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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
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