Elizabeth Rodgers
Summary
Demonstrates strong analytical, communication, and teamwork skills, with proven ability to quickly adapt to new environments. Eager to contribute to team success and further develop professional skills. Brings positive attitude and commitment to continuous learning and growth.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Faculty in Residence
Crown College
08.2024 - Current
- Nursing lab and simulation coordinator and instructor
- Nursing Senior simulation instructor (course)
- Instructor of Pathophysiology
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
- Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
Operating Room Nurse
Orthopedic Institute, Ridgeview
10.2023 - Current
- Specialized in orthopedic surgery
- Circulating Nurse: Focus on maintaining safety and dignity of the patient throughout the patient’s perioperative experience while also setting up and maintaining the sterile field
- Preceptor to new nurses in the department
- Charge nurse intermittently
- Increased patient satisfaction by providing comprehensive explanations of procedures and answering questions regarding their care plan.
- Performed preoperative assessments on patients and evaluated overall health.
Business Strategist, Clinical Consultant
Geisinger Health System
06.2021 - 10.2023
- Started as consultant in June 2021 through my company Rodgers, Consulting, LLC, and was offered full time role in October 2021.
- Assisted in virtual nursing pilot program development and roll out across the healthcare system, including a competitor analysis, development of clinical design for piloting at Geisinger Health System, and developing and monitoring outcome measurements for the program
- Working with clinical teams to support technology, innovation and product enhancements
- Supported nursing innovations, clinical redesign, behavioral health, outpatient pediatric clinic and additional programs across the health care system
- Implemented business architect skills to support automations which enhance patient care and improve operational efficiencies in units supporting
- Project management, leadership, and healthcare management skills used in implementations of innovation and technology solutions
- Provide leadership and evaluation of project plans for rollouts across the healthcare system, projects included foster care management, nursing automations, nursing care redesign, behavioral health care redesign, pediatric technology products, and chronic disease management remote care projects
- Provided patient care within the chronic disease management remote monitoring health care pilots
- Licensed as a nurse in Pennsylvania as well
- Analyzed customer feedback data to identify areas of improvement, implementing changes to enhance the overall customer experience.
- Implemented data-driven approaches to identify trends, optimizing marketing campaigns for maximum return on investment.
Nurse Leader Consultant
Precision ADM (PADM Medical)
02.2021 - 01.2022
- 30 hour per seek Clinical Consulting, under Rodgers Consulting
- Implement fit testing and in-servicing for hospital use, for Precision Air Respirator
- Enhanced patient care quality by implementing evidence-based nursing practices and protocols.
- Provide leadership and evaluation of project plans for rollout of mask in hospital units in Canada and the United States
- Ensured compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements, maintaining accreditation status and safeguarding the reputation of the healthcare organization.
- Develop and implement research for PPE products
- Presented at national level with Canadian company/business and healthcare system meetings on product and program implementation strategies (CAN Network)
Program RN, PCA Program
MRCI
08.2020 - 03.2021
- Part-time role, clinical, while also teaching
- Complete 6 month and annual evaluations for complex medical patients, ranging in ages from 5-80
- Develop care plans and coordinate care with the agency, PCAs, patient, patient representative, and county agencies
- Enhanced patient satisfaction through effective communication, empathy, and timely response to their needs.
Adjunct Professor
Rasmussen College
07.2017 - 03.2021
- Nursing Fundamentals lab and additional lab course instructors
- Chronic Health course and lab instructor
- Instructor of Pharmacology simulations
- Instructed in the Mass simulation experiences
- Built relationships with students, mentoring on personal, professional and academic goals while providing coaching on effective study habits.
- Taught Medical/Surgical Nursing courses, as well as simulation, lab and clinical, providing instruction to bachelor preparing nursing students.
School Nurse
District 112
01.2019 - 12.2020
- Provide case management for students with chronic illness, coordination of care between student and families, healthcare providers and school personnel
- Provide urgent care/stabilization or wellness care to students on an as needed basis throughout school day
- Work with special needs, K-12 grade students, and transitional (18-21 year old students)
- Administered medication to students as prescribed by physicians to provide necessary treatment and manage health conditions.
- Monitored ongoing medical conditions such as asthma or diabetes, adjusting care plans accordingly to maintain optimal student wellness levels.
Associate Professor
St. Olaf College
09.2015 - 07.2017
- Instructed BSN sophomore students in health assessment and their clinical experiences
- Taught nursing health assessment and medical/surgical nursing courses
- Clinical instructor at Abbott Northwestern and Masonic Nursing Homes
- Course co-lead for senior clinical nursing simulation course
- Led student and instructor research project on partnership based communication and collaboration improvements
- Improved overall student satisfaction in communicating with preceptors on critical issues
- Mentored students and advised on career paths, degree requirements and post-graduate education options.
- Integrated real-world examples into lessons, making course content more relevant and engaging for students.
Home Health Casual RN
Ridgeview Medical Center
09.2015 - 07.2017
- Casual RN as part of my clinical practice, while teaching nursing.
- Home Health Visit RN for adult patients, completed head to toe assessments, medication reconciliation, INR checks, infusions, and wound care for home bound patients in Waconia, MN, while teaching at St. Olaf College.
- Administered medications accurately and safely, reducing medication errors and adverse reactions.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction through effective communication, empathy, and timely response to their needs.
Patient Care Manager-RN
St. Francis Regional Medical Center
07.2013 - 09.2015
- Cultivated a culture that is innovative, empowered, high energy and teamwork orientated
- Accountable for daily operations, scheduling, training, and budgeting of the Pre-op, Postop, PACU, OR RN, NA, and Endoscopy departments
- Provided leadership to reduce overtime from 6% of the budget to 3% in one year
- Improved nursing scheduling process, resulting in an improvement by about 5% in our productivity
- Interprofessional staff training with surgical debriefing
- Led interprofessional committees, to improve our surgery start times, and teamwork
- Contributed to a 1.5 million dollar reduction in budget for 2014, through supply control, without elimination of any positions
- Provided partnership based team culture training which improve our teamwork safety culture survey results, showing increased collaboration and safer patient care
- Reviewed over 260 patient care safety reports, and contributed to 5 critical event reviews
- The outcomes of the reviews have improved our patient care processes to reduce harm in those areas of patient care
- Maintained accurate documentation of patient interactions, treatments administered, and progress notes in electronic medical records systems.
- Managed budgets and resources effectively to reduce departmental costs while maintaining high standards of care.
Perioperative Clinical Learning Specialist
University of Minnesota Medical Center Fairview
04.2011 - 07.2013
- Led departmental training, new hire orientation for surgical RNs and surgical technicians in the operating room
- Taught 5 classes of AORN’s Perioperative 101, a nine-month education program used to train new-hires in the OR
- Provided mentorship to the students within the courses
- Successfully identified education needs for staff, developed plans and designed learning approaches to meet the identified needs
- Increased staff understanding of the transplant nursing documentation, as required by CMS and Joint Commission
- Participated in educating over 1500 nursing students, staff, physicians, and medical students in fire safety after a CMS survey
- Increased compliance to specific patient safety rules related to fire safety through this education, within 4 months
- Other main education topics included surgical site infection reduction, universal protocol, and decontamination process
- Electronic Health Record Trainer, contributed to a successful implementation of electronic documentation in the OR
- Supported struggling students with targeted interventions, resulting in improved academic performance.
- Maintained inclusive learning environment to enable students to gain maximum benefit from lessons.
Registered Nurse, BSN, Operating Room
University of Minnesota Medical Center Fairview
10.2008 - 04.2011
- Specialized in thoracic, cardiovascular, gynecological, and vascular surgeries
- Circulating and Scrub Nurse: Focus on maintaining safety and dignity of the patient throughout the patient’s perioperative experience while also setting up and maintaining the sterile field
- Preceptor to new nurses and students in the operating room
- Co-Chair of Patient Care Council
- Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.
- Conducted thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary.
Registered Nurse, BSN, Float Pool - Medical/Surgical
Fairview Southdale Hospital
02.2008 - 10.2008
- Cared for medical and surgical oncology, neurology, and orthopedic patients
- Was recognized for safe patient care as it related to several rapid responses within the patients under my care
Registered Nurse, BSN, Telemetry
Abbott Northwestern Hospital
07.2007 - 01.2008
- Primarily cared for the following patient populations: heart failure, arrhythmias, pulmonary edema, cardiomyopathy and acute coronary syndromes
- Other specialized care including chest tube, pacemaker, pain, and blood product transfusion
Cardiovascular Operation Technician
Abbott Northwestern Hospital
04.2006 - 06.2007
- Performed direct patient care including ADLs, phlebotomy, arterial/venous sheath pulls, ECGs, glucometer checks, and supportive tasks
- Trainer for new technicians
Undergraduate Research Assistant II
University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
12.2004 - 05.2007
- Assisted Principal Investigator, Donna Bliss, Ph.D., and research team in a study about managing fecal incontinence with dietary fiber
- Cared for over 150 patients enrolled in the study, contributed to the successful retention of participants in the study
Education
Doctorate of Nursing - Nursing Leadership And Management
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis05-2015
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Minnesota
Rochester, MN05-2007
Skills
- Simulation training
- Patient assessment
- Evidence-based practice
- Project management
- Clinical leadership
- Data analysis
- Patient care coordination
- Effective communication
- Interprofessional collaboration
- Healthcare innovation
- Teaching methodologies
- Performance evaluation
- Team development
Accomplishments
- Achieved effective lab and simulation experiences for faculty and students through effectively helping with planning, implementing and maintaining simulation course and the laboratory supplies.
Timeline
Faculty in Residence
Crown College
08.2024 - Current
Operating Room Nurse
Orthopedic Institute, Ridgeview
10.2023 - Current
Business Strategist, Clinical Consultant
Geisinger Health System
06.2021 - 10.2023
Nurse Leader Consultant
Precision ADM (PADM Medical)
02.2021 - 01.2022
Program RN, PCA Program
MRCI
08.2020 - 03.2021
School Nurse
District 112
01.2019 - 12.2020
Adjunct Professor
Rasmussen College
07.2017 - 03.2021
Associate Professor
St. Olaf College
09.2015 - 07.2017
Home Health Casual RN
Ridgeview Medical Center
09.2015 - 07.2017
Patient Care Manager-RN
St. Francis Regional Medical Center
07.2013 - 09.2015
Perioperative Clinical Learning Specialist
University of Minnesota Medical Center Fairview
04.2011 - 07.2013
Registered Nurse, BSN, Operating Room
University of Minnesota Medical Center Fairview
10.2008 - 04.2011
Registered Nurse, BSN, Float Pool - Medical/Surgical
Fairview Southdale Hospital
02.2008 - 10.2008
Registered Nurse, BSN, Telemetry
Abbott Northwestern Hospital
07.2007 - 01.2008
Cardiovascular Operation Technician
Abbott Northwestern Hospital
04.2006 - 06.2007
Undergraduate Research Assistant II
University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
12.2004 - 05.2007
Doctorate of Nursing - Nursing Leadership And Management
University of Minnesota
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Minnesota
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