Jill Dunham
Delaware
Summary
Healthcare professional prepared to excel in nursing leadership roles. Extensive experience in patient care coordination and regulatory compliance. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving best patient outcomes. Recognized for adaptability and reliability in dynamic healthcare environments.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
RAPID RESPONSE NURSE
MOUNT CARMEL ST. ANN’S HOSPITAL
01.2012 - Current
- Provide immediate assistance to assess, treat and stabilize a patient whose condition is deteriorating. Use clinical expertise and advance assessment skills to support the primary nurse, physician, patient, and patient’s family. Facilitate transferring the patient to higher level of care when necessary. Provide early intervention to reduce cardiac and respiratory arrest in hospital, reduce the number of patients requiring a transfer to a higher level of care, reduce patient intubations, and ultimately reduce the number of hospital deaths.
STAFF/CHARGE RN- MEDICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
MOUNT CARMEL ST. ANN’S HOSPITAL
12.2010 - Current
- Assess, evaluate, and care for critically ill adult patients. Perform numerous critical care skills including ventilator management; A-line, CVP, and EV1000 hemodynamic monitoring; stroke management, Target Temperature Management, CRRT dialysis. Orient new staff and precept student nurses. Organize daily functions and staffing of unit as Charge RN. Participate in Multidisciplinary Rounds. Active in Shared Governance by serving as chair of our unit-based Shared Governance as well as being a member of our Mount Carmel St. Ann’s Professional Practice Committee. Advocated for improvement for our unit by collecting data and information that lead to our unit acquiring two Arctic Sun machines to improve our care of Target Temperature Management patients. Educated staff on use, implementation, and management of Arctic Sun for hypothermia post cardiac arrest.
CONTINGENT ROUNDING RN
CAPITOL CITY CARDIOLOGY
10.2007 - 12.2012
STAFF RN- STEPDOWN UNIT
MOUNT CARMEL ST. ANN’S HOSPITAL
06.2007 - 12.2010
STAFF RN- EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
MOUNT CARMEL ST. ANN’S HOSPITAL
07.2005 - 06.2009
STAFF RN/CHARGE RN- MEDICAL INTERMEDIATE CARE UNIT
MOUNT CARMEL ST. ANN’S HOSPITAL
06.2002 - 06.2007
Education
Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree -
Mount Carmel College of Nursing
Columbus, Ohio05-2002
Bachelor of Science in Nursing program and Undergraduate classes
Capital University
Columbus, Ohio12-2000
Emergency Medical Technician- Basic Certification - undefined
Columbus State Community College
Columbus, Ohio06-2000
Skills
- Critical thinking
- Compassionate care
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Health education
- Patient care standards
- Staff training
- Quality improvement
Accomplishments
- Documented and resolved inability to achieve AHA Target Temperature guidelines which led to unit obtaining Arctic Sun machines and new care process for Target Temperature Management.
Affiliations
American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN)
Certification
- CCRN (Critical Care Registered Nurse)
- PCCN (Progressive Certified Care Nurse)
- EMT-BASIC
- ACLS/BLS
- ASLS (Advanced Stroke Life Support)
- NIHSS Stoke Scale
Timeline
RAPID RESPONSE NURSE
MOUNT CARMEL ST. ANN’S HOSPITAL
01.2012 - Current
STAFF/CHARGE RN- MEDICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
MOUNT CARMEL ST. ANN’S HOSPITAL
12.2010 - Current
CONTINGENT ROUNDING RN
CAPITOL CITY CARDIOLOGY
10.2007 - 12.2012
STAFF RN- STEPDOWN UNIT
MOUNT CARMEL ST. ANN’S HOSPITAL
06.2007 - 12.2010
STAFF RN- EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
MOUNT CARMEL ST. ANN’S HOSPITAL
07.2005 - 06.2009
STAFF RN/CHARGE RN- MEDICAL INTERMEDIATE CARE UNIT
MOUNT CARMEL ST. ANN’S HOSPITAL
06.2002 - 06.2007
Bachelor of Science in Nursing program and Undergraduate classes
Capital University
Emergency Medical Technician- Basic Certification - undefined
Columbus State Community College
Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree -
Mount Carmel College of Nursing
COMMITTEES
- Mount Carmel St. Ann’s Coordinating Site Council-Representative from ICU
- Mount Carmel St. Ann’s ICU Shared Governance-Chair
- Trinity- Pulmonary & Critical Care Clinical Excellence Committee- ICU Staff RN Representative
- Trinity-Pulmonary Critical Care-Improving Care and Communication Expert Panel- ICU RN Representative