DEBORAH SALAMON
Holland
Summary
Experienced Nurse Manager with 19 years of ED experience currently managing an adult and pediatric 50 bed Emergency Department in a Level II Trauma Center in an urban setting averaging 67,000 visits annually with over 120 staff members. Strong focus on both staff and patient satisfaction, ED growth within the community, strengthening our relationship with community, EMS, and physicians. Developing nurses new to the ED and living out our five time magnet status with a sixth application. Effective manager committed to patient safety, quality, patient care team development, and service excellence. Registered nurse with well-regarded skills in providing excellence in patient care. Dedicated to nursing excellence in many areas of nursing with a specialty in emergency trauma. Experienced in the care of patients from new-born through geriatrics with emergent, critical, and chronic conditions as well as traumatic injuries, psychiatric illness and substance abuse disorders.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Nurse Manager
Capital Health Regional Medical Center
06.2022 - Current
- Manages practice of nursing professionals and delivery of care in Emergency setting, including chart reviews for appropriateness of care, and throughput initiatives
- In alignment with AHA Comprehensive Stroke Gold Plus Get with the Guidelines hospital-based quality improvement program, spearheaded process improvements that brought door to needle time in the top ranking of similar size facilities throughout the US in September and October 2024, and October 2025.
- Collaborated with ACNO of Emergency Services with successful planning, staffing, and operational start up of 16 bed ED expansion 3/2024 with an expansion of the trauma bay
- Continual collaboration with all hospital departments to maintain patient care standards, utilizing evidence based practice including safe patient throughput
- Identifies and resolves issues affecting the delivery of patient care services within the Emergency Department
- Assists ACNO of Emergency Services with management of overall operational, budgetary, and productivity initiatives
- Assists ACNO with performance data including quality, satisfaction, and engagement
- Manages productive performance of employees by fairly enforcing hospital policies, assisting education team with setting up orientation, counseling employees, functioning in a problem solving role
- Created team to develop new CEN virtual review class; goal to increase certified nurses in the ED
- Created team to develop needs for new ED expansion to plan staffing, layout, equipment, and others.
- Restructured ED specific support for nurses new to the ED during first year of hire with a research study with IRB approval for mentor program dedicated to emergency nursing.
- Created preceptor training program to support new to practice nurses and new to ED nurses.
- Continual assessment of staff needs in education and professional development. Identified need and developed classes tailored to department specifically, like ED specific NRP & ENPC. Annual competencies for RNs and techs separately. TNCC, TCAR and others through cultured relationship with clinical education and the trauma team.
- Developed ED specific education for graduate nurses and nurse residents in collaboration with educator.
- Authored department specific guidelines and worked with ED physician leadership team to develop, trouble shoot and operationalize Provider in Triage process and Split Flow process to handle volume and support patient throughput initiative.
- Assisted ACNO with development of hospital-wide throughput initiative for report call and throughput process. Patient volume addressed with the creation and operationalizing of a process to see patients in alternate care sites within the healthcare system.
- Improved stroke process to reflect an average door to TNK time of less than 30 minutes and an Order to lab result time from 70% noncompliant for 2024 to 25% noncompliant with additional training and goal development to attain a score less than 20% for 2025.
- Improved throughput times for STEMI alerts and increased efficiency with all SEPSIS patients.
- Directed nursing staff in delivering high-quality patient care and ensuring adherence to hospital policies.
- Implemented evidence-based practices to enhance patient outcomes and improve care delivery processes.
- Spearheaded staff recruitment strategies, improving retention rates and building a skilled nursing workforce.
- Mentored nursing personnel, fostering professional development and enhancing team performance through training programs.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop strategic initiatives that improved overall service delivery and patient satisfaction.
Registered Nurse
Jefferson Health Abington
07.2006 - 11.2023
- Provide direct patient care to ED patients utilizing best practice standards
- Proficient in providing critical care nursing to the pediatric through geriatric patient population
- Skilled in the nursing care of the Trauma, assist in the development of the Trauma Core Team with education and collaboration of Trauma and ED staff
- Proficient in triage utilizing the Emergency Severity Index System
- Function as a Triage team leader effectively assigning all ambulance and trauma traffic
- Function as a team leader-supervising other ED staff and directing assigned ambulance and trauma traffic
- Function as a Patient Flow Coordinator facilitating admission and support for flow in the Emergency Department
- Act as preceptor to new RN staff
- Development of a new nurse mentor program adapted specifically for the Emergency Department with IRB approval
- Mentor nursing students on a regular basis
- Chair of ETC Unit Council evaluating policy, supporting Magnet principles, and educating and representing staff on all issues (January 2019 – Feb 2023)
- Participate in the development of staff education projects including but not limited to clinical competencies, Care of Bariatric patients in the ED, Safe Haven, & ESI level triage training
Forensic Nurse
Jefferson Abington Health
01.2014 - 01.2023
- Specialty care of crime victims including sexual assault, domestic violence, interpersonal violence, child abuse, elder abuse, human trafficking, labor trafficking
- Collaborative work with Police departments, victim services and all appropriate agencies that support victims of crime
- Court testimony and work with district attorney office related to the legal proceedings of these victims of crime
Adjunct Clinical Instructor
Jefferson College of Nursing Dixon Campus
08.2017 - 05.2019
- Adjunct Clinical Instructor for Bachelor of Science Nursing Program
Certified School Nurse
Council Rock School District
05.2013 - 10.2017
- Substitute School Nurse
Adjunct Clinical Instructor
Gwynedd Mercy University
08.2016 - 12.2016
- Adjunct Clinical Instructor for Bachelor of Science Nursing Program
Case Manager
The Hartford Insurance Company
05.2014 - 06.2015
- Nurse Case Manager Worker’s Compensation
Pool Nursing
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
08.2009 - 06.2014
- Specialty Unit Care including PACU, Transplant, ICU Step Down and Trauma Step Down
Staff Nurse
Lansdale Hospital
01.2011 - 12.2011
- Staff nurse at Lansdale Hospital Emergency Department
Staff Nurse
Abington Memorial Hospital
06.2006 - 05.2008
- Specializing in trauma step down, bariatrics, abdominal surgical, urology and gynecology
Clinical Associate
Abington Memorial Hospital
10.2005 - 07.2006
- Telemetry and Heart Failure
Education
Masters of Nursing - Leadership and Administration
Aspen University
02-2026
Master’s degree - Nursing
Western Governor’s University
Salt Lake City, UT05.2020
Certified School Nurse - Nursing
LaSalle University
Philadelphia, PA05.2016
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - Nursing
Immaculata University
Immaculata, PA05.2014
Diploma in Professional Nursing - Nursing
St. Francis Medical Center- School of Nursing
Trenton, NJ06.2006
Associates Degree in Science - Nursing
Mercer County Community College
West Windsor, NJ06.2006
Skills
- Strong communication with patients and staff
- Advocacy and education for patients and staff
- Strong commitment to teamwork in healthcare
- Patient throughput management
- Patient care across age groups
- Implementation of preceptor and mentorship initiatives in the ED
- Quality improvement including but not limited to PI and excellence in stroke, sepsis, STEMI and trauma
- Operational oversight
- Policy development to enhance efficiency, throughput and evidence based excellence in patient care
- Staff training and support
- Performance improvement
- Emergency response
- Budget planning and management
- Strong clinical judgment
- Quality control through chart analysis
Affiliations
- Organization of Nurse Leadership – NJ, member # 1429689
- Emergency Nurses Association, Chapter 048 ID # 748692
- International Association of Forensic Nurses, member # 38896348
- Sigma Theta Tau, Member since April 7, 2013, Member # 1072542
Certification
- Registered Nurse, State of Pennsylvania, Active Multistate License Number RN577868, expires 10/31/27
- Registered Nurse, State of New Jersey, License Number 26NR17745100, expires 05/31/26
- BLS Certified, Expires March 2027
- ACLS Certified, Expires March 2027
- PALS Certified, Expires March 2027
- Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, Forensic Nurse Examiner since 2014
- Certified School Nurse, obtained May 2017
- Pennsylvania State Trauma Essentials Course
- IV and Cardiac Monitoring Certified
- ENPC, Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course, Expires March 2028
- TNCC, Trauma Nurse Core Curriculum, expires December 2026
- TNCC Instructor, expires June 2028
- TCAR, Trauma Care After Resuscitation
Timeline
Nurse Manager
Capital Health Regional Medical Center
06.2022 - Current
Adjunct Clinical Instructor
Jefferson College of Nursing Dixon Campus
08.2017 - 05.2019
Adjunct Clinical Instructor
Gwynedd Mercy University
08.2016 - 12.2016
Case Manager
The Hartford Insurance Company
05.2014 - 06.2015
Forensic Nurse
Jefferson Abington Health
01.2014 - 01.2023
Certified School Nurse
Council Rock School District
05.2013 - 10.2017
Staff Nurse
Lansdale Hospital
01.2011 - 12.2011
Pool Nursing
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
08.2009 - 06.2014
Registered Nurse
Jefferson Health Abington
07.2006 - 11.2023
Staff Nurse
Abington Memorial Hospital
06.2006 - 05.2008
Clinical Associate
Abington Memorial Hospital
10.2005 - 07.2006
Masters of Nursing - Leadership and Administration
Aspen University
Master’s degree - Nursing
Western Governor’s University
Certified School Nurse - Nursing
LaSalle University
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - Nursing
Immaculata University
Diploma in Professional Nursing - Nursing
St. Francis Medical Center- School of Nursing
Associates Degree in Science - Nursing
Mercer County Community College
PRESENTATIONS
- Capital Health Annual Trauma Symposium, October 20, 2023: Co-presenter of Overview of Domestic Violence in the Emergency Department Setting: Role of the Forensic Nurse.
- Capital Health Annual Stroke Conference, September 25, 2025: Stroke Lab Data Process
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
- Nurse Excellence Outstanding Nurse Mentor Award from Dixon School of Nursing Class of 16-17
- Einstein Medical Center, Nurse Alumni Association Scholarship, St. Francis Nurse Alumni Association Memorial Scholarship
- Capital Health Advanced Nursing Scholarship, MSN Nursing Leadership program