Donna Ditsch
Blue Springs,Missouri
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications
Work History
Registered Nurse, Nurse Manager, Gastroenterology
Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
9 2019 - Current
- Oversee the daily operations of all GI procedures across Children’s Mercy System
- Average of 200 procedures per month performed in the operating rooms at Adele Hall and Kansas utilized by over 20 GI physicians
- Direct supervisor for staff including administrative assistant, RNs, and GI Techs
- Collaborate with OR leadership, biomed, and central sterile processing
- Maintaining and developing departmental specific Lean initiatives including metrics, huddles, and 5s to decrease waste.
Registered Nurse, Gastroenterology Procedure Room
Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
01.2018 - 09.2019
- Collaborate with the GI Providers to safely schedule patients for procedures in the procedure room and the operating room
- Work with other nursing staff and anesthesia providers to prepare, perform, and recover patients in the GI procedure room.
Registered Nurse, Comprehensive Pain Management Services
Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
03.2015 - 01.2018
- Work to collaboration with the medical providers caring for chronic and acute pain patients in the inpatient setting
- Facilitate ongoing education for inpatient and ambulatory nursing staff
- Creating, reviewing, and editing all hospital policies related to pain management.
Scheduling Resource Nurse, Sedation/Radiology
Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
02.2013 - 03.2015
- Daily use of critical thinking skills and expert knowledge in collaboration with Anesthesia to ensure proper scheduling of patients needing advanced care
- Our efforts are focused toward reducing patient and family stress in addition to reducing delays on the day of the procedure.
Registered Nurse, Sedation Team
Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
02.2008 - 03.2015
- Work throughout the Radiology Department in multiple areas including CT, MRI, Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound and Interventional Radiology
- Prepare, sedate, and recover children for the above modalities in autonomous setting
- Work collaboratively with multiple Anesthesiologists on induction, workup, and recovery of anesthetized patients within our department
- Travel throughout the hospital sedating acutely ill children for numerous other procedures such as Lumbar punctures, bone marrow biopsies, abscess aspirations and wound care.
Registered Nurse, Mother Baby
Centerpoint Medical Center
10.2007 - 02.2008
- Direct patient care of newborn and mother from delivery to discharge
- Educate and assist patients in newborn care
- Pain management; post op surgical and post-partum.
Registered Nurse, Pediatric Medical/Surgical Unit, 2 Henson
Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
06.2003 - 11.2007
- Educate parents and patients pre- and post-op
- Manage post-op pain control, administer antibiotics and IV fluids
- Phlebotomy/ venipuncture
- Cerner Super User, Training nurses and staff to the transition of new computer charting
- Assist and teach new graduate Nurses and Nursing students
- Relief Charge Nurse/Resource Nurse
- Manage and coordinate daily staffing and oversee 26 bed Medical Surgical and Burn Unit
- Transporting acute patients to and from procedures
- Assisting with admissions
- Facilitating the discharge process.
Education
Bachelor’s Degree in Science of Nursing -
University of Missouri
Kansas City, MissouriAssociate degree in Applied Science, Registered Nurse - undefined
Penn Valley Community College
Kansas City, MissouriCertification
State of Missouri Nursing License, Compact
Professionalreferences
Available upon request
Leadershipcommittees
- HLD/Sterilization Committee (03/2021 – Present)
- American Organization for Nursing Leadership, Member (04/2020 – Present)
- Comfort Promise Quality Improvement Project (06/2016 – Present)
- Nurse Practice Council (08/2020 - Present)
- Comfort Task Force (03/2015 – Present)
- Gastroenterology Procedure Staffing Committee (05/2019 – 09/2019)
- PCA Process Committee (03/2015 – 01/2018)
- Nurse Practice Council (03/2015 – 01/2018)
- Electronic Medication Process Committee (03/2015 – 11/2016)
- Clinical Documentation Committee (03/2015 – 11/2016)
- Magnet Ambassador (10/2013 – 04/2015)
- Preceptor to new nurses totaling >200hour/year (01/2009 - 03/2015)
- Interview/Hiring Committee (02/2011 – 03/2015)
- Sedation Unit Council Co-Chair (07/2013 – 03/2015)
- Sedation Unit Council Member (07/2012 – 06/2013)
- Quality Caring Advocate (01/2011 – 10/2013)
- Monthly QI Project (10/2011 – 12/2012)
- Hospital wide New Products Committee (09/2010 – 02/2012)
Awards
- Betty and Carroll Lorg Family Scholarship (2021)
- Awarded the Brisley Phillips Trust Scholarship (2002)
- Ina Calkins Scholarship (2015)
Community Service
- Royals Charity’s 5k (2017, 2018, 2019)
- Bacchus Foundation Ball Volunteer (03/2016)
- The Dalton Burner Foundation (2010-2013)
- Convoy of Hope Rally, Kansas City, Missouri (2000)
- Home Owners Association, Board Member (2009-2011)
Timeline
Registered Nurse, Gastroenterology Procedure Room
Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
01.2018 - 09.2019
Registered Nurse, Comprehensive Pain Management Services
Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
03.2015 - 01.2018
Scheduling Resource Nurse, Sedation/Radiology
Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
02.2013 - 03.2015
Registered Nurse, Sedation Team
Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
02.2008 - 03.2015
Registered Nurse, Mother Baby
Centerpoint Medical Center
10.2007 - 02.2008
Registered Nurse, Pediatric Medical/Surgical Unit, 2 Henson
Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
06.2003 - 11.2007
Registered Nurse, Nurse Manager, Gastroenterology
Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
9 2019 - Current
Bachelor’s Degree in Science of Nursing -
University of Missouri
Associate degree in Applied Science, Registered Nurse - undefined
Penn Valley Community College
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