REBECCA GIERLING, MSN, RN CPEN

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Experienced clinical leader who is outcome focused seeking a Nurse Leader Role. Motivated to provide clinical excellence and develop and mentor staff at all levels.

EXPERIENCE

DIRECTOR OF CLINICAL OPERATIONS ADVENT HEALTH EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

ADVENT HEALTH CENTRAL TEXAS, KILLEEN TEXAS

FEB. 2022-PRESENT

Weekly meetings with the Medical Director

Overall responsibility for the department budget

Oversite of the Trauma Program

Staff stabilization

Responsible for Patient and Team member engagement.

ED dashboard responsibilities (LWOBS, Door to Dr. Door to Discharge)

Manager of Clinical Operations Pediatric Emergency Department and Pediatric Critical Care Transport Team

Advocate Children’s Hospital, Oak Lawn, IL

May 2010- Feb 2022

Participate in Physician relations by-weekly meetings to discuss process or issues within the department

Actively planning and implementing clinical pathways and nursing protocols

Led in developing task force for new patient flow in a new 22 bed Pediatric Emergency Department and developing an orientation for team members to the new department.

Involved in the development patient flow of a new Express Care area for low acuity patients.

Lead the build, budget and development of workflows and policies for a Pediatric inpatient observation unit.

Improved team member engagement for two departments. Transport team was at the 1% and increased that department to the 60th in the first year. Maintain a top tier department for team member engagement for 8 consecutive years in the Pediatric Emergency Department.

Decreased medication errors by over 50% in the Pediatric Emergency Department by enforcing the use of medication scanning.

Led the Pediatric Emergency Department in obtaining the ENA’s Lantern Award for Excellence in 2016.

Advanced the Pediatric Transport Team in earning CAMTS (Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems) accreditation.

Lead the Magnet designation process for the outpatient areas

Leader for the EDAP/PCC designation process

Oversaw approval of payroll for over 100 FTEs.

Well versed in the DNV accreditation process and ISO requirements.

Manager Emergency Department Adventist Glenoaks Hospital

Glendale Heights, IL

Jan. 2007-April 2010

Maintained budget responsibilities and kept within the budget for 3 years. Successfully saw a 3% decrease in our yearly budget.

Oversaw the build of new Emergency Department from 10 beds to 19.

Developed the new innovative concept of no waiting room. Every patient was immediately roomed.

Maintained associate satisfaction in the top tier for 3 consecutive years.

Received Press Ganey award for the “Best Improved overall satisfaction” for 1 year. Bringing our scores from the 30th to the 80th percentile ranking.

Staff nurse/Lead Charge Nurse: Adventist Glenoaks Hospital ED- Glendale Heights, IL-2000-2007

School Nurse: Scott Libby Elementary- Litchfield Park, AZ- 1997-1999

Staff Nurse ED, Trauma Coordinator, EMS Coordinator: Adventist Glenoaks Hospital-Glendale

Heights, IL-1989-1997

Staff Nurse ICU and ED- Hopkins County Memorial Hospital, Sulphur Springs TX-1987-1989

SKILLS

ACLS

PALS

CPEN

ENA Member

Patient Experience and service recovery

Leading meetings and task forces

Innovative

Associate Engagement

ACTIVITIES/ACCOMPLISHMENTS

ENA member

Safety Committee Chair

Co-Chair and developer of the Pediatric Emergency Management Committee

Oversaw two departments during the COVID pandemic

oWorked on redeployments of staff, maintaining adequate PEE, monitored exposures, prepared half of Pediatric Emergency department for Adult patient care

Member of “Team Innovations” which is a group focused on developing new innovative ideas and putting those into practice.

Sepsis Committee

Swoop Committee

Shared Governance Steering Council

Emergency Management Pediatric Hospital Chair- a sub-committee from the hospital wide EM committee to focus on pediatric specific needs

Mentor for staff entering their careers in Emergency Medicine

Volunteer for Ronald McDonald house

EDUCATION

APRIL 2017

MSN, Grand Canyon University

Focus on Nursing leadership.

FEB. 2007

BSN, COLORADO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

MAY 1987

ADN, PARIS JR. COLLEGE

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