Jennifer L. Schleyhahn
Bath,IL
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse - Medical/Surgical
Jacksonville Memorial Hospital
Jacksonville, IL
04.2025 - Current
- General responsibilities: develop and implement patient care plans, perform assessments, and administer prescribed therapies.
- Educate patients and families about diagnosis and care plan, including holistic interventions for healing and comfort.
- Educated traveling or new staff on hospital protocols, safety procedures, and patient care techniques.
- Participated in performance improvement activities, including UBC and tracking/educating on IPOC compliance.
- Educated peers on the culture of safety initiatives for patients and employees.
- Obtained ACLS certification and charge nurse training.
- Completed training for dual Nurse Coach and Holistic Nurse - Boards pending.
Patient Safety Coordinator
Jacksonville Memorial Hospital
Jacksonville, IL
02.2022 - 04.2025
- Dissemination of TJC, CMS standards, ongoing monitoring via surveillance, aggregates and disseminates data related to TJC tracers.
- Produces presentation materials related to patient safety science concepts and accreditation/ regulatory activities for internal committees, work groups, medical staff and leader education.
- Participates in activities related to the culture of safety survey.
- Trained in providing support for Second Victims program.
- Gathers data detailing patient-related errors, and conducts analysis detailing the cause of the error; recommends changes to procedures, policies, and/or programs that could prevent future errors
- Facilitates analyses of actual and potential patient safety occurrences to improve systems and processes (e.g., Patient Safety Debriefings, Root Cause Analysis, Cause Mapping, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis).
- (During gap months, assisted Colleague Health with tracking of MH colleagues sick at home with Covid.)
Registered Nurse Clin III, Scrub - Surgery
Passavant Area Hospital
Jacksonville, IL
08.2016 - 12.2021
- General Responsibilities: Set up instrumentation, anticipate surgeon's needs, and assist during surgical procedures. Experienced in general, gynecological, obstetric, eye, orthopedic, ENT, and plastic.
- Certification in skin closure including suturing and Medical Laser Safety Officer.
- Developed and chaired Surgery Infection Prevention Committee which evaluated surgical infections and implemented preventative measures.
- Conducted audits in readiness for TJC or IDPH audits, evaluated trends, and performed PI projects to improve surgical safety related to infection prevention.
- Educated staff on AORN standards, policy updates, and IP measures.
- Additional responsibilities: policy writing, QI projects, and multiple types of chart audits.
- Lean Sigma White Belt Certification.
- Committee participation: Survey Readiness, GPE, and Chair of UBC for 2 years.
Registered Nurse - Emergency Room
Passavant Area Hospital
Jacksonville , IL
09.2010 - 08.2016
- General Responsibilities: care of patients of all ages presenting with minor to critical health needs in the ER.
- Experience included triage, assisting in procedures, assisting in diagnosis and interventions for symptom relief.
- Assisted in the development of the Vertical Process for rapid throughput of less acute patients.
- Certifications: ACLS, PALS, BLS, PHTLS, ECRN, and TNCC.
- Committee Participation: UBC for 2 years, the Hiring Committee, and the Vertical Care Committee.
Registered Nurse II - Ambulatory Surgery
Memorial Medical Center
Springfield, IL
05.2004 - 09.2010
- General Responsibilities: care of Pre/Post anesthesia patients. Cross-trained for surgery as a circulator and scrub.
- Certifications include CAPA, ACLS, PALS, and BLS
- Developed a unique PI project for improving Surgical Care (SCIP) specifically for outpatients, including performing audits, developing tracking tools, data collection with trending, and calculating infection rates.
- Created Infection Control policy for ASC on Transport of an Isolation Patient in the ASC setting.
- Graduated Bedside Scientist Institute in 2007 - Sustaining Normothermia to Prevent SSIs.
- Worked PRN in Infection Control.
- Committee Participation: Leadership Training, Unit-Based Committee, Surgical Services Collaborative, Green Team, Recovery Room Process, ASC Communication Team, Memorial SCIP team, and chaired the ASC SCIP Committee.
Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit
Memorial Medical Center
Springfield, IL
04.2001 - 05.2004
- General Responsibilities: coordinating all care of 2-3 ICU patients with multiple co-morbidities.
- Member of the code team for 2 years.
- ACLS and TNCC certification.
- Featured speaker 2002 MMC Trauma Conference - ICU assessment and prevention of common complications in the Trauma patient: a case study.
- Initiated the development and responsible for the implementation of the Intensive Intravenous Insulin Therapy Protocol, 2002-2004.
- Assisted the Miami-J cervical collar manufacturer with data collection, analysis, and education of Supine Back Miami-J Cervical collar prototype in 2004.
- Committee Participation: UBC, Critical Care Collaborative, and Nursing Research committees.
Education
ADN -
Lincoln Land Community College
BSN -
Western Governors University
Skills
- Patient Safety & Quality
- Infection Prevention
- Research & Policy Development
- Healthcare Regulations
- Team Leadership
- Surgical Assistance
- Staff Education & Training
- Holistic Patient Care & Advocacy
Timeline
Registered Nurse - Medical/Surgical
Jacksonville Memorial Hospital
04.2025 - Current
Patient Safety Coordinator
Jacksonville Memorial Hospital
02.2022 - 04.2025
Registered Nurse Clin III, Scrub - Surgery
Passavant Area Hospital
08.2016 - 12.2021
Registered Nurse - Emergency Room
Passavant Area Hospital
09.2010 - 08.2016
Registered Nurse II - Ambulatory Surgery
Memorial Medical Center
05.2004 - 09.2010
Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit
Memorial Medical Center
04.2001 - 05.2004
ADN -
Lincoln Land Community College
BSN -
Western Governors University