MICHELE MCRAE

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Summary Neonatal Specialist with over 25 years of experience in neonatal nursing. Proficient in critical care management of premature and critically ill newborns, maintaining evidence-based care practices for neonates, chart review and assessment of adverse events and practice compliance. Skills • Neonatal Subject Matter Expert

• Policy and Staff Development

• Regulatory Compliance

• Chart Review Expertise

• Nurse Analyst Legal Nurse Consultant

• Medical Data Extraction

• Outcome Evaluation

• Care Coordination

Experience Nurse Analyst Legal Nurse Consultant

Litigation Management, Inc Mayfield Heights, Ohio

• Legal Nurse Consultant – Medical summaries & chronologies, medical records review, identification of alternative causation, medical literature research R & G Medical Legal Solutions Phoenix, Arizona

• Pharmacovigilance – Adverse Event Reporting for a major pharmaceutical company

• Medical chart review, data extraction, assessment of merit, and identification of adverse events

11.2020 - present

7.2020 – 11.2020

Clinical Nurse Specialist, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 4. 2015 – 12.2020 Overlake Hospital Bellevue, Washington

• Implement and measure safe, cost-effective, evidence-based care strategies for neonatal patients

• Researched, educated, and implemented newborn sepsis protocol 86% decrease in NICU admissions for presumed sepsis in first year

• Created specialized NICU Central Line/PICC team to facilitate new Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infection (CLABSI) bundle to decrease infections in NICU

• Continuous development of evidence-based policy, procedures, and education to maintain current national standards

• Augment neonatal education for Vizient residency program for new RN's entering NICU

• Created and led team of NRP instructors to teach and maintain 100% competency of all Childbirth Center RN and RT staff

Nursing Professor 2014 - 2019

Lake Washington Institute of Technology Kirkland, WA

• Didactic and Clinical Instructor: Maternal-Newborn Nursing, 4th quarter Nursing Students

• Continuously updated and improved course curricula strategies and content based on current evidence and policies

• Contributed to 98% first attempt pass rates of national nursing board certification Clinical Nurse Specialist, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 2007 - 2010 Valley Medical Center Renton, WA

• Collaborated with hospital leadership to identify and improve staff education and patient satisfaction

• Wrote and maintained updates and accuracy of policies and procedures

• Worked with IT developing computerized documentation system for NICU

• Decreased infection rates in NICU with implementation of care bundles (VAP & CLABSI)

• Developed and implemented RN NICU residency program for new RN's entering NICU which decreased new nurses leaving NICU in first year of employment by 80%

• Aided in development and implementation of OB/NICU STAT team to improve outcomes in obstetric emergencies

Adjunct Faculty Clinical Instructor 2004 - 2010

University of Washington School of Nursing Seattle, WA

• Influenced educational and clinical expertise, optimizing clinical knowledge and critical thinking in NICU for master's students and new graduates (Clinical Nurse Specialist and Neonatal Nurse Practitioners)

• Contributed to 10% increase in national certification pass rates by providing master's students with valuable clinical experience

• Continued to work 120 + hours per month in direct patient care activities to maximize clinical expertise Neonatal Nurse Practitioner 2003 - 2010

Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA

• Provided care in multiple Seattle area Hospital NICU’s including, Seattle Children's, University of Washington, Providence Everett & Overlake Hospital

• Attended high risk deliveries, managed premature and critically ill patients, performed lifesaving procedures

• Provided consistent evidence-based care, decreased length of stay and increased patient outcomes with daily multidisciplinary rounds

Education

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Training

Master of Science: Nursing 12.2002

University of Washington Seattle, WA

Bachelor of Science: Nursing 06.1992

Seattle University Seattle, WA

Professional

Association

Published:

Bridges, Margie, Pesek, Betsy, McRae, Michele, and Chabra, Shilpi. “Use of an Early Onset-Sepsis Calculator to Decrease Unnecessary NICU Admissions and Increase Exclusive Breastfeeding” Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, Volume 48, Issue 3, Jan. 2019, 372 – 382. President of Northwest Washington Perinatal Education Consortium (PEC) PEC delivers continuously updated specialty education for nurses entering or cross-training to labor and delivery, mother-baby, and NICU through a biannual consortium taught by regional experts, who maintain national and community standards of care and contribute to the advancement of practice of nursing at both the unit and state level

Professional Membership:

National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN)

Association of Women's Health Obstetric and Neonatal Nursing (AWHONN) Vermont Oxford Network (VON)

International & American Association of Legal Nurse Industry (IAALNI) Certifications:

Neonatal Resuscitation Lead Instructor and Provider (NRP) Basic Life Support Provider (BLS)

Advanced Legal Nurse Consultant (ALNC)

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