I Talk With People

I like to be held accountable. You should too. 

That means we’re going to chat. Regularly.

About targets, and how we get there, and what needs to change, and how we get better. And if the day ever comes when everything is in sync, the question becomes "can we duplicate this?" 

I get things done, the important things, and along the way I help make our Team (Caps) inclusive and strong and ready for the next challenge – to meet it and beat it.

If history predicts the future, look at my accomplishments. 

In most cases my numbers are above average. In others, my accomplishments are outstanding and top tier. But what they all have in common is…

I had zero experience when I began each tenure and still produced, sometimes exceptionally well. 

I am able to quickly grasp new concepts and technology, then I transfer that enthusiasm and knowledge to other people in a way that makes them act.

Other words used to describe me include, smart, funny, well rounded, professional, and more.

Once in a while humble and modest, but this isn’t that time; I mean c'mon, it’s LinkedIn.

Most business is about relationships and I attribute all my success, like below, on a simple formula… 

Act in ways that build trust, be genuine and be genuinely interested in people and do good things. If you do that, business will follow.

That's what happens to me, every time.

I wish I had some wild and crazy sales strategy, but I don’t, “be interested instead of interesting” opens a lot of doors.

I have led training seminars and done presentations 1 on 1 and to large groups, connecting the dots on technical and product details in a way that people ‘get it’ and act. 

As a hunter I am relentless; as a farmer I am attentive and thorough.

In summary I find, develop, maintain and grow the business. 

I create enduring revenue streams.

Derrick Swain

UNC Health

Application Analyst

Kaiser Permanente

Advice Nurse

Valley Health - Page Memorial Hospital

• Assist administrator with day-to-day operational aspects of the surgical services while ensuring an ethical and safe environment that promotes high quality and efficient patient care. 
• Supervise the daily operations of operating room staff, maintain proper inventory of resources (supplies, trays, implants, etc.), manage the surgical schedule, and oversee a proper sterilization process. 
• Build and maintain meaningful relationships with staff members in the operating room, PACU, anesthesia, and surgeons. 
• Provide clinical guidance to nursing staff to increase efficient patient flow and quality of care. 
• Ensure appropriate decisions are made to meet service, quality, and utilization of resources. 
• Collaborate with administrator and physicians to meet key strategic objectives of efficiency, quality, and service.

Charge Nurse - Surgical Services/Infusion, EPIC (EHR)

Rockingham Memorial Hospital

• Manage and provide nursing care to patients that require open heart surgery requiring complex assessments, interventions, and levels of nursing vigilance.

Registered Nurse - Cardiothoracic Surgical Services, EPIC (EHR) 

• Delivered care to laboring women of term and preterm gestations and performed first or second assistant in cesarean sections. 
• Managed high risk obstetrical conditions including preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, and multiple fetuses by following doctors’ orders and hospital protocol. 
• Performed pre, intra, and post-operative care of patients undergoing cesarean section, rescue cerclage, cerclage removal, dilatation, and curettage. 
• Delivered appropriate interventions to newborns by reading and interpreting fetal heart rate monitoring. 
• Educated new parents on proper infant care such as vital signs, breastfeeding, and bathing. 
• Provided care for women and baby on administered medications, obtained specimens, and blood by heel ticks. 
• Performed routine physical assessments, initiated IV start, and provided IV therapy.

Registered Nurse PRN - Family Birthplace, EPIC (EHR)

• Provided surgical patients requiring a surgical procedure that requires moderate to complex assessments with perioperative care in recovery, procedure, and operating rooms. 
• Stocked operating rooms with sterile surgical equipment, linens, and supplies. 
• Developed and implemented nursing care plans for surgical patients while maintaining a high level of nursing vigilance. 
• Prepared patients for surgery by cleaning and disinfecting areas to be operated on.

Registered Nurse - Surgical Services (General OR), EPIC (EHR)

Winchester Medical Center

• Served on-call and checked on patients, administered medications, cleaned, fed patients, changed linens, and performed other duties as needed to ensure the proper health and fitness of patients was maintained. 
• Completed check of the health of the patient through observation of blood pressure, body temperature, patient history and symptoms. 
• Provided report of patient to the referred doctor and contacted proper authorities as needed with emergencies.

Registered Nurse PRN - Home Health, OASIS (EHR)

Sentara RMH Medical Center

• Created a discharge list in the EPIC playground operating system to improve physicians’ workflow in being able to view the number of patients served per shift.

Student Practicum EPIC Analyst 

Page Memorial Hospital

• Provided care for primarily adult patients before and after surgical procedures including patient education, pain management, case management, discharge planning, and other interventions to restore or maintain patients’ physical and psychosocial health.
• Attended to patients who are being treated with pharmaceuticals to manage illness.

LPN, Med-Sure/PCU, Meditech (EHR)

Strategic and analytical information systems professional with 18+ years of experience working in healthcare business and clinical operations. 

  Proven track record of quickly learning how to develop, test, maintain, install, and deploy Epic’s OpTime and Anesthesia modules along with providing support to related applications and technologies. 

  Calm and level-headed with the ability to function effectively in a fast-paced environment while meeting goals in a timely manner.
 
  Seeking an EPIC Optime/Anesthesia Analyst Role to continue my career within information systems working with internal and external customers to determine operational and clinical needs of an application to provide patients with the highest level of care.

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