Experience

Morehead Memorial Hospital

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director of Emergency Services and Emergency Preparedness

  • Nov 1990 - Present

• Director Emergency Services/Emergency Management

  • Jan 1990 - Jan 1994

  Directing a staff of 54 full time and part time nursing staff of a 36,000 visit Level II Emergency Department and a nine bed Intensive Care Unit.Administering and managing a $5 million budget annually.Enhanced revenue through developing an aggressive charging program for injections and infusions with projected net revenues of $1.2 million for FY 2008-2009.Implemented an online documentation using Meditech's Emergency Department moduleCollaborating and developing departmental objectives for patient care with hospital employed Emergency Department physicians as well as attending physicians.Implementing, monitoring quality improvement plans as well as developing action plans for improvements.Developing long range plans for an Emergency Department Construction project which culminated into the opening of a new Emergency Department in July 2006.Coordinating Code Blue Committee which examines the code team responsiveness, management and outcomes of patients who suffer cardiac arrest; Developing a Forensic Nurse program in coordination with Rockingham County Sheriffs Department and the local Rape Crisis Center.Coordinating optimal care for behavioral health patients through chairing the Behavioral Health Task Force that examines issues that impede care of the behavioral health patient. This is a multidisciplinary task force with participants representing local law enforcement, physicians, social workers, counselors, behavioral health and community hospitals in three counties and officials with the North Carolina State Department of Mental Health.Developing protocol driven care for the Critical Care patient and Emergency Department patient. Development and coordination of Emergency Management plans to meet JCAHO standards. Show less



Danville Memorial Hospital

• Patient Flow Coordinator

  • Jan 1982 - Jan 1990

  Responsibilities included:-Managing staff on a daily basis-Assisting with the evaluation and scheduling of staff-Serving as a liaison with the local rescue squad

• Staff Nurse

  • Jan 1985 - Jan 1987

  Responsibilities included:-Functioned in all aspects of surgical nursing service; circulating, assisting, recovering and preparation of patients for ambulatory surgery procedures.

• Staff Nurse

  • Jan 1982 - Jan 1985

  Responsibilities included:-Providing nursing care for the acutely ill and injured patients in a 45,000 visit Level Two Emergency Department