Jamie Villarreal

Safety and Quality Champion

• Provided support for Bedside nurses to prevent Hospital Acquired Conditions.
• Rounded on all high-risk patients to monitor compliance with unit-based prevention bundles including HAPI, CAUTI, CLABSI, FALL and ADEs.
• Audited nurse-driven sterile procedures including Foley insertions, central line dressing and cap/tubing changes. Provided ongoing education for bedside staff regarding these procedures.
• Participated in multidisciplinary huddles to advocate for patient needs regarding NIV use, Foley and central line necessity and sedation efficacy with regards to preventing Unplanned Extubation.
• Attended monthly SAQ meetings and participated in HAC attack work groups. Attended and participated in Bedside Reviews weekly.

Resource/SWAT

• Assisted with documentation in patient escalation (METs) and code blues for the hospital.
• Supported Bedside staff and medical providers in procedures including central-line and arterial-line placement, rapid sequence intubation, ECMO cannulation, and tube thoracostomy.
• Accompanied patients and bedside staff off-unit for ancillary diagnostic tests including Fluoroscopy, Interventional Radiology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computed Tomography.

Primary bedside nurse

• Provided advanced modalities for critically-ill patients including Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) and Molecular Adsorbent Recirculating System (MARS).

Unit Charge Nurse PCU

• Responsible for nursing assignments, maintaining safe patient ratios and assessing appropriate level of skill regarding patient needs.
• Completed daily rounding for patient satisfaction.
• Assumed role of Team Leader in ACLS emergencies- assigning individual roles and providing feedback for involved team members.
• Attended daily staffing meetings to ensure hospital-wide nursing needs were met for the upcoming shift.

Clinical Preceptor

• Onboarded nurses to the unit.
• Oversaw completion of required skills checklists.
• Provided ongoing feedback to orientees to ensure their preparedness to independently care for patients.
• Actively sought appropriate learning opportunities for individual nurses.

Unit Superuser

• Foley catheter insertion and maintenance
• Central-line maintenance
• Nasogastric and nasoduodenal tube insertion and maintenance
• Accu-check glucometer use
• EPIC code charting.

6-Sammons Unit Staffing Commitee Representative

• Nominated role on the staff retention committee.
• Attended monthly in-person meetings with hospital leadership to form action plans related to retaining staff and improving employee engagement.
• Spearheaded initiative to add night-shift VAT and transport personnel availability, providing additional resources to staff.

Solid Organ Transplant Nurse

• Facilitated the care of solid organ transplant candidates and recipients.
• Oversaw patient trajectory from initial organ offer to discharge and future complications related to transplant of the kidney, liver and pancreas.
• Proficient in immunosuppressant transplant medications, labs, signs of rejection and surgeon preferences.