Registered Nurse

• Jan 2023 - Present

Director of Case Management

• Mar 2020 - Jan 2023

Case Management Dept Sr. Manager

• Mar 2020 - Aug 2022

Promotion from Senior Manager position. This role included the same responsibilities as the Case Management Senior Manager Position with an expansion to oversee Outpatient Utilization Management, Behavioral Health CM/SW and Emergency Department CM/SW.

Unit Coordinator

• Nov 2019 - Sep 2020

MSICU Team Leader

• Sep 2017 - Nov 2019

• Provided oversight to over 9 charge nurses, 80 staff nurses, 8 patient care technicians and student nurses in a 20-bed intensive care unit with high patient turn-over. • Streamlined leadership tactics to provide an environment conducive to maintaining safe and quality care to multiple critically ill patients and ensuring patient and family advocacy among the interdisciplinary team. • Maintained communication and feedback amongst the other members of the leadership team to ensure best practice to provide excellent patient outcomes. • Evaluated job descriptions and participated in interview processes, assessed employee daily shift routines and provided feedback regularly for ensure optimal performance. Integrated standards regarding retention of staff in all aspects of practice. Instituted feedback processes; performed regular coaching to monitor and measure professional development. Provided professional growth opportunities for staff with a conducive environment for learning. • Coordinated, designed, and implemented educational programs to identify learning needs of staff, patients, and families. Promoted staff participation in continuing education, orientation, competencies, in-service and staff development opportunities. Provide demonstration for clinical expertise in critical care and communication with other staff. • Continued evaluation of patient progress and revised plans accordingly and maintained accountability for carrying out components of the plan. Facilitated interdisciplinary collaboration in patient care planning to achieve desired patient outcomes. • Served as a critical care expert for staff, providers, and educators in the design of educational programs such as TeamSTEPPS, Sepsis Protocol, New Stroke/ Clot Retrieval/ Post TPA program, Code Sepsis, Critical Response Team).

Critical Care Registered Nurse

• Dec 2008 - May 2019

Critical Care Air Transport

• Oct 2010 - Feb 2019

• Provides physicals for members of the Armed services. • Leadership skills attained from US military. • Provides critical care for medical personnel and augmentation to the job of critical care air transport for the critically injured, ill and/or burn patients requiring advanced, continued trauma and post-operative care. • Stationed at aeromedical evacuation crew locations with fixed or mobile facilities. • Trained as an officer in the U.S. Air Force at the commissioned officer training school at the Air University at Maxwell Air Force Base. • Worked with the Center for the Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness at University of Cincinnati and received Critical Care Air Transport Basic and Advanced training. • Trained in several Level one trauma centers for deployment readiness.

Director of Nursing

• May 2016 - Aug 2017

• Managed day-to-day quality clinical services in accordance with the policies, and practices of Tresco Inc., laws, regulations, and administrative rulings of governmental organizations and other regulatory, advisory authorities, and organizations. • Provided clinical oversight of the performances by the nursing, medical support staff, and certified medication aides. • Ensured daily implementation of the nursing process, reviewed nursing documentation for accuracy and thoroughness. • Ensured compliance with over five regulatory agencies to include Board of Pharmacy, New Mexico Board of Nursing, New Mexico Developmental Disabilities Waiver Program, New Mexico Health Facilities licensing program, and Centers for Medicaid and Medicare services.

Clinical Quality Coordinator,SR

• Mar 2013 - Oct 2013

Registered Nurse

• Jul 2011 - Aug 2012

• Assessed, intervened, and stabilized a variety of trauma and illnesses under decisive action. • Triaged numerous patients with a number of illnesses based on the priority and need of the patient and situation. • Gained the ability to work in high stress and demand situations. • Recovered patients under Memorial Health’s Trauma Response Protocol. • Implemented and practiced according to clinical practice guidelines under the American Trauma Society. • Assessed, intervened, and stabilized a variety of trauma and illnesses under decisive action. • Triaged numerous patients with a number of illnesses based on the priority and need of the patient and situation. • Gained the ability to work in high stress and demand situations. • Recovered patients under Memorial Health’s Trauma Response Protocol. • Implemented and practiced according to clinical practice guidelines under the American Trauma Society.

Clinical Instructor

• Jan 2011 - May 2012

• Taught last semester BSN students theory behind skills that are taught through clinical. • Guided students to critical care skills needed for advanced nursing. • Planned and implemented lessons that are taught post clinical. • Provided students with skills to become delegators and leaders as an RN. • Taught last semester BSN students theory behind skills that are taught through clinical. • Guided students to critical care skills needed for advanced nursing. • Planned and implemented lessons that are taught post clinical. • Provided students with skills to become delegators and leaders as an RN.

RN

• Feb 2005 - May 2012

• Provided care to critically ill adults in a 16 bed Coronary Care Unit. • Plans, directs, and monitors nursing activities and patients in a critical care unit. • Assists physicians with procedures at the bedside (i.e. central line insertion, swan-ganz catheter insertion, intra-aortic balloon pump insertion, sheaths, etc.) • Monitor and provide care for patients on continuous venous to venous hemodialysis. • Recovered open heart surgical patients including coronary artery bypass grafting, valve replacements, and aortic aneurysm repair. • Worked with other members of the interdisciplinary team. • Provided excellent patient care, recognizing patient needs based on reassessment and providing advanced cardiac life support as necessary.