Debbi Richardson
Bellbrook,Ohio
Summary
Dynamic nursing professional with extensive experience at Cincinnati Children's, excelling in patient flow management and telehealth integration. Proven track record in quality improvement initiatives and effective communication, leading to enhanced safety and patient access. Passionate about delivering exceptional care and fostering collaborative environments in fast-paced settings.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Charge Nurse
Cincinnati Childrens- Liberty Ambulatory Clinics
09.2023 - Current
- Streamlined staffing and patient flow for 57-bed ambulatory site, enhancing operational efficiency.
- Escalated safety, patient, and site concerns to ambulatory leadership, ensuring timely resolutions and improved patient safety.
- Supervised medical assistants while collaborating with over 18 divisions.
- Supported in-person clinic visits, behavioral support vaccine clinics, telemedicine visits, and outpatient labs; responded to patient and family concerns, escalations, and emergencies, ensuring continuity of care.
Clinical Nurse Manager
Cincinnati Childrens- Liberty Inpatient, Liberty Resource Unit, and Infusion Center
07.2015 - 09.2023
- Established new inpatient unit, hired and onboarded staff, and trained team, expanding services to include resource unit staff and infusion center.
- Utilized inpatient and telemedicine for patient care across inpatient unit and two additional units on campus, enhancing access to healthcare.
- Led unit, site, and hospital-wide initiatives to improve safety and patient access.
- Co-led RCIC (Rapid Cycle Improvement Collaborative) resulting in poster presentation and publication, promoting new situational awareness protocols for pediatric patients hospital-wide.
Charge and Bedside Nurse
Cincinnati Childrens Burnet and Liberty Campus
07.2012 - 07.2015
- Managed multiple tasks during shifts as charge nurse, optimizing workflow and maintaining high standards of patient care.
- Monitored patient conditions, escalating concerns to physicians to facilitate timely interventions.
- Adhered to established protocols for managing deteriorating patient statuses.
- Provided direct patient care to pediatric and young adult patients, ensuring comprehensive support for varied diagnoses.
Charge and Bedside Nurse
Miami Valley Hospital Main and South Campus
09.2010 - 07.2012
- Delivered direct patient care on orthopedic and spine unit, enhancing treatment quality.
- Administered preoperative and post-operative medications, ensuring patient safety and comfort.
- Promptly assessed patient needs and escalated concerns to physician team.
- Coordinated with surgical staff and bedside personnel to streamline admissions and discharges.
Education
Basic Life Support -
American Heart Association
09-2025
Master of Science - Nursing- Nurse Executive Leadership
Northern Kentucky University
06-2024
Certified Pediatric Nurse -
Pediatric Nursing Certification Board
02-2016
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Miami University
05-2010
Skills
- Telehealth integration
- Patient flow management
- Quality improvement
- Protocol compliance
- Staff training
- Problem solving
- Effective communication
Publication and Poster
- Declaring Uncertainty: Using Quality Improvement Methods to Change the Conversation of Diagnosis, Co-Author and published in Hospital Pediatrics
- Situational Awareness: Communication on Patients with an Uncertain Diagnosis Poster
Accomplishments, Committees, Memberships
- Mentor in the Minority Nurse program and CCHMC Mentoring program
- Peer 2 Peer Supporter
- Co-lead RCIC (Rapid Cycle Improvement Collaborative)
- Spread Uncertain Diagnosis to Burnet and Liberty Campus
- OpEx Unit of the Year, LA4-2 leader, and presenter
- Shared Governance, leadership mentor
- Situational Awareness Learning Network, member
- Safety Coach
- Safer Together, facilitator
- MRT/ Code review, member
- CLABSI champion
- BST Review Committee member
- BST Liberty Committee member
- Regulatory Roundtable, member
- Next Room Up Taskforce, member
- Vaccine Clinic Nurse in collaboration with behavioral safety team
- Patient Behavioral Events Committee, Ambulatory-Specialty and Ambulatory Primary Care Site of Care Representative
Timeline
Charge Nurse
Cincinnati Childrens- Liberty Ambulatory Clinics
09.2023 - Current
Clinical Nurse Manager
Cincinnati Childrens- Liberty Inpatient, Liberty Resource Unit, and Infusion Center
07.2015 - 09.2023
Charge and Bedside Nurse
Cincinnati Childrens Burnet and Liberty Campus
07.2012 - 07.2015
Charge and Bedside Nurse
Miami Valley Hospital Main and South Campus
09.2010 - 07.2012
Basic Life Support -
American Heart Association
Master of Science - Nursing- Nurse Executive Leadership
Northern Kentucky University
Certified Pediatric Nurse -
Pediatric Nursing Certification Board
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Miami University