Medical Nurse

Summary

Executive with extensive background in leading operations for teaching

hospitals specializing in staff development and delivering quality customer

servise.Strong skills in budget administration, leadership, strategic

initiatives, and case management. M.B.A. from top ranked institution.

Professional History:

St. Joseph's Medical Center 2004-Present

Director of Med-Surgery:

. Researched with Senior Management and Chairperson of Medicine to

develop a business plan to create an 18 bed Stroke/Telemetry unit the

first in Passaic County. Acquired from Joint Commission Primary Stroke

Certification in May 2007 and Recertification in May 2009.In addition

collaborated with Teaneck Visiting Nurses to establish a 4 bedded

Hospice unit on the Oncology unit and protocols for the ER staff how

on to manage Hospice patients in the ER and prevent from admitting.

. Appointed as Director with Chairperson of Cardiology on Core Measures

Committee and increased Influenza and Pneumococcal vaccine rates from

76% to 90%.

. Analyzed fall rates that were beyond ANA benchmark and drew up a

capital budget to change to Hill Rom beds that had call lights

installed in the side rails versus behind the patient on the wall.

Facilitated this process over three years/one division per year-Med-

Surg, Maternal Child and Critical Care. Chaired lift committee

comprising nurse managers and lift consultants to advise what lift

products best fit each clinical unit.

. Improved productivity by working with nursing supervisors to zero

variance in January,2010. Managed Nursing Department operational

budget.

. Worked with CNO/Director of Education to launch relationship-based

care model on Med-Surg and Maternal Child units along with Jean

Watson's Caring Theory, working with cross-functional

interdisciplinary teams and families. Forecasted that Model would need

more RN's and was approved by Senior Management to go forward.

Increased Press Ganey scores 30 percent.

. Obtained for Medical Center Joint Commission Congestive Heart Failure

certification in February, with interdisciplinary team that developed

teach-back patient education along with teaching magnet in Spanish and

English to take home and place on refrigerator.

. Facilitated Transforming Care at Bedside model to improve staff

participation in resolving bedside quality issues. Won grant from RWJ

and decreased overtime by 20 percent in three months after bedside

report developed by staff.

BAYONNE MEDICAL CENTER 2002-

2004

Director of Oncology Services and Patient Services Budget

. Led interdisciplinary team meetings in all inpatient units, decreasing

length of stay, improving documentation system for all nurses,

enhancing collaboration between all disciplines and increasing patient

satisfaction.

. Initiated variance report for all nurse managers to use in a monthly

report that analyzes vacancies and the decrease of contracted

personnel. .

. Implemented Partners in Practice Model for staff and nurse managers in

telemetry, oncology and two Med-Surg units, creating environment with

strong emphasis on teamwork.

. Coordinated with the medical director of radiation therapy and breast

surgeon to start the Mammosite procedure for women with breast cancer

after a lumpectomy.

. Appointed Performance Improvement team leader of the TNM staging

process committee.

RAHWAY HOSPITAL 1993-2002

Nurse Manager:

. Managed telemetry, ventilator step-down, oncology

inpatient/outpatient, orthopedics, subacute.

. Led restraint and pain Joint Commission Accreditation Organizational

Teams (including MD's, RN's pharmacist, and physical therapist) while

delivering peer-review policies/procedures, scientific posters,

abstracts, housewide quality data collection.

. Launched pain rounds that reduced patient's pain from a scale of 10 to

2-1.

. Reduced costs 50 percent for diabetic patients by creating a

hypoglycemia protocol.

. Administered the cancer care business plan for the first cancer

outpatient department. Operational revenue $51,000 first year.

Initiated a cable television commercial to market new program.

. Effectively managed $6 million operating budget and reduced supply

cost 18 percent.

. Researched and developed business plan for a 16 bed Subacute Acute

unit due to Rahway Hospital having had a long term license.

. Increased by 50 percent the number of oncology RN's achieving Oncology

Nursing Society (ONS),a professional certification

. Increased patient satisfaction rates from 77 percent to 92 percent.

Education

Master's in Business Administration

Rutgers University, Graduate School of Management

Master's in Nursing Administration

Seton Hall University

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

New Jersey City University

Certification in Nursing Administration

American Nurses Association

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