Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Affiliations
Certification
Timeline
Areas of Expertise
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Esther W. Brant

Esther W. Brant

Sykesville,MD

Summary

Results-driven Nurse Expert, Consultant, and Educator with over 35 years of diverse health care experience; with progressive experience in clinical nursing, training, and supporting nurses. Experience leading change and upgrading processes, training, and promoting Standard of Care protocols in Hospitals, Long-Term Care, and Assisted Living Facilities, and Community Colleges. Creates collaboration, continued process improvement, and teamwork. Build partnerships, improving cohesiveness and quality patient outcomes. Caring, motivated, and organized; achieves positive results.

Overview

37
37
years of professional experience
6
6
Certification

Work History

Nurse Educator

Stella Maris Inc.
12.2023 - Current
  • Training and Development: Maintain ongoing training, meeting educational needs, and supporting progress for clinical staff, including current competencies; increased compliance with policies and procedures; improved patient outcomes and staff satisfaction.
  • Safety/Process Improvement: Ensure maintenance and execution of best practices and improved standard of care.
  • Nursing Leadership: Manage nursing education programs: CNA/GNA, and CPR classes.
  • Communication/Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Participate in department meetings; ensure collaboration and open communication with faculty, students, vendors, contractors, and clinical sites.

Nursing Program Manager/Adjunct Faculty Member

Montgomery College
08.2023 - 12.2024
  • Company Overview: Workforce Development & Continuing Education
  • Nursing Leadership: Manage nursing education programs: CNA/GNA, CPR, Nurse Refresher, Delegating nurse, LPN, and CMA updates.
  • Communication/Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Participate in department meetings; ensure collaboration and open communication with faculty, students, vendors, contractors, and clinical sites.
  • Data Processing: Maintained accurate and timely data for final grades, budget, and price programs.
  • Teaching On-line nursing courses.

RN Case Management/Consultant - Contract

Cross Country Health Care
04.2023 - 06.2023
  • Company Overview: On Assignment- Innovage-PACE Program
  • Medical/Clinical Review: Reviewing and assessing medical documentation in support of discharge planning & placements.
  • Clinical Practice: Collaborate with health care team to ensure appropriate standards of care, and health promotion activities. Assist in health clinic as needed.
  • Communication/Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Participate in interdisciplinary meetings; ensure collaboration and open communication with members in all disciplines.
  • Data Processing: Maintained accurate and timely data for ER/hospitalization of clients.

Nurse Consultant - Contract

Health Care Resource Network
10.2022 - 03.2023
  • Company Overview: On assignment with Social Security Administration
  • Reviewing and assessing medical documentation in support of request for reasonable accommodations.
  • Assign to Medical Office, providing clinical guidance for 32 Employee health Clinics and various health, wellness, standards of care, and health promotion activities. Assist in health clinic as needed.
  • Conduct infectious and communicable disease consultations, monitor health threats to SSA personnel.
  • Assist with training new and present staff, implementing best practices.

Director of Nursing

Westminster Health Center
01.2022 - 08.2022
  • Nursing Leadership: Managed staff and resident care, with decision-making autonomy; increased knowledge and efficiency of the facility.
  • Partnership Building/Revenue Growth: Collaborated with cooperate leadership, ramping up resident intakes; occupancy increased by 5%.
  • Employee Engagement/Satisfaction: Collaborated with staffing to ensure employee scheduling, incorporated into self-scheduling platform; reduced callouts and boosted employee satisfaction.
  • Communication/Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Managed interdisciplinary meetings; improved collaboration and open communication with members in all disciplines.
  • Safety/Process Improvement: Ensure maintenance and execution of best practices and improved standard of care.

Staff Development Coordinator/Delegating Nurse

Oak Crest Erickson Senior Living
08.2020 - 10.2021
  • Training and Development: Maintained ongoing training, meeting educational needs, and supporting progress for clinical and non-clinical staff, including current competencies; increased compliance with policies and procedures; improved patient outcomes and staff satisfaction.
  • Onboarding/Orientation/Retention: Redesigned new staff onboarding and orientation; ensured clinical progress, producing smooth and welcoming interactions with staff; increased retention by 10%.
  • Preceptor/Program Management: Oversaw development and implementation of first preceptor program; increased standard of practice for clinical staff by 25%.
  • COVID-19/Infection Control: Maintained COVID-19 education, including infection control training; expanded awareness for staff and patients; decreased infection spread and facility out-breaks.
  • Compliance/CPR Training: Re-instated CPR and First Aid training for Certified Medicine Technicians (CMT); complied with State regulations at 90% and increased qualified CMT’s by 75%.
  • Accreditation/Survey Prep: Assist with preparing organization for State survey; received minimal deficiencies.

Director, Inpatient Services

Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care
12.2019 - 06.2020
  • Nursing Leadership: Managed fast-paced inpatient unit with decision-making autonomy; increased knowledge and efficiency of unit.
  • Partnership Building/Revenue Growth: Collaborated with nurse leadership, ramping up patient intakes; occupancy increased by 10%.
  • Employee Engagement/Satisfaction: Maintained employee scheduling, incorporated into self-scheduling platform; reduced callouts and boosted employee satisfaction.
  • Communication/Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Managed interdisciplinary meetings; improved collaboration and open communication with members in all disciplines.
  • Safety/Process Improvement: Introduced new staff safety standards; implemented best practices and improved standard of care during initial phase of pandemic.

Case Management/Utilization Management

Howard County General Hospital/Johns Hopkins Medicine
10.2017 - 03.2020
  • Clinical Reviews/Time Management: Assessing medical documentation in support of discharge planning & placements.
  • Maintained accurate and timely submission of 30+ clinical reviews of medical documentation daily; reduced response time, determining hospital patient care needed; increased revenue by preventing denials.
  • Orientation/Retention: Oversaw development and implementation of orientation program for new Utilization Review (UR) nurses; increased staff retention in UR department by 75%; increased staff morale and collaboration among peers.
  • Medicare Review/Revenue Recovery: Assisted in Medicare review processing of back-logged cases; recovered $1+ million in payments.
  • Standard of Practice/Competency: Instituted clinical competencies for new UR nurses; created department consistency in standard of practice.

Clinical Education Program Manager

Howard County General Hospital/Johns Hopkins Medicine
04.2012 - 10.2017
  • Clinical Education/Training: Identified and managed educational needs of clinical staff; complied with best practices, improved patient outcomes, and increased patient satisfaction.
  • Online Documentation: Instrumental in implementing and launching EPIC system-wide computer documentation system; qualified as super-user expert; maximized nursing documentation accuracy, reduced medication errors, and improved nurse workflow; received a bonus.
  • Nurse Skills/Board Certification: Championed Medical/Surgical nursing certification for nurses on 2 units; raised number of Med-Surg board-certified nurses by 25% in 2 years; received recognition from top leadership.
  • Training Development: Chaired Patient and Family Education committee; developed new teaching materials for patient and teach-back education; increased staff participation on committee, patient education, and clinical outcomes.
  • Policy Design/Standard of Care: Developed new policy and procedure for standard of care; created consistency and Improved patient results by decreasing deficiencies.

Clinical Nursing Instructor (Part-time)

Howard Community College
08.2010 - 12.2012
  • Student Education/Mentorship: Delivered training on nursing topics assigned to students; raised performance, including meeting institutional standards; received recognition from students and course leader.
  • NCLEX/Tutoring: Initiated student study groups for NCLEX exam; participants maintained passing rate of 99% during tenure.
  • Simulations/Clinical Skills: Coordinated and supervised simulation sessions for nursing students; increased student interaction, engagement, clinical skills, and competency.
  • Mentorship/Communication: Initiated one-on-one weekly meetings with students, sharing feedback and uncovering and addressing deficiencies; celebrated incremental wins and enhanced learning outcomes.
  • Critical Thinking/Decisions: Maintained evidence-based practice and clinical decision-making during clinical sessions with students; improved patient outcome and heightened confidence.
  • Continuation Education: Assist with PCT skills competency and RN refresher clinical rotation.

Nursing Instructor/Professor (Part-time)

So-Journer Douglas College
07.2010 - 12.2011
  • Student Education/Mentorship: Delivered lectures on nursing topics for LPN program, raised performance, including meeting institutional standards; received recognition from students and course leader.
  • Simulations/Clinical Skills: Coordinated and supervised simulation sessions for nursing students; increased student interaction, engagement, clinical skills, and competency.
  • Mentorship/Communication: Initiated one-on-one weekly meetings with students, sharing feedback and uncovering and addressing deficiencies; celebrated incremental wins and enhanced learning outcomes.
  • Critical Thinking/Decisions: Maintained evidence-based practice and clinical decision-making during clinical sessions with students; improved patient outcome and heightened confidence.

Education

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) -

Drexel University
01.2021

Master of Science and Art in Healthcare Administration & Education - undefined

University of Phoenix
01.2011

Bachelor of Science in Nursing - undefined

University of Phoenix
01.2009

Registered Nurse Diploma - undefined

College of the Bahamas
01.1988

Skills

  • Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint; Google Drive/Meet, Dropbox, Zoom, WebEx, Teams, Skype, Relias, EPIC, PCC, SharePoint, MCG, InterQual
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Affiliations

  • American Nurses Association (ANA)
  • American Heart Association (AHA)
  • Maryland Nurses Association (MNA)
  • American Safety and Health Institute (ASHI)

Certification

  • Legal Nurse Consultant (LNC)
  • Nurse Executive Board Certified (NE-BC)
  • Medical-Surgical Nursing Board Certified (MEDSURG-BC)
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Certification
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider
  • BLS/CPR and First Aid Instructor Certification, AHA and ASHI
  • Infection Preventionist Certification, Center for Disease Control (CDC)
  • Delegating Nurse Certified.
  • Spirituality, Health, and Wellness Certificate and Master Life Coach Certificate
  • Graduate Certificate in Pastoral Counseling, Liberty University (2015)

Timeline

Nurse Educator

Stella Maris Inc.
12.2023 - Current

Nursing Program Manager/Adjunct Faculty Member

Montgomery College
08.2023 - 12.2024

RN Case Management/Consultant - Contract

Cross Country Health Care
04.2023 - 06.2023

Nurse Consultant - Contract

Health Care Resource Network
10.2022 - 03.2023

Director of Nursing

Westminster Health Center
01.2022 - 08.2022

Staff Development Coordinator/Delegating Nurse

Oak Crest Erickson Senior Living
08.2020 - 10.2021

Director, Inpatient Services

Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care
12.2019 - 06.2020

Case Management/Utilization Management

Howard County General Hospital/Johns Hopkins Medicine
10.2017 - 03.2020

Clinical Education Program Manager

Howard County General Hospital/Johns Hopkins Medicine
04.2012 - 10.2017

Clinical Nursing Instructor (Part-time)

Howard Community College
08.2010 - 12.2012

Nursing Instructor/Professor (Part-time)

So-Journer Douglas College
07.2010 - 12.2011

Master of Science and Art in Healthcare Administration & Education - undefined

University of Phoenix

Bachelor of Science in Nursing - undefined

University of Phoenix

Registered Nurse Diploma - undefined

College of the Bahamas

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) -

Drexel University

Areas of Expertise

  • Execution – Process Improvement, Onboarding, Preceptor Training, Infection Control, Compliance, Accreditation, Policy Design, Standard of Care, Revenue Growth, Utilization Management, Policy, and Curriculum Development.
  • Leadership and Influence – Training and Development, Clinical Nurse Education, Mentorship, Collaboration, Team Building, Communication, Relationship Building, Partnerships.

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