Manager Nursing
Resume:
Vivian Ott
Email: *********@********.***
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City: Michigan City
State: IN
Zip: 46360
Country: USA
Phone: 219-***-****
Skill Level: Management
Salary Range: $96,000
Primary Skills/Experience:
Bedside nursing Leadership Coaching Continuous Quality Improvement Budget Management
Educational Background:
Doctorate, Nursing Administration
University of Illinois at Chicago, 01/1993 - 01/1999
Chicago, IL
Job History / Details:
Vivian E. Ott, PhD, RN
Michigan City, IN 46360
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http://www.linkedin.com/in/VivianEOtt
CAREER SUMMARY
Healthcare professional with a background in managing multiple nursing units ensuring that acute care patients are provided a quality care environment. The ability to provide creative cost effective measures through innovative problem solving. Through empowerment leadership have attracted and retained talented service providers. Specific expertise in the following:
* Training / Mentoring / Coaching
* Continuous Quality Improvement
* Strategic Planning
* Budget Management
* Client Services
* Program Planning
* Recruitment and Retention
* Policy and Procedures Development
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
1994 - 2012
Downtown facility, part of Northwestern Medicine, comprised of 854 beds, one of the country`s premier academic medical center. Redesignated with Magnet status, the gold standard for nursing excellence and quality of care.
Patient Care Practice Manager
2008 - 2012
As part of a nursing co-manager model for four surgical units,supported an environment of excellence for patients in general surgery, transplantation, neurology and surgical intensive care.
* Supervised the performance of 238 RNs and 22 technical staff via daily rounds and documentation audits, thereby improving patient satisfaction and reducing nosocomial infections.
* Designed on-boarding process for the surgical ICU expansion
project to orient 12 RNs over 3 months using preceptors from
other ICUs, extending curriculum to one year, and employing
outcome based pre-hire screening.
* Led a hospital-wide supply cost reduction initiative,
increasing saline infusion hang time, based on literature /
research evidence that resulted in $100,000 savings.
* Coached and mentored staff nurses in their research efforts: Chapman Scholar funding, poster presentation, new product adoption.
Nursing Education Resource Coordinator
2004 - 2008
In collaboration with the nursing manager, directed the
educational development of professional and technical staff.
* Managed the orientation of new hires to the intensive care
units.
* Designed the on-boarding of RNs to the Rapid Response Team (RRT)and supervised annual competency education.
* Mentored colleague through design and proposal submission for successful Chapman Scholar Award (i.e., in-house research
funding).
* Created the poster: The Use of Modified Early Warning Scores by a Rapid Response Team for presentation at ANCC`s 2008 Magnet Convention.
Staff Nurse
1994 - 2004
As a primary care nurse, delivered competent, compassionate, and individualized nursing care to intensive care patients and families, delegated to and supervised non-professional clinical and support staff.
* Precepted new nurses to the medical, surgical, neurospine, and cardiac intensive care units and served as super user for various technological initiatives.
University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
1994 - 1995
One of the top 200 research-funded academic institutions in the world.
Teaching Assistant
Supported faculty at the College of Nursing in a variety of
capacities from monitoring student progress during the
Fundamental Nursing Skills Lab to developing and conducting a
graduate level course.
* Coordinated and measured undergraduate nursing students`
acquisition of health assessment and technical nursing skills.
* Organized and led a -Managerial Strategies in Nursing
Administration- graduate level theory course.
Roane State Community College, Harriman, TN
1988 - 1993
A comprehensive, public, two-year postsecondary institution
serving the higher education needs of a diverse eight-county
service area.
Assistant Professor in Nursing
Taught medical-surgical and management classes and coordinated students` clinical experiences, including telemetry and nursing leadership.
* Developed elder-care curriculum and presented this innovation at the National League for Nursing`s Associate Degree Programs Council Convention, Phoenix, 1992.
* Revamped clinical performance standards to adhere to outcome based evaluation theory.
* Served as panel member for the February 1993 RN NCLEX-CAT
writing session in Princeton, NJ.
STAFF NURSE EXPERIENCE
East Tennessee Baptist Hospital, Knoxville, TN
1986 - 1988
Memorial Hospital, Chattanooga, TN
1984 - 1986
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Nursing, 1999
University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
Master of Science (MS) in Nursing, 1988
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Bachelor of Science (BS) in Nursing, 1985
Bachelor of Arts (BA) in German, 1985
Southern Adventist University, Collegedale, TN
Associate of Science (AS) in Nursing, 1984
Southern Adventist University, Collegedale, TN
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS
Member of Sigma XI, 1999 - Present
* Awarded third place prize for research presentation at UIC
Sigma XI student competition, 1999
American Nurses Association, 1990 - 1998:
* Illinois Nurses Association
* Elected Delegate, Illinois Convention, 1995
* Chair, Membership / Marketing Committee, 1994
* Producer / Writer, Member Highlights, for eight issues of the Chicago Nurse
* Tennessee Nurses Association
* Peer Advocate for recovering chemically-dependent nurses
sponsored by the Tennessee Nurses` Foundation Assistance Program,1991 - 1993
* Member, Convention Planning Committee for the Tennessee
Convention, 1993
* Elected Delegate, Tennessee Conventions, 1991 - 1992
* Appointed to the Reference Committee for Tennessee
Convention, 1990
PUBLICATIONS
Patyk, M., Gaynor, S., Kelly, J., & Ott, V. (1998) Touch-Screen computerized education for patients with brain injuries. Rehabilitation Nursing 23: 84-87.
Ott, V. (1993) Educational responsibility for an aging society.Prospectives: Celebrating 40 years of associate degree nursing education, J. Simmons (Ed.). New York: National League for Nursing Press, 111-122.
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