Briana Besen
Alameda,CA
Summary
To positively impact project goals, outcomes and team members through coordination and good communication.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Clinical Nurse Educator and Transport Coordinator
Benioff Children’s Hospital
Oakland, CA
07.2016 - Current
- Develop and teach new hire programs for pediatrics and PICU
- Mentor and support current nurses and new hires
- Coordinate the transition between critical care transport provider team and helped navigate the transition to a new call center
- Oversee Clinical Competencies
- Act as resource for complex nursing procedures
- Medication Safety
- Helped Coordinate move to a new hospital unit
- Liaison between design and construction, and medical staff, as well as surveyors
- Informatics- Helped with integration of two EMRs into one
- Educate and coordinate all upgrades.
Clinical Nurse Educator
PICU, Kaiser Permanente
Oakland, CA
10.2006 - 06.2016
- Revise and create policies and forms
- Develop and teach new hire programs for pediatrics and PICU
- Mentor and support current nurses and new hires
- Coordinated simulation
- Oversee Clinical Competencies
- Act as resource for complex nursing procedures
- Medication Safety and Emergency Response
- Helped Coordinate teaching for opening of new hospital (Integration of new technologies as well as systems changes)
- Informatics- Helped in transition to electronic medical record and with all upgrades
Travel Registered Nurse, PICU
American Mobile Healthcare
, California, Virginia, Hawaii
01.2004 - 09.2006
- Delivered outstanding care to patients with various diagnoses and managed care from treatment initiation through to completion.
- Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
- Worked collaboratively with multidisciplinary team to care for critically ill patients
Pediatric ICU Staff Nurse
Children’s Hospital and Research Center
Oakland, CA
06.2002 - 01.2004
- Provided nursing care to a diverse population of critically ill children in the Pediatric ICU
- Collaborated with patients and healthcare teams to assess, plan, implement and evaluate custom care plans for each individual.
- Promoted quality of care by adhering to industry standards and measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and benchmarks.
Pediatric ICU Staff Nurse
Univ. of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
07.2001 - 06.2002
- Provided nursing care to a diverse population of critically ill children in the Pediatric ICU
- Collaborated with patients and healthcare teams to assess, plan, implement and evaluate custom care plans for each individual.
- Promoted quality of care by adhering to industry standards and measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and benchmarks.
Education
Masters - Nursing
Samuel Merritt College
2002
Bachelor of Science - undefined
University of Puget Sound
1995
Skills
- Crucial Conversation Trained
- Employee Performance Evaluations
- Service Utilization Improvements
- Policy and Program Development
- Corrective Action Plans
- Employee Training Program
- Project Implementation
- In-Service Programs
- Quality Improvement Activities
- Creative Thinking
- EMR Systems
- Problem Resolution
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support Instructor
- Clinical Project Management
- Educational Support
- Code Compliance
- Instructional Material Development
Timeline
Clinical Nurse Educator and Transport Coordinator
Benioff Children’s Hospital
07.2016 - Current
Clinical Nurse Educator
PICU, Kaiser Permanente
10.2006 - 06.2016
Travel Registered Nurse, PICU
American Mobile Healthcare
01.2004 - 09.2006
Pediatric ICU Staff Nurse
Children’s Hospital and Research Center
06.2002 - 01.2004
Pediatric ICU Staff Nurse
Univ. of California San Francisco
07.2001 - 06.2002
Masters - Nursing
Samuel Merritt College
Bachelor of Science - undefined
University of Puget Sound