurse patient educator for Seton Healthcare System’s Pulmonary Rehab Program, givingcommunity-based lecture presentations on medication management and advanced directives.

Reformatted and streamlined data collection and reporting related to DRG assurance program andassociated CMI optimization initiatives.Supported and provided data for national award winning Balanced Scorecard – a hospital-wideonline reporting tool for operational, clinical and financial metrics.Served as Quality Liaison for University Healthsystem Consortium Care Coordination Benchmarkingproject.