Holly M. Wright

Clinical Nurse Specialist and transformational leader with 11 years of nursing experience, 9+ years in critical care. Influential change agent who creates a positive, solution-oriented, collaborative working environment to support the delivery of optimal patient, nursing and organizational outcomes.

• Achieved a 66% reduction in CAUTI events (FYQ3–FYQ4) through implementation of Urinary Retention Management and Nurse-Driven Catheter Removal Algorithms across 3 ministries.
• Led initiatives to enhance nursing onboarding and catheter care education, resulting in a 37% reduction in CAUTIs (FY25–FY26).
• Co-led efforts to improve central line dressing consistency, achieving zero CLABSI following standardization.
• Led resolution of a dialysis catheter product issue, improving CRRT filter life by ~140% and reducing treatment downtime by 60% within 3 months of product conversion.
• Led an interprofessional team to develop and implement urinary retention and catheter removal algorithms across 3 ministries.
• Collaborated with a state-wide CAUTI Crushers Taskforce to implement urinary retention and nurse-driven catheter removal algorithms across 8 ministries.
• Coordinated cross-ministry collaboration to transition from Broselow Tape to PediaTape, standardizing pediatric emergency reference tools across 2 ministries.
• Led standardization of equipment and clinical procedures for esophagogastric tamponade tube placement across critical care, ED, and Endoscopy departments to improve consistency of care.
• Collaborated with team of 5 to develop a CAUTI and CLABSI Tableau dashboard incorporating leading and lagging metrics.
• Used Microsoft Forms to establish standardized CAUTI and CLABSI event review processes.
• Led monthly interprofessional team (8+) to conduct Apparent Cause Analyses for CAUTI and CLABSI events with identified practice deviations.
• Improved femoral arterial line removal safety through policy revision and standardized provider orders with post-removal activity restrictions and monitoring requirements, eliminating repeat events.
• Led documentation redesign for code blue events, improving airway confirmation rates from 76% to 92% and enabling adoption at 2 additional ministries.
• Authored a quarterly Code Blue newsletter to enhance quality metrics, improving defibrillation time compliance from 71% to 100% (≤2 minutes) and increasing team debriefing from 40% to 58%.
• Led standardization of equipment and clinical procedures for esophagogastric tamponade tube placement across critical care, ED, and Endoscopy departments to improve consistency of care.
• Collaborated with team of 5 to develop a CAUTI and CLABSI Tableau dashboard incorporating leading and lagging metrics.
• Used Microsoft Forms to establish standardized CAUTI and CLABSI event review processes.
• Led monthly interprofessional team (8+) to conduct Apparent Cause Analyses for CAUTI and CLABSI events with identified practice deviations.
• Improved femoral arterial line removal safety through policy revision and standardized provider orders with post-removal activity restrictions and monitoring requirements, eliminating repeat events.
• Led documentation redesign for code blue events, improving airway confirmation rates from 76% to 92% and enabling adoption at 2 additional ministries.
• Authored a quarterly Code Blue newsletter to enhance quality metrics, improving defibrillation time compliance from 71% to 100% (≤2 minutes) and increasing team debriefing from 40% to 58%.

• RN License No. 4704304230 (expires 2/2028)
• NACNS member
• AACN member
• ANA member

• Certified Adult Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist, American Nurses Credentialing Center - 10/29/25-10/28/28
• ACLS Instructor (thru 6/2028)
• BLS (thru 2/2028)