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Denver, Co, Us

Denver, Co, Us

Greater Denver Area

• Provides leadership through planning, organizing, coordinating, monitoring, & evaluating departmental needs to ensure quality patient care.• Responsible for fiscal, human resource, & operational functions gained by way of multi-disciplinary collaboration in review of standards, quality, and research to achieve organizational goals.• Exemplifies organizational philosophy and mission to ensure regulatory compliance.• Oversees nurses, surgical technologists, educators, OR schedulers, and material specialists to ensure quality outcomes, patient safety & staff satisfaction.• Evaluates and monitors performance to benchmark staff development and patient safety.

Iowa City, Iowa Area

• Manager for Team 5 Perioperative Nursing, consisting of Otolaryngology, Ophthalmology, Oral Surgery, & Dentistry. Involved in planning, implementation, and function aimed to achieve organizational desired outcomes.• Manager of 35-40 FTE for 24-hour coverage, emergency call, staff development, hiring, orientation, and education. Directs staff via leadership, guidance, and support to ensure goals are accomplished and improve staff retention.• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to optimize facility-wide compliance with regulatory standards, research, quality, and ultimately patient safety. Monitors and evaluates performance to ensure plan in place to achieve and maintain goals of organization as well as staff.• Visionary leadership engaging front line staff in the latest evidence-based practice changes (attachments).• Develop, collaborate, & implement plan for assigned PeriOperative new nurse graduates (PONI) as well as various nursing programs.

Iowa City, Iowa Area

This year U of I Healthcare is ranked 12th on the Forbes List of best places to work. I was asked to return to my previous position, have assumed all past responsibilities, and assumed ANM responsibilities in December 2015.• Collaborate with surgeons, nursing, and anesthesia providers to orchestrate effective/efficient delivery of care to patients in the Perioperative Division.• Develop, implement, and evaluate staff development plans to improve performance and satisfaction.• Coordinate daily staff assignments in conjunction with Anesthesia Coordinator and Control Desk.• Involved with Evidence-Based Practice projects, i.e. Ophthalmology instrument pre-cleaning.• Provision for direct patient care including ability to circulate all services and scrub Otolaryngology, Ophthalmology, Oral Surgery, and Dentistry.

Hiawatha, Iowa

• Admit patients to home care/collaborate with primary physicians to develop Plan of Treatment (POT).• Provide hands-on care, case management, ongoing evaluation, and education.• Autonomy in patient-centric care based on Evidence-Based Practice (EBP).• Care coordination with multiple teams of highly skilled clinicians.• Develop/implement educational curriculum aligned with staff development needs.• Strong patient advocate in support of independence in the home setting.

Iowa City, Iowa Area

• Knowledgeable of perioperative process as circulator and/or scrub effectively managing patient care.• Collaborates with healthcare teams to coordinate plan of care and interventions to impact outcomes.• Maintains VA policy, evidence-based standards, and safety initiatives.• In-service and educational coordinator for perioperative staff.• Collaborates with VA and Iowa Board of Nursing developing and accrediting programs for staff development.

Iowa City, Iowa Area

• Perioperative Nursing Division/Team 5. Circulate all services and scrub Team Specialties.• Preceptor for new staff and students (Kirkwood, DMAC, University of Iowa).• Educator in Head and Neck Courses/Annual Residents Orientation Program.• Committee involvement focused to improve patient care.• Oversee surgical care plans and updates.

Master'S Degree, Nursing Education, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Sigma Theta Tau AORN Master GardenerMSN in Nursing Education

Associate'S Degree Nursing, Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse