Jill Nykanen

Results-driven CQO executive with a proven track record of optimizing operations and outcomes, driving growth, and enhancing efficiency, seeking a COO position to leverage strategic leadership and operational expertise for organizational success.

Florida Association of Healthcare Quality- Board Member

Children's Safety Village-Board Member

• Children’s Surgery Program Manager National Advisory Group
• Children’s Hospital Association-Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes Research Advisory Group, Leadership Group and National Expert Advisory Committee

• Use of the SAFEGUARD Pressure Assisted Dressing for Infants and Children Following Cardiac Catheterization, J. Dykstra, RN, K. Laird, RN, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 10th annual update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease, Scottsdale, Arizona, February 2006
• Use of the SAFEGUARD Pressure Assisted Dressing for Infants and Children Following Cardiac Catheterization, J. Dykstra, RN, K. Laird, RN, Cath Lab Digest, November 2006
• From Page to Practice: Mending Broken Little Hearts, Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity National Conference, Orlando, Florida, August 2008
• Palliating Palliative Surgery: Clinical Results of Stents Implanted To Obstructed Systemic To Pulmonary Shunts as a Long Term Strategy for Complex Congenital Heart Disease, J. Dykstra, E. Zahn, D. Khan, W. DeCampli, R. Hannan, R. Burke, D. Nykanen, Society for Cardiac Angiography and Intervention Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 6-9, 2009
• Clinical Utility of Stents to Palliate Systemic to Pulmonary Shunts as an Interim Interventional Strategy: An Alternative to Surgical Shunt Revision for Critically Ill Patients, J. Dykstra, E. Zahn, D. Khan, W. DeCampli, R. Hannan, R. Burke, D. Nykanen, Society for Cardiac Angiography and Intervention Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 6-9, 2009
• How to Balance Research, Clinical Nursing and Administration, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 13th annual update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease, Orlando, Florida, February 10-13, 2010
• Our Journey to SSI Reduction: What Matters Most, FHA HRET HEN Quality and Patient Safety Summit, Orlando, Florida, November 4-5, 2014
• HEN 2.0 SSI WEBINARAHA/HRET HEN 2.0 SSI REDUCTION: GOING DEEPER INTO THE IMPROVEMENT PROCESS CASE STUDY: HOSPITAL STORY, Connie Popper and Jill Dykstra-Nykanen, July 21, 2016
• Practical application of Quality Improvement projects: How to make it work, Jill Dykstra-Nykanen, MSN, RN, CPHQ, Latin American Society of Interventional Cardiology, 2017, Argentina
• Early Recovery after Abdominal Surgery Protocol Improves Both Patient Quality and Resource Utilization, Michael L. Cheatham, MD, FACS, Connie Popper, MSN, RN, Holly K. Taggart, RN, BSN, CIC, Jill Dykstra-Nykanen, RN, MSN, Donald Plumley, MD, FACS, Jeffrey R. Smith, MD FACS, Patricia D. Boyette, MSHS, BSN, NE-BC, Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2018-10-01, 227, 4, e131-e131
• Leveraging ACS Children’s Surgical Verification Standards to Improve Pediatric Neurosurgical Outcomes, Kirkland, A. RN, MSN, CPN, CNOR, Dykstra-Nykanen, J. RN, MSN, CPHQ, ACS Quality and Safety Conference, Orlando, 2018
• The Impact of Sepsis Screening for Pediatric Patients During Inter-Facility Transport, Lauren Pomerantz, Cindy Kling, Jill Dykstra-Nykanen, Lawrence Spack MD, AAP National Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, October 25-29, 2019

jdrn94@gmail.com

• Registered Nurse, Florida, 2983502, 04/30/2025
• CPHQ Certification, 12/31/2025

Nominee- Clinical Nurse Excellence Award-2003

Certified Professional Healthcare Quality