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Surgical Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

Manage the clinical aspect of the Surgical Cardiac Intensive care. Responsible for maintaining education, competencies, and skill/professional growth. Manage daily clinical operations from staff scheduling to assisting with positive patient experiences. Monitor performance improvement and implement evidence based practices for best patient outcomes. Cauti Committee Co-Chair-facilitate and implement new practices to decrease hospital acquired CAUTI’s

Develop/coordinate new hire orientation for RN’s/LPN’s and Patient Care Assistants. Develop/coordinate patient education for many disease processes through entire organization. Develop competencies to meet best practices. Develop continuous educational (CE) opportunities for nursing profession. Diabetic Educator and developer of treatment plans/policies for inpatient treatment.AHA Training Center Coordinator.

Care of critically ill surgical, trauma, and medical patients. Experienced with ventilators, swan catheters, ICP/Ventrics drains, CRRT, critical drips, multiple bedside procedures: tracheostomies, peg tube placement, VC filters.Clinician IIPreceptorCharge Nurse

Care of critically ill surgical, trauma, and medical patients. Involving ventilators, swan catheters, ICP/Ventrics drains, CRRT. multiple bedside precedures: tracheostomies, peg tube placement, VC filters. Experience with adult and pediatric trauma

Care of post-op open heart surgery patients. Coordinated care, education, and rehabilitation of post-op CABG patients

Bsn, Nursing

Magna Cum Laude

Diploma, Nursing