Billi Jo Wilkinson
Simulation Lab Coordinator
South Hill,Virginia
Summary
Known as a loyal team player with an unwavering commitment to provide quality of care in clinical setting as well as in the community. My nursing goal is to raise the bar, provide excellence, improve rapport, and establish trusting relationships while fulfilling an energetic role as a Registered Nurse, meeting the needs of my students by focusing on relationship based care. Known as an advocate in empowering students by delivering and incorporating health education in the clinical/simulation setting. OBJECTIVE: Dedicated, highly motivated, dependable RN with 16 years of experience in various specialties and settings. Education allows the educator to combine two passions – nursing and patient education. Reliable, ethical healthcare leader with the ability to intervene during crise situations and provide comfort and reassurance to students, patients and families. Proven ability to build positive relationships with patients, family members, physicians and other medical professionals and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
18
18
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Simulation Lab Coordinator
SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CHASE CITY, VA
08.2014 - Current
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary team to design, develop, implement, and evaluate simulation scenarios.
- Manage the day to day operations of the lab and annual budget.
- Responsible for Coordinating simulated learning activities and other teaching-related activities with interdisciplinary team members.
- Responsible for quality and satisfaction initiatives.
- Develop interdisciplinary simulation experiences such as, geriatric, pediatric, medical surgical, intensive care, mental health, labor and delivery, disaster simulation and in situ simulations.
- Promotes community accessibility and involvement through simulation.
- Responsible for collaboration with Chase City Rehab in Chase City to improve 30 days readmission rates drive by the Care Path Review.
- Partner with VCU Health -CMH to create simulations for physicians and nurse training in NRP, ACLS and Labor and Delivery scenarios.
- Accomplishments:
- Revamped the simulation lab from a 1:3 to 1:10 faculty to student ratio.
- Maximized the hours from 3 hours per student to 125 hours for ADN program and 100 hours for PN program according to board of nursing regulations.
- Facilitate an eight-hour multi simulation including EMS, LPN and RN students to create a solid foundation of each discipline and improve communication and patient safety.
- Received Certification Healthcare Simulation Educator.
- Designed expansion plan for simulation program.
Nursing Instructor
VANCE GRANVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
HENDERSON, NC
04.2013 - 08.2014
- Directly responsible and accountable for ensuring the fulfillment of educational goals and objectives of the Nursing Program and ensuring program compliance with the North Carolina Board of Nursing and concept based curriculum.
- Provided leadership in both academic and workforce areas including meeting student retention goals, participating in educational planning and advising (assisting job opportunities post-graduation), evaluating student performance in clinical while providing clinical instruction on a medical/surgical unit at Maria Parham Hospital.
Registered Nurse
Community Memorial Healthcenter
SOUTH HILL, VA
09.2009 - 04.2013
- Preparation and cared for patients undergoing surgical intervention, and responsible for the maintenance/sterilization of OR supplies and equipment to meet Joint Commsion standards.
- Anticipate needs of surgeons and surgical team members, and assist in operative procedures.
- Certified in Moderate Sedation for patients scheduled for procedures such as Endoscopy, Colonoscopy, Paracentesis, Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography, Bone Marrow Aspiration and Liver Biopsies.
- Competent in Pain Management providing sedation and procedures assisting physician such as epidural steroid injections, facet medial branch blocks, radiofrequency ablations, and lumbar punctures.
- Provided effective interdisciplinary collaboration focus on relationship based care.
- Patient centered model to establish healthy collaboration, nurse to physician, nurse to nurse and nurse to patient.
- Unit Base Chair represents Special Procedures during shared governance meetings.
- Liaison between staff nurse and directors, nurse to nurse and/or department to department.
- Established trust and teamwork within the unit.
- Set the example to establish healthy rapport.
- Implemented a “Shed or You’re Dead” program to increase unit moral, decrease negativity, improving communication, therefore increasing job satisfaction with a goal to decrease turnover.
- Contributed to organizational growth initiatives as active member of patient education and procedural committees, such as Resource Practice Council and Nurse Leadership Council.
- Building solid, trusting relationships with staff and patient families, generating positive example through extra efforts in care treatment and one-on-one communication.
- Active diabetic educator, leading and educating community in a support group “Sugar Buddies.”.
- Capital Campaign fundraiser member to support our hospital’s developmental growth.
- Created schedule and shifts with rotating call for 9 employees, filling on-call and stay late positions, covering all aspects of special procedures.
- Intermittent Charge Nurse Role
Registered Nurse
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
10.2008 - 09.2009
- From patient care tech pediatric ICU & PPCU: PCT role: Assist in the preparation and care of critically ill patients.
- Assist patients with activities of daily living.
- Performing simple procedures including but not limited to: urinary catheter care insertion and removal, measurement of vital signs, patient weights, wound care, surgical shave prep, EKG, and sterile procedures.
- Promote mental and physical health.
- Development of organized cost efficient method to maintain stock of supply carts.
- Assist with patient admission, transfers/discharges.
- Assist families, staff and physicians as needed.
- Registered Nurse role: Cared for critically ill patients received via med flight and ER trauma admits.
- Experience with ventilator, dialysis and ECMO pediatric patients.
- Participated in JCAHO survey.
- Ensured progressive care readiness by maintaining stringent quality standards and safety precautions.
- Performed high quality care to patients provided in a magnet setting, recognizing healthcare organizations for quality patient care, nursing excellence and innovations in professional nursing practice.
- Directed ongoing quality assurance (QA) program that met or surpassed hospital/JCAHO standards for patient and staff safety.
Education
High School Diploma -
FUQUA SCHOOL
FARMVILLE, VA 08.1993 - 06.2003
No Degree - Nursing Prerequisites
Southside Virginia Community College
Alberta, VA 08.2003 - 05.2007
Diploma Registered Nurse - DIPLOMA PROGRAM
Bon Secours School of Nursing
Richmond VA 08.2006 - 05.2009
Bachelor of Science - NURSING
Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT 01.2011 - 01.2012
Masters in Nursing Education - NURSING EDUCATION
Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT 01.2012 - 01.2013
Skills
Laboratory procedures
undefinedCertification
Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator
Timeline
Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator
04-2019
Simulation Lab Coordinator
SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
08.2014 - Current
Nursing Instructor
VANCE GRANVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
04.2013 - 08.2014
Masters in Nursing Education - NURSING EDUCATION
Western Governors University
01.2012 - 01.2013
Bachelor of Science - NURSING
Western Governors University
01.2011 - 01.2012
Registered Nurse
Community Memorial Healthcenter
09.2009 - 04.2013
Registered Nurse
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
10.2008 - 09.2009
Diploma Registered Nurse - DIPLOMA PROGRAM
Bon Secours School of Nursing
08.2006 - 05.2009
No Degree - Nursing Prerequisites
Southside Virginia Community College
08.2003 - 05.2007
High School Diploma -
FUQUA SCHOOL
08.1993 - 06.2003
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