• Conducted audits and reviews to maintain compliance with healthcare regulations and enhance overall patient satisfaction.• Leveraged two years of experience on the telemetry/stroke unit and ICU to provide expert clinical leadership and mentorship to nursing staff.• Assumed responsibility for performance evaluations and development of nursing staff, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and excellence.• Developed and implemented educational programs and workshops, drawing on experience to enhance staff competencies and patient care quality.• Created a greater than one-hundred-page ICU reference binder for both new graduate and experienced nurses to guide efficient, safe, policy driven care.

• Attended Infection Prevention Champ Camp, serving as a resource to staff about best practice.• Managed critical care situations effectively, applying advanced clinical judgment and crisis management skills.• Demonstrated resilience and composure in high-pressure scenarios, facilitating optimal patient outcomes and team performance.• Maintained strong, clear communication with staff, patients, and families, ensuring collaborative problem-solving and patient-centered care.• Ensured adherence to quality and service excellence standards through regular assessments, implementation of best practices, and continuous improvement initiatives.• Experience with vast variety of intravenous drips including vasoactive and sedating medications.• Experience with CRRT, chest tubes, ventilators, and ventriculostomy devices to name a few.• Cared for both medical and surgical patients in a combined ICU setting.• Worked in a highly collaborative environment with strong interdisciplinary teams in a patient centered care model.• Precepted new graduate nurses as well as student nurses with a performance driven, safety model.

• Exemplified leadership qualities as a Charge Nurse, overseeing unit operations, delegating tasks, and ensuring adherence to clinical protocols and patient safety standards.• Promoted effective teamwork and communication as Charge Nurse, coordinating with multidisciplinary teams to optimize patient care and treatment plans.• Served as a preceptor for new staff and student nurses, facilitating their orientation and ongoing training to ensure proficiency in clinical skills and adherence to unit protocols.• Assessed and treated up to six stroke and medical-surgical patients with attention to detail to spot clinical changes early.• Utilized various tools and equipment including, but not limited to tracheostomy, PEG tube, Keofeed, NG tube, nephrostomy, etc.• Educated stroke patients by explaining stroke protocol, risk factors, signs and symptoms, treatments, and prevention.• Collaborated with other members of medical treatment team with clear communication and respect.• Served in charge nurse and preceptor roles, making assignments for our 30-bed unit, supervising staff, advocating for our staff and unit, and responding to unit complications in a timely manner.• Served as chairperson for the N5 unit practice council.• Served on diabetes committee, giving N5 unit updated policies, procedures, and education for our diabetic population.

• Supervised a group of six employees in an Admiral’s Club at Bradley Airport.• Responsible for up-selling, purchasing, payroll, scheduling, and ordering to ensure club would run smoothly.• Controlled unit financials by doing payroll and budget reports to ensure the club stayed on track with budget and ensuring employees got paid.• Hired and trained unit personnel to ensure employees met Admiral’s Club standards. • Maintained customer and client satisfaction by assessing customer satisfaction surveys and emails. • Monitored operating standards to ensure Admiral’s Club would meet all inspections.• Established a safe work environment to ensure all employees and clients would enter and leave the club