Experience

SightMD Pennsylvania

• United States
• Medical Practices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Nursing Services

  • Oct 2023 - Present

  Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, United States



Select Medical

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Chief Nursing Officer

  • Mar 2019 - Oct 2023

  Texas, United States


Methodist Health System
• critical care education specialist II
• Director of Critical Care Nursing

  • Jul 2014 - Aug 2023

  Dallas/Fort Worth Area Director of Adult Critical Care Nursing, responsible for: Trauma Level I Intensive Care Unit, and Neurological Critical Care Comprehensive Stoke Center, Hospital Supervisors, Resource Team, Bed Management, Wound Care RN's, Overflow Unit, liaison Director of Inpatient Dialysis, and Outpatient Wound Care HBO Center. Enjoy multi-tasking and implementing change processes for improved staff and patient well-being.

• Director Of Nursing

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2023

  Dallas, Texas Thirteen years as a nurse with 5 years within nursing leadership; RN Education Specialist II, ICU Manager, DON of Adult Critical Care, RN Recruiter-Interviewer, and 8 years clinical experience in ICU RN, ED, Burn, Neuro, Trauma, OHU, PACU and Medical Surgical nursing. As a leader: I increased employee satisfaction from 29.2% to 62.7% ICU, and Supervisors from 60% to 100%. Increased staff retention by 20%. Initiated Health System Wound Care Committee with 50% decrease in Hospital Acquired… Show more Thirteen years as a nurse with 5 years within nursing leadership; RN Education Specialist II, ICU Manager, DON of Adult Critical Care, RN Recruiter-Interviewer, and 8 years clinical experience in ICU RN, ED, Burn, Neuro, Trauma, OHU, PACU and Medical Surgical nursing. As a leader: I increased employee satisfaction from 29.2% to 62.7% ICU, and Supervisors from 60% to 100%. Increased staff retention by 20%. Initiated Health System Wound Care Committee with 50% decrease in Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries and reduced fiscal spending; Project Deployment for reduction of specific clinical supplies by 85%; Directed renovation of Dialysis Unit; Adult Critical Care Committee Chair; Created process for opening and closing Overflow Unit; Worked with peer leadership to improve hospital throughput to decrease Emergency Department “Left without being seen” LWOBS, Influence culture change for reducing ICU ratios from 3:1 to 2 1, and created maximum capacity process; Created education training plan to employ equal opportunity for all staff nurses to achieve high level expertise within one year, Created processes to decrease conflict between day and night shift; Created processes to improve Patient Care Technician and Nursing gaps in care; With Nursing leadership team created and implemented “Early Mobilization for ACC patients” and interdisciplinary process to decrease hospital acquired ventilator infection rates. Created Policy and introduced new technology for Molecular Absorbent Recirculating System, (MARS) institution in ICU, and also help secure Methodist Health System as the Organ Procurement site for Southwest Transplant Alliance.