Performance Improvement Coordinator

• Sep 2023 - Present

Critical Care Clinical Nurse Educator

• Aug 2019 - Sep 2023

- Professional development specialist and subject matter expert for the Critical Care Unit, Cardiac Cath Lab, and Interventional Radiology (Special Procedures).- Routine responsibilities include coordinating unit-based nursing orientation, facilitating numerous classes and annual nursing skill reviews, promoting nursing professional development by promoting participating in the clinical ladder program, providing clinical support at the bedside, participating in policy & procedure development and review, and promoting HRO (high-reliability organization) principles.- Additional responsibilities include participating in new medical device and product rollouts, preparing for and assisting with regulatory inspections, developing action plans and participating in RCAs, ACAs, and FMEAs, contributing to quality improvement and research projects, and participating in Epic education and optimization initiatives.- Developed and executed comprehensive educational programs for novice and new graduate ICU RNs including didactic, hands-on, and simulation-based training covering all body systems and a multitude of critical care-specific nursing care topics.- Developed and facilitated the Mock Code Program, an interdisciplinary simulation-based cardiac arrest education program with 350-450 attendees annually since 2021. - Chairperson of the Resuscitation Committee and subject matter expert for resuscitation-related workflows, policies & procedures, equipment, and products. - Facilitates the Nursing M&M (Mistakes & Misjudgments) meeting with 30-50 participants monthly. Show less

Registered Nurse - Float Pool

• Dec 2018 - Jul 2019

- Float Pool Nurse for Critical Care, Intermediate Care and Telemetry units.- Provided compassionate and skilled care to a vast population of patients.

Nursing Informatics - Inpatient Operational Lead - PennChart/Epic Project

• May 2017 - Dec 2018

- Served as a clinical informatics leader for the Epic (PennChart} electronic health record (EHR) implementation project covering inpatient operational areas specializing in clinical documentation (ClinDoc) and Orders and collaborated closely with the Willow, ASAP, Stork, and OpTime teams. - Participated in planning, coordinating, and evaluating elements related to the EHR with hospital leaders, department directors, operational owners, and Penn Medicine informatics & analyst teams and communicated application changes, enhancements and procedures to necessary internal teams.- Provided comprehensive end-user support via issue investigation & resolution, ticket management, education, training, large-scale demonstrations, shoulder-to-shoulder support, and Smart Bar rounding.- Ensured that EHR system changes follow proper change management procedures and coordinated with specific end-user workflows.- Collaborated with informatics nurses from across the Penn Medicine enterprise in various shared governance councils to develop, coordinate, and evaluate new EHR projects and optimization requests.- Founding Chairperson of Princeton Medical Center’s Clinical Informatics Council.- Facilitator of the interdisciplinary Phases of Care workgroup. Show less

Critical Care Registered Nurse

• Jul 2010 - May 2017

- Worked on the Critical Care Unit providing complex nursing care for critically ill patients including hemodynamic monitoring, administration and titration of critical medications, initiating and weaning of mechanic ventilation, and maintaining specialized and intricate medical therapies such as therapeutic hypothermia, intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP), continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), and others. - Charge Nurse & Preceptor

Registered Nurse

• 2009 - 2010

Progressive Care Unit (ICU Step-Down) Progressive Care Unit (ICU Step-Down)

Registered Nurse

• 2009 - 2009