Christi Schernecke
Grand Prairie,Texas
Summary
A highly motivated, detail oriented masters prepared nurse who has worked in the Neonatal Level III-IV environment for 30 years. I am seeking the opportunity to serve in a Quality Improvement role for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. I champion system-based change with an emphasis on human factors, process simplification, and design strategies that reduce opportunity for errors.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Manager of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Level III NICU
Dallas, Texas
01.2025 - Current
- Committees—NICU
- Neonatal QAPI Committee
- L&D QAPI Committee
- Maternal and Neonatal Designation Committee
- Chair of the Safe Sleep Task Force
- MHS System Wide Perinatal Congress Committee
- NICU UBC Committee participant
- Neonatal Transport Review Committee
- Committees—NEPD
- PTAP Stakeholders Work Group
- Nurse Planner
- Committees—Hospital Wide
- High Reliability Committee
- MDMC Pharmacy—Nursing Committee
- Magnet Steering Committee
Neonatal Education Specialist NICU Level III/Well Newborn
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Level III NICU
Dallas, Texas
07.2020 - 12.2024
- Committees—NICU
- Neonatal QAPI Committee
- L&D QAPI Committee
- Maternal and Neonatal Designation Committee
- Chair of the Safe Sleep Task Force
- MHS System Wide Perinatal Congress Committee
- NICU UBC Committee participant
- Neonatal Transport Review Committee
- Committees—NEPD
- PTAP Stakeholders Work Group
- Nurse Planner
- Committees—Hospital Wide
- High Reliability Committee
- MDMC Pharmacy—Nursing Committee
- Magnet Steering Committee
- Responsible for writing the NICU Magnet story—Safe Sleep in the NICU QI Project
- Shepherd Training Committee
- Committees—Community
- North Texas Safe Sleep Taskforce
- NCTTRAC Perinatal Committee
Clinical Practice Specialist NICU/Well Newborn
Saint Joseph Hospital Denver Level III NICU
Denver, CO
11.2015 - 06.2020
- Committees—NICU/Neonatal
- NICU/Neonatal Policy Creation, Review and Revision Committee
- VON NICU/Newborn Antibiotic Stewardship Committee
- VON NICU Small Baby Committee
- Critical Events Team Training Committee
- Safe Sleep/Safe Skin-to-Skin Committee Chair
- Developmental Committee
- Pain Committee
- Respiratory Management Committee
- Skin Committee
- Committees—NEPD
- Hospital Education Committee
- Committees—Community
- Colorado Hospitals Substance Exposed Newborns (CHoSEN) Collaborative
Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse
Saint Joseph Hospital Denver Level III NICU
Denver, CO
07.2012 - 07.2015
Nursing Faculty
Front Range Community College
Boulder, CO
08.2010 - 07.2015
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Memorial Hospital Central
Colorado Springs, CO
03.2010 - 08.2010
- Medical management of 8-10 patients in a Level III NICU during the day and coverage with a Neonatologist of the 50 bed unit overnight.
- Skills
- Intubation
- UVC/UAC placement
- Circumcision
- Lumbar puncture
- Chest tube placement
- PICC placement
- Arterial lab draw
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
The Children's Hospital Colorado Level IV NICU
Aurora, Colorado
12.2009 - 03.2010
- Medical management of 8-10 patients in a 50 bed Level III NICU
- Skills
- Intubation
- UVC/UAC placement
- Circumcision
- Lumbar puncture
- Chest tube placement
- PICC placement
- Arterial lab draw
Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse
Children's Hospital Colorado Level IV NICU
Aurora, Colorado
07.1997 - 12.2009
Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Level III NICU
Dallas, Texas
06.1996 - 05.1997
Education
Master of Science - Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Regis University
Denver, CO01-2009
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Texas Arlington
Arlington, Texas01-1994
Associate of Science - Nursing
Del Mar College
Corpus Christi, Texas01-1991
Skills
- Work with Infection Prevention to closely monitor CLABSI, CAUTI, Sepsis and NEC in the NICU
- Participate in Neonatal Quality Improvement Projects and monitor progress and metrics for Neonatal Intensive Care and the Postpartum unit
- Ensure unit compliance with Joint Commission, CMS and Neonatal Designation regulatory agencies
- Responsible for addressing and responding to and investigating safety events
- Collaborate with Quality and Risk Department on RCA and ACA event investigation and action plans
- Establish, implement and maintain patient care and service standards in collaboration with a multidisciplinary teams and support service departments
- Effective and articulate communicator
- Work at the bedside caring for well and ill neonates in the Neonatal ICU setting level 2 Nursery
- High-reliability Universal Skills Trainer
- Perform patient chart audits to ensure documentation compliance
- Collaborate with EPIC team to design and build documentation to track metrics to generate reports and reduce nursing documentation burden
Affiliations
- NANN Member since 2015
- NANNP Member since 2015
Certification
- Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP-BC)
- Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse (RNC-NIC)
- Obstetric Neonatal Quality and Safety (C-ONQS)
- NRP Instructor
- S.T.A.B.L.E. Instructor
- Cardiac S.T.A.B.L.E. Instructor
Timeline
Manager of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Level III NICU
01.2025 - Current
Neonatal Education Specialist NICU Level III/Well Newborn
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Level III NICU
07.2020 - 12.2024
Clinical Practice Specialist NICU/Well Newborn
Saint Joseph Hospital Denver Level III NICU
11.2015 - 06.2020
Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse
Saint Joseph Hospital Denver Level III NICU
07.2012 - 07.2015
Nursing Faculty
Front Range Community College
08.2010 - 07.2015
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Memorial Hospital Central
03.2010 - 08.2010
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
The Children's Hospital Colorado Level IV NICU
12.2009 - 03.2010
Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse
Children's Hospital Colorado Level IV NICU
07.1997 - 12.2009
Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Level III NICU
06.1996 - 05.1997
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Texas Arlington
Associate of Science - Nursing
Del Mar College
Master of Science - Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Regis University
Publications
- Pantoja, Alfonso MD†; Sveum, Scott RPh†; Frost, Sandra PharmD
- ; Duran, Amanda MCN, NNP-BC†; Burks, Jeanne MSN, NNP-BC§; Schernecke, Christi MSN, NNP-BC†; Feinberg, Michelle MD
- †. New strategies to Reduce Unnecessary Antibiotic Use in the NICU: A Quality Improvement Initiative. Pediatric Quality and Safety 8(3):p e659, May/June 2023. | DOI: 10.1097/pq9.0000000000000659