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July 2015 to Sept, 2017. Resumed again October, 2019. 

Northside Hospital

Registered Nurse

Northeast Georgia Health System

Administrative Nurse House Supervisor

Piedmont Healthcare

•	Oversee daily staffing placement of house wide nursing departments
•      Is the designated on-site hospital administrator in the absence of Administration and/or department Directors and responsible for assessment of all requests to speak with administration.
•      Communicates with Administrator on-call to determine activation of the disaster plan and related activities 
•	Plans, directs, and coordinate hospital bed board flow and placement of all In-Patient admits according to unit census, acuity, and staffing matrix
•	Post weekend OR cases and coordinate OR, ENDO, and Anesthesia teams
•	Respond to and oversee all code blues, STEMI, and rapid responses 
•	Communicate with Administration on-call and escalate per policy 
•	Round on all units and provide coaching and support as needed

Nursing House Supervisor

Emory Healthcare

•	Oversee daily staffing placement of house wide nursing departments
•      Is the designated on-site hospital administrator in the absence of Administration and/or department Directors and responsible for assessment of all requests to speak with administration.
•     Communicates with Administrator on-call to determine activation of the disaster plan and related activities 
•	Plans, directs, and coordinate hospital bed board flow and placement of all In-Patient admits
•	Respond to all code blues, STEMI, and rapid responses 
•	Communicate with Administration on-       call and escalate concerns per policy 
•	Round on all units and provide coaching and support as needed

Nurse House Supervisor

WellStar Health System

•	Implemented SMART Square into Out-Patient, WMG for 120 employees
•	Developed scheduling work flow for Office Managers and Nurse Supervisors to be used in 
        conjunction with SMART Square application
•	Collaborated with cardiovascular physician lead committee to develop standardized medication 
        protocols for RX refills for each drug class or medication that allowed LPNs and RNs to sign 
        medication refills.
•	Facilitated monthly Nurse Supervisor Skype meeting to push out WMG-CVM updates across 18 
        locations
•	Facilitated mapping of SaFer reports to each Office Manager
•	Facilitated quarterly Regional WMG-CVM skype staff meetings for all CVM Office Managers, Nurse 
         Supervisors, and clinical staff. 
•	Developed monthly rounding schedule for 18 CVM locations 
•	Developed and submitted annual skills questions for WMG-CVM 
•	Collaborated with Epic team and facilitated WMG-CVM CBL education 
•	Standardized daily Huddle with staff assignments across WMG-CVM
•	Facilitated New Hire interviews and orientation for 17 RNs and 10 MAs 
•	Developed GPTW plan for Violet pod, CVM Marietta
•	Conducted Year End Performance Review for Violet Pod, CVM Marietta 
•	Collaborated with CARU to develop and implement new through put process and educated 
         appropriate staff in WMG-CVM

Manager, Cardiovascular Medicine

Kaiser Permanente

Oversaw daily care in ambulatory setting of multiple departments/locations • Managed payroll for 25 direct reports • Initiated and then maintained time/attendance tracking log • Initiated and then maintained work absence/FMLA tracking log • Developed multi-functional tracking template to include: float log, call outs, daily assignments by location as it related to 1:1 Physician assist ratio and non-patient facing clinic tasks required to support aspects of patient care resulting in consistent daily Physician support in all departments and locations • Planned Nurses’ week activities to include recognition for teamwork resulting in the formation of official Daisy Award committee • Cross trained key staff positions and facilitated staff training requests • Conducted yearly reviews with action plans for 2017 and uploaded goals for 2018 • Filled 11 (pre-hire and/or new build FTE) vacant positions • Combined sister units into one UBT for Plastic and Vascular surgery under their joint Medical Chief • Maintained all confidential personnel files, license, PPD, and CPR compliance • Prepared for Site Survey and addressed findings •Collaborated with Nurse Educator to set up skills day and check off ahead of targeted completion date • Collaborated new format build for Wound Care program and continued active build for Bariatric and Amputation prevention programs using SBAR submission of business cases for IT Intake review resulting in shared I-Drive access folder for key contributors in each program, addition of new applications, and FTEs for programs • Conducted monthly chart audits and Physician rounding and addressed Physician concerns and identified documentation gaps • Reviewed process reports for department performance measures and provided education on areas needing improvement • Responded to building Stat RN and Escalation phone per rotation schedule and covered peers as needed • Submitted fiscal year budget for 2019 and remained within target budget for 2018

Manager, General/Vascular/Plastic Surgery and Wound Care

Gwinnett Medical Center

Oversaw daily care of a 31 bed unit, including critical transfers, dis-satisfied patient/family/staff complaints and complicated barriers to discharge • Made daily staffing assignments for RNs/PCTs according to acuity and “real time” census. Reported overage/underage to centralized staffing to facilitate float/call offs/”Call” status according to standardized report times • Attended daily bed board huddle and assumed “ownership” with walking rounds on all ER/upgraded level of care triaged patients assigned as “holding” for unit admission • Developed multi-functional charge nurse report sheet to facilitate consistently addressing barriers to POC, downgrade, and discharge of patients during collaborative multi-disciplinary walking rounds • Supported Nurse areas of concern, including taking patient admissions from ER/PACU/Up-Graded from lower level of care as needed to keep patient flow steady, safely controlled and prevented delays in care, patient or family complaints, or overwhelming the nurse • Collaborated with unit educator to facilitate proactive pairing of preceptors for new grad/nurse orientation with clear objectives of critical drips/labs/respiratory support that were commonly used on the unit •	Identified upcoming “nurse talent” and facilitated approved succession planning •Shared 6 month rotating duties among 4 peer supervisors for: Making monthly schedule using KRONOS, Chart audits, HAPU/CAUTI/ Falls reports, time/attendance logs including any formal disciplinary actions resulting from identified findings • Conducted mid-year and yearly reviews on assigned staff pod (15-18 direct reports), including formal disciplinary actions/action plans using established hospital level process

Supervisor, PCU

Provide care at 3-4:1 patient/nurse ratio • Shared Governance founding committee member • BEACON award founding committee member and leader • Monitored and maintained Gtts: Insulin, Cardizem, Primacor, Amiodarone, Argatroban, Heparin, Sandostatin, Protonix, PCA of Morphine or Dilaudid, Dobutamine, Dopamine, Cardene, Nitroglycerin • Monitored stable ventilated patients, chest tubes, and CPAP, BIPAP, patients • CHF, GI bleed, chest pain, COPD, ARDS, trauma, DKA, ETOH detox, sepsis, PE • Assisted central line, dialysis access, chest tube placement, thoracentesis, and talc pleurodesis at bedside • Supported staff, physician, ancillary staff, patients, and families as needed • Made daily assignments and updated bed board with census and staffing needs • Worked "Call" shifts as needed

Relief Charge\Staff Nurse

Saint Joseph Health System

Recovered patients status post CABG and valve surgery 1:1 patient to nurse ratio for first 4 hours, then 2:1 patient to nurse ratio thereafter (weaned off Vent 4-6 Hrs) • Monitored SWANs, IABP, LVADs, ventilator, chest tubes, EKGs, pace makers • Hemodynamic monitoring: Nipride, Lidocaine, Primacor, Levophed, Diprivan, Neosynephrine, Epinephrine, Cardene, Amiodarone, Heparin, PCA • Assisted central line, dialysis access, and chest tube placement at bedside •Provided emotional support to patient and families and reviewed plan of care

Staff Nurse\CVICU

Cared for status post CABG/Valve surgery from CVICU or pre/post intervention Chest pain at 5:1 patient to nurse ratio according to 5 day discharge POC • Monitored EKG, vitals, chest tubes, sheath (pulled chest tube/sheath), medications • Monitored cardiac gtts with labs and titrated per protocols

Dr. Thomas E Osborne, D.D.S.

Coordinated In/Out patient consultation, pre-op visit, surgery, and follow up visits • Developed excel order sheet that compared all medical inventory by brand name and price from multiple vendors that allowed transparency of pricing such that negotiating contract prices and medical equipment was achieved without spending unnecessary time with sales representatives by faxing the same order sheet to all vendors • Maintained medical equipment repairs/maintenance logs per industry standards • First assist surgical procedures In/Out patient setting (OR privileges at Dekalb Medical Hospital), rounded with MD hospital setting, turned over/set up surgical rooms using sterile technique, pre-op/post-op recovery, specimen labeling and logs, circulated in tandem with 3 other scrub nurses, Orient/Precept new hires to both circulating and scrubbing, planned daily surgical flow for 5 surgical rooms• Maintained medical equipment repairs/maintenance logs per industry standards • Cross trained to front office duties, including insurance verification, Microsoft Word, Power Point, Excel • Developed procedure manual and employee clinic duty guidelines

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