Registered Nurse Manager

Samira Ali, RN, MSN

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Phone- 571-***-****

pe5c2w@r.postjobfree.com

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Professional Summary

Accomplished, experienced, Masters prepared Informatics registered nurse with more than 20 years of hands-on clinical expertise with a passion for nursing and healthcare information technology. Exceptional entrepreneurial and management abilities including clinical and technical skills required for EHR adoption projects; highly knowledgeable with SDLC; and keen attention to detail. Confident in presenting technology as well as providing end-user training. Current in healthcare, nursing, technology and informatics trends through journals, reviewed chapters in Informatics book and conducting research on analysis / standardization of nursing terminology used in EHR and webinars and PHD candidate.

Cerner Experience:

Consultant In Los Angeles, CA (June 2011 to present)

Collecting requirements , building, testing and implementing an enterprise-wide PowerChart, IView for Nursing, Powernote, Patientcare orders, Powerplans and orders and supporting multiple specialties RT, OT, PT and Speech

Design, build, test, implementation, hands-on, working with physicians, nurses in Multi Hospital centers that are fast-paced, incorporate workflow.

Uses DCP tools, content manager, Knowledge Editor to Power notes and Preference Manager, Import and export content backend commands to move content from Domain to Domain

Unit testing, functional testing and integrated testing load and unload content from different environments, implemented

Completed Future State Design sessions and database. Also working in tandem with Cerner Professional Services group.

Nursing Informatics Analyst: VCU, Virginia (Jan 2011 to June 2011)

Implementing an enterprise-wide Power Note in Ambulatory Outpatient as well as Inpatient, First Net in EMR Design, build, test, implementation, hands-on, working with physicians, nurses in Multi Hospital centers that are fast-paced, incorporate workflow.

Uses Knowledge Editor to Power notes and Preference Manager, Import and export content backend commands to move content from Domain to Domain

Unit testing, functional testing and integrated testing load and unload content from different environments, implemented

Completed Future State Design sessions and database. Also working in tandem with Cerner Professional Services group.

Nursing Informatics Analyst: Adventist Healthcare, Maryland (July 2010 to Dec 2010)

Implementing an enterprise-wide Power forms, IView, Power Notes both inpatient and outpatient in EMR Design, build, test, train full life cycle implementation, hands-on, working with physicians, nurses in Multi Hospital centers that is fast-paced, incorporate workflow.

Uses Bedrock to build views and Preference Manager, uses content Manager to move content from Domain to Domain

Unit testing, functional testing and integrated testing load and unload content from different environments, implemented

Completed Future State Design sessions and database. Also working in tandem with Cerner Professional Services group,.

Eclipsys 5.0 Experience

Programmer Analyst (November 2008 to June 2010)

Implementing an enterprise-wide Eclipsys Clinical Manager Sunrise 5.0, EMR Lead in Design, build, test, train full life cycle implementation, hands-on, working with physicians, nurses in large academic center that is fast-paced, incorporate workflow.

Fahad Hospital National Guard Health Affairs Hospital Riyadh Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (July, 2004 to July, 2008)

Application Analyst Lead

Managed multiple projects including Cardiac Catheterization lab (integration of five applications: Apollo Cardiac Catheterization, H/P module, CardioDoc, Cardio schedule, Cardio Inventory), EPS, Perfusion, Xclera Cath / ECHO and Swartzer Hemodynamic

Lead Design team: Analyzed workflow utilizing Smart Draw and Visio for Cardiac catheterization laboratory.

Lecturer College of Nursing

Worked as a lecturer at College of Nursing and Allied Health Science, Riyadh Saudi Arabia. Teach Concepts Principles & Fundamentals of Nursing, Society & Health as well as Nursing Informatics Course.

Acted as coordinator of the nursing for 2 1/2 months. Coordinated activities of the nursing department.

Associate Director of Education and Quality, Riyadh Saudi Arabia (July 2003 to July, 2004)

Analyzed processes, and coordinated improvement activities within the Nursing Department

Performed audits such as patient satisfaction surveys, Management reviews.

Updated policy and procedures of the Nursing Department.

Coordinated training for Nursing students/ interns (Health Education, Health education interns

RN in Critical Care in Multiple ICUs Nationally: Jan 1993 - 2003

Worked as an ICU Nurse in Intensive Care unit. In Inova Fairfax, GW, Mercy San Diego

Assessment head to toe, monitoring invasive and non invasive , administration of Medication

Monitoring and Management of ventilated patients

Administration of blood and blood products

Teaching patient and family

Staff Nurse/Charge Nurse : Assist to the Nurse Manager:Internationally: Provided direct care (1983-1993)

Coronary Care Unit/ICU

Medical Unit

Pediatric Med/ Surgical

Emergency Department ENT Unit

OPH

Surgical Unit

Nuclear Medicine

Orthopedics

Education, Training and Honors

Education and Honors:

PHD candidate UK University

Masters in Science Nursing Informatics from University of Maryland, Baltimore (2001)

Bachelors: George Mason University, Graduated with Honors and Distinction (1996)

Diploma in General Nursing, Dubai, UAE, (1983)

Training and Continuing Education:

Cerner Fundamentals Course

Powernote Build Certification

First Net Certification

Cerner Iview and Iview transition

Eclipsys Sunrise Clinical Manager (SCM) Acute Care Configuration 1 and 2 and Clin Doc (November 2008)

Eclipsys Express Load and unload 2008

Microsoft Project 2007 (2009)

One Staff Training 2005

Misys Scheduling,CPOE and ClinDoc Training 2004

Exclera Cath and ECHO training 2006

Philips Critical Care System: Carevue Training 2007

Microsoft Project Training 2008

Professional Affiliations:

Member of Riyadh Critical Care Group

Member of Riyadh QI Group

Member of Riyadh Educators Group

Professional Licenses and Certifications:

Virginia Multistate Registered Nurse License

DC Registered Nurse License

CA Registered Nurse License

Certified Critical Care Nurse – CCRN

Technical Skills:

Healthcare Systems: Multimedia: Tools: Database:

Apollo Cardiology Products Adobe Photoshop Microsoft Office Microsoft Access

CardioDoc, Cardio schedule

Cardioinventory, EPS Adobe Captivate Microsoft Project

Visual Basic SQL Server 2000

Eclipsys Sunrise Clinical Manager Microsoft Visio

Misys

Carevue Critical Care System VB.Net

Mind Map

Philips Exclera Cath & ECHO

IDX , ANSOS

Cerner Fundamentals

Cerner Iview

Cerner Transition

Nursing Informatics Internship Projects:

Internship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, DC (January, 2001 – May, 2001)

Analyzed nursing department paper based staffing & scheduling system.

Designed workflows, presented functionalities of number of nursing staffing & scheduling software’s.

Assisted with purchasing & implementation of the selected software

Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland (2008-2010)

Analyzed nursing Problems, Intervention and outcomes in two clinical Systems(2009 to early 2010)

Did a qualitative focus group interview to assess nurses perception use and satisfaction with clinical applications

Mapped & cross reference with CCC codes (nursing problems , interventions and outcomes

King Fahad Hospital: Analyzed and mapped data fields of History and Physical to ACC data fields &Analyzed and mapped H/P data elements to STS ( 2007 )

Abstracts submitted in an International Nursing Conference 2010

Reviewed Abstracts for HIMSS 2011

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