Christa Purpera
Baton Rouge,LA
Summary
Highly skilled and enthusiastic Nurse Leader with more than 14 years of experience managing a team of Critical Care nurses of a 20 bed ICU. Goal-driven Nurse Leader well-versed in recruiting, onboarding, managing, and engaging nurses to provide exceptional quality care and meet quality metrics. Proficient at collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to ensure best in class patient care is delivered. Highly organized, hardworking and strong management skills. Collaborates with financial team in annual departmental budget planning, closely reviews departmental financial statements to ensure financial goals are achieved, and complies monthly DMOR information to present to Executive Team. Successful ICU Manager of a fully staffed unit, with Zero Turnover, 2023 ICU HCHAPS exceeded targeted goal, and maintained Press Ganey Highly Engaged employee scores improving from prior year.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Critical Care Nurse Manager
Ochsner Medical Center Of Baton Rouge
09.2019 - Current
- Manages, develops, retains and inspires an engaged workforce of 40-50 direct nursing reports.
- Ensures quality of care and patient satisfaction through unit-specific systems and improvements.
- Assessed clinical policies and procedures for compliance with changing regulations and educate staff on changes.
- Upheld quality assurance procedures to maintain patient safety and satisfaction.
- Recruit, interview, onboard, and manage orientation of new nursing staff.
- Investigate and resolve all quality occurrences in the ICU and provide follow-up communication to staff.
Clinical Coordinator Supervisor - Critical Care
Ochsner Medical Center Of Baton Rouge
11.2009 - 11.2019
- Supervise and manage team consisting of 40-50 Critical Care Nurses and support staff.
- Develop and adjust work schedules for nursing staff to meet unit census demands.
- Manage Kronos Time Keeping and Attendance for all staff.
- Assess clinical policies and procedures for compliance with changing regulations and educate staff on changes.
- Uphold quality care to maintain patient safety, positive patient outcomes, and achieve quality metrics.
- Mentor new critical care nurses and manage all aspects of onboarding and orientation processes.
- Built strong relationships and a highly engaged team of nurses to optimize patient satisfaction and employee engagement scores.
- Investigate all occurrences in department, resolve occurrences, develop and implement action plans when appropriate, and educate staff on changes.
ICU Registered Nurse
Ochsner Medical Center Of Baton Rouge
11.2005 - 11.2009
- Provided care and continuous monitoring to Critical Care patients including Cardiac, Medical, and Surgical.
- Operated as weekend charge nurse and relief charge nurse. Managed nurses assignments and patient throughput in the ICU.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
ICU Registered Nurse
Baton Rouge General Hospital
07.2001 - 11.2005
- Managed care and continuous monitoring to Critical Care patients including Cardiac, Medical, and Surgical.
- Operated as relief charge nurse. Managed nurses assignments and patient throughput in the ICU.
- Post-Operative Heart Nurse Recovery
Travel Registered Nurse, Progressive Care Unit
American Mobile Healthcare
06.2001 - 06.2002
- Provided nursing care to intermediate acute patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, telemetry monitoring and cardiac rhythm interpretation, monitoring and titration of Cardiac Critical Drips.
Registered Nurse, Respiratory Care Unit
Our Lady Of The Lake Hospital
06.2000 - 06.2001
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Louisiana At Lafayette
Lafayette, LA05.2000
Skills
- Quality Improvement
- Nursing Strategy
- Critical Thinking
- Kronos Advanced Scheduling and Timekeeping
- Staff Development
- Employee Performance Evaluations
- Financial Operations Oversight
Timeline
Critical Care Nurse Manager
Ochsner Medical Center Of Baton Rouge
09.2019 - Current
Clinical Coordinator Supervisor - Critical Care
Ochsner Medical Center Of Baton Rouge
11.2009 - 11.2019
ICU Registered Nurse
Ochsner Medical Center Of Baton Rouge
11.2005 - 11.2009
ICU Registered Nurse
Baton Rouge General Hospital
07.2001 - 11.2005
Travel Registered Nurse, Progressive Care Unit
American Mobile Healthcare
06.2001 - 06.2002
Registered Nurse, Respiratory Care Unit
Our Lady Of The Lake Hospital
06.2000 - 06.2001
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Louisiana At Lafayette
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