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Manage and grow specialized orthopedic inpatient hospital. Reported directly to site administrator.• Achieved 99th Percentile ranking in patient experience scores with National recognition.• Accomplished a Tier one ranking for leadership scores on an anonymous employee satisfaction survey with 100% participation rate from the nursing team.• Led and implemented a float pool of nurses in the system to support a small nursing unit.• Prepared unit for COVID 19 overflow medical surgical patients by standardizing rooms, adding supplies, assessing all computers in empty wing for scanning and function, and collaborating with other leaders for staffing needs and medical surgical education needs.

Managed, collaborated, and mentored nurse managers, nurse educators, and nurse practitioners to meet and exceed quality and service goals. Reported directly to the CNO. -Decreased falls on medical surgical units by 40% with innovative idea for nurses and care assistants to use gait belts with every patient needing assistance. Won a gold shovel award.• Developed an education for medical nurses on de-escalation techniques for managing aggressive medical-surgical patients. Decreased injuries to health care team members by 86%. Increased team member confidence scores in dealing with patient aggression from a mean of 56 to a mean of 78. The team member mean confidence score sustained a month later with a score of 77.• Exceeded quality outcomes for orthopedic surgery patients with collaboration and networking with surgeons, educators, anesthesiology, therapists, care coordinator, pre-surgical services and dietary to reach the advanced orthopedic center of excellence for total shoulders, hips, and knees.• Created and implemented policies and procedures for flex units to open and close for changes in surgery volumes resulting in a significant decrease in patient through put delays.• Coached and mentored nurse managers with a competency based tool for daily nurse leader rounding on patients resulting in meeting the medical surgical patient satisfaction goal of 78%.• Served as a nurse leader on the collaborative team for the bariatric surgery center of excellence certification. • Excelled at financial budgeting and pivot tables. Participated at the budget table with the CEO of the health care system and top financial executives.• Met productivity for medical surgical areas at 100%.• Managed nursing in the hospital for CNO vacations.