Christina Deacy

• Provide comprehensive preoperative care, including IV starts, vital sign assessment, and establishing care plans for patients and families
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe and seamless patient care across all age groups
• Monitor and assess patients during phase II recovery, managing postoperative pain and nausea
• Serves as main post-operative charge nurse and regular preceptor for new staff
• Former member of Transformational PX Committee and Quality Improvement Committee
• Served as Co-investigator for Outpatient Total Joint Quality Improvement initiative within department. Responsibilities included data collection, analysis, and implementation of strategies to enhance successful home discharge rates. Through joint efforts, achieved significant reduction in admission rates for total joint patients, decreasing from initial rate exceeding 45% to post-project rate of 11%.

• Managed pre-procedure admissions, post-procedure recovery, and patient discharges
• Administered moderate sedation and monitored patients during endoscopic procedures
• Maintained detailed charting and managed specimen collection and labeling
• Supervised GI techs and managed procedure schedules efficiently
• Leveraged feedback and process improvement opportunities to create safer and healthier environment and increase patient satisfaction.
• Spearheaded critical nursing practice issue regarding improper use of chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) scrub prior to gastrostomy tube insertion, necessitating adjustment to existing workflow.

Pediatric Surgical Heart Unit

• Managed postoperative care for pediatric patients with complex congenital heart diseases
• Skilled in various ventilation techniques and arterial blood gas analysis
• Provided care for patients on ECMO and across all pediatric age groups
• Collaborated closely with intensivists and managed interdisciplinary consults
• Promoted patient and family comfort during challenging recoveries to enhance healing and eliminate non-compliance problems.
• Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.