Elizabeth Lee, BSN, RN

• Collaborating with the Trauma Program leadership at a Level 1 Trauma Center. Supporting our center that sees over 6000 trauma patients each year, ensuring quality care and leading Southern NJ in trauma care.
• Assisted in coordinating program activities both within the hospital and for prehospital and community outreach. This incudes EMS hospital follow up, education and a special critical care area tour for EMS and Nursing students.
• Special project coordination, investigating products to improve patient outcomes and department efficiency. Including value analysis process, product trials and full implementation. Staff education and support is key.
• Collaborated with team members to for our Trauma Quality Improvement Program.
• Manage monthly Performance Improvement initiatives including M&M review and Prehospital Trauma PI.
• Facilitated regular meetings with Healthcare Access department to discuss progress updates, address challenges, and brainstorm solutions for ongoing success through the continuum of Trauma care. From admissions to discharge. Also included a second project with the NJ State Medical Examiner's Office to improve the hospital reporting process.

• Assisted in complex procedures, resulting in successful treatment of arrhythmias for numerous patients. This included ablations, structural heart and pacemaker/AICD procedures.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop personalized care plans for cardiac patients.
• Monitored cardiac rhythms during procedures, promptly identifying and addressing abnormalities.
• Educated patients and families on electrophysiology procedures, fostering understanding and compliance.

• Managed critical care transports, ensuring patient safety and adherence to protocols.
• Provided mentorship and training to new nurses, enhancing skills in critical care scenarios.
• Conducted pre-transport assessments to identify potential risks and mitigate complications effectively. Monitored and treated patients as necessary during transport. Ensured smooth handoff at the receiving facilities.
• Included 911 EMS response as well. Initially as a BLS provider and earned my Mobile Intensive Care Nurse (ALS) certification.

• Delivered high-quality patient care in fast-paced community emergency department.
• Mentored junior nurses, enhancing their clinical skills and promoting adherence to protocols.
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.

• Support for neurosurgical providers with their patient practices including, triaging patient calls, preparing and assisting in clinic hours, hospital rounding and patient education. Managing Spine Surgery, Functional Neurosurgery, Brain & Spinal Tumors, and Interventional Neurosurgery.
• Implemented neurosurgical movement disorder program and neurovascular to enhance patient safety and treatment outcomes.
• Collaborating with referring providers to support patient care and to grow our programs.
• Lecturing within Cooper and regionally on neuro trauma, stroke and movement disorders.
• Increased patient satisfaction scores by addressing concerns promptly and advocating for their needs within the healthcare team.

• Screened patient records to identify and evaluate patients for Surviving Sepsis database.
• Reviewed ICU charts and entered clinical care, diagnoses, outcomes and complications into comprehensive database for critical care research projects.
• Assisted residents and fellows with development of research projects, IRB proposals and data abstraction and evaluation.
• Part of the hospital stroke committee providing statistics and outcomes data.

• Developed and implemented educational programs for nursing staff to enhance clinical competencies. This included unit rounding, new equipment and process training, onboarding new RN's and techs, and organizing the annual trauma conference,
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to design curricula addressing specific patient population needs.
• Evaluated training effectiveness through feedback and assessment, refining programs for better outcomes.
• Instructor in Advanced Cardiac, Pediatric, Burn and Trauma Resuscitation. Adjunct Instructor for prehospital providers.
• Managed the Trauma Prevention program geared at high school students
• Almost one year spent as Interim Stroke Coordinator.
• Implemented the STEMI program and protocols.

Staff RN in L&D at a rural hospital. Including perinatal care, labor assessments and monitoring, delivery, scrubbing and circulating and occasional first assist for cesarean sections and tubal ligations.

Cross trained to Newborn Nursery.

Staff RN in rural Emergency Department.

Charge Nurse, Night Shift Scheduler.

Staff RN in rural emergency department.

Staff RN on medical neuro/cardiac unit. Mainly stroke, neurological disorders, chest pain, CHF and NSTEMI.