Nurse Informaticist

• Aug 2021 - Present

Epic or Excellian training, teaching, troubleshooting, etc. Epic or Excellian training, teaching, troubleshooting, etc.

Complex Case Manager

• Jul 2017 - Jul 2021

Telephonic case manager, CP2 superuser, Be Well Team, Star Award winner Telephonic case manager, CP2 superuser, Be Well Team, Star Award winner

EPIC Go-Live Implementation

• 2012 - May 2019

 Acted as electronic health record system expert and resource for staff and stakeholders  Assisted in clinical implementation of EPIC electronic health record system  Coached and educated healthcare staff during implementation at Trinity Health Systems in Iowa, Mayo Clinic in Rochester and Sanford Bemidji Hospital in Minnesota  Coordinated with Providers, Clinical Informatics staff, Respiratory Therapists, Social Workers, Registered Nurses, Nursing Assistants, IT staff, and EPIC leaders Show less

Interact Project Manager/PIPP/ADNS

• Dec 2015 - Jul 2017

Performance Improvement Project Lead to reduce re-hospitalizations Assistant Director of Nursing Performance Improvement Project Lead to reduce re-hospitalizations Assistant Director of Nursing

Critical Care Nurse

• May 2015 - Jun 2017

Medical Staffing Network

• May 2013 - Sep 2016

Travel Nursing for Med/Surg and Tele, BLS and ACLS, University of Minnesota, Fairview Systems Travel Nursing for Med/Surg and Tele, BLS and ACLS, University of Minnesota, Fairview Systems

Research Assistant

• Sep 2012 - Jan 2015

3 different projects 1) Allina Division of Applied Research Research Informatics and Analytics Projects: Evaluation of Real-time EHR documentation Patient Safety related to Health Information Technology (HIT) 2) University of Minnesota Nursing Center for Informatics NMMDS project 3) University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy NLP project 3 different projects 1) Allina Division of Applied Research Research Informatics and Analytics Projects: Evaluation of Real-time EHR documentation Patient Safety related to Health Information Technology (HIT) 2) University of Minnesota Nursing Center for Informatics NMMDS project 3) University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy NLP project

Health Coach/Case Manager RN

• Mar 2012 - Oct 2013

• Provide telephonic case management and nursing services for National customer populations • Collaborate with medical director, pharmacy staff, primary care providers and healthcare staff to ensure high quality care for members • Provide new educational information and new nursing guideline to team • Impact disease management care solutions while reducing member health care spending and improving member health • Showed initiative and advanced computer skills by moving through employee ramp up ahead of schedule • Exceed target metrics driven performance guidelines Show less

Research Assistant for Center for Nursing Informatics

• Sep 2011 - May 2012

 Leader of the redesign of Nursing Management Minimum Data Set 11 & 12  NMMDS Data Element 19 fills a gap for national standards that is publicly available to capture critical data  NMMDS Data Element 19 was aligned with the Institute of Medicine’s Future of Nursing Recommendation 8: Build an infrastructure for the collection and analysis of interprofessional health care workforce data  Collaborated with International Nursing Informatics Leaders and University of Minnesota Dean of Nursing  Developed NMMDS 19 for universal LOINC coding system to provide term standardization to enable exchange and aggregation of data Show less

RN

• Jan 2006 - Mar 2012

• Developed collaboration and team work skills when floated to various units including Burn Unit, Med/Surg Unit, & Trauma Unit • Acted as leader and mentor to new nurses and student nurses, • Occasional Charge Nurse duties including providing leadership to ensure smooth workflow on unit, EPIC documentation, acting as resource to medical staff, nurses, and nursing students, and to ensure patient safety • Developed collaboration and team work skills when floated to various units including Burn Unit, Med/Surg Unit, & Trauma Unit • Acted as leader and mentor to new nurses and student nurses, • Occasional Charge Nurse duties including providing leadership to ensure smooth workflow on unit, EPIC documentation, acting as resource to medical staff, nurses, and nursing students, and to ensure patient safety

RN

• Jan 2007 - May 2008

• Floated to units with newborns, cardiac patients, ICUs, and emergency room • Supported innovative solution for Hospice Patients to improve end-of-life care and comfort • Floated to units with newborns, cardiac patients, ICUs, and emergency room • Supported innovative solution for Hospice Patients to improve end-of-life care and comfort

Nursing Assistant, Medication Assistant

• Nov 2001 - Oct 2005

Main unit was Alzheimer's unit Flexible and worked on all four units at nursing home Responsible for providing medications to residents as well as activities of daily living (ADLs) Main unit was Alzheimer's unit Flexible and worked on all four units at nursing home Responsible for providing medications to residents as well as activities of daily living (ADLs)

Student Nurse

• May 2004 - Sep 2005

Flexible and was able to provide care in Nursing Home, Alzheimer's Unit, & Hospital Responsible for nursing assitants, passing medications, communication with physician, charting, dressing changes, and other health care for residents and patients Flexible and was able to provide care in Nursing Home, Alzheimer's Unit, & Hospital Responsible for nursing assitants, passing medications, communication with physician, charting, dressing changes, and other health care for residents and patients

Nursing Assistant

• Sep 1997 - Sep 2004

Assisted with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) Assisted with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)

Food Service @ Animal Kingdom

• May 2001 - Oct 2001

Learned world-wide accepted cultural norms, interacted with national and international students in classes, entertained guests, responsible for own food cart, earned rewards for good sales and responsibility Learned world-wide accepted cultural norms, interacted with national and international students in classes, entertained guests, responsible for own food cart, earned rewards for good sales and responsibility

Retail Sales

• Oct 2000 - Mar 2001

Food Service

• May 2000 - Aug 2000

Worked at variety of places, made and sold ice cream and fudge, assisted guests Worked at variety of places, made and sold ice cream and fudge, assisted guests