JO GAERLAN
Upland,CA
Summary
ICU nurse manager with 20+ years of critical care experience. Achieved Beacon Gold and Daisy Team awards for quality improvement and patient safety. Leads interdisciplinary collaboration to improve clinical outcomes and staffing efficiency.
Overview
1
1
Certification
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Unit Nurse Manager – ICU/CCU/5 South Telemetry
USC Verdugo Hills Hospital
Glendale, California
01.2020 - Current
- Clinical leader, resource, and consultant in all departments and work collaboratively with nurse executive, administrative and clinical directors, educators, frontline nurses, and physicians to continuously uphold the culture of safety and quality of care.
- Conducted data analysis through utilization of patient safety dashboards, nursing sensitive indicators, and feedback from key stakeholders/end-users to formulate clinical practice gap analysis that will be utilized in process improvement and mentoring/coaching staff.
- Retained qualified and highly competent nursing staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training ICU/SDU/Tele nurses and ancillary staff.
- Interim Cath Lab Manager – Optimized staffing to support cath lab and outpatient procedures, developed hospital – wide training for care of post op cath lab patients, collaborated with physicians to develop preference cards.
- Beacon Gold Level – AACN, 2024
- Daisy Team Award – 5 South, 2024
Critical Care Manager- MICU, SICU, Neuro ICU
Methodist Hospital of Southern California
Arcadia, California
01.2018 - 01.2020
- Led transition from cardiac to neuro ICU with interdisciplinary collaboration with physicians, nurse executive, critical care director to develop training to meet the Comprehensive Stroke Program guidelines in the care of complex stroke cases.
- Managed optimal staffing mix to support the care of forty-bed unit.
- Developed RN training to assist MDs with bedside procedures – ETT insertion, CRRT, Care of Open-Heart Patients with MCS, EGD/Colonoscopy, central line/EVD insertions, Transvenous Pacemakers, TTM intravascular insertions, cardioversions.
- Daisy Team Award – Critical Care 2019
Registered Nurse - MICU, SICU, Neuro ICU
Methodist Hospital of Southern California
Arcadia, California
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Managed care for patients post cardiac/neurologic/surgical procedures – thoracotomies, ventriculostomies, CABG, stents, post TPA
- Member of the Unit Based Council – Professional Practice, CALNOC skin care team, Rapid response RN, preceptor for nursing students and new RNS to the unit.
- Developed SBAR form resulting in process improvement initiative.
- Experienced in EVD/ICP monitoring, IABP, Impella, CRRT Prismaflex
Registered Nurse – ICU
San Antonio Regional Hospital
Upland, California
01.2015 - 01.2016
- Experienced in hemodynamic pressure monitoring (ABP, CVP, SV, CO/CI, ICP), chest tubes and stent removal.
- Managed the care of CABG, valve repair/replacements, thoracotomies, stent placements.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team –physicians, case management/ ID, RT, risk management to meet the physical, emotional and educational discharge planning needs of patients and their families.
Education
BSN, Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse -
University of Phoenix - Southern California Campus
01-2014
B.A. - Business Economics
Pitzer College
Skills
- Patient safety initiatives
- Critical care nursing
- Staffing optimization
- Training and development
- Evidence-based practice
- Problem solving
- Compassion and empathy
- Quality improvement
Certification
- Nursing, Registered Nurse/Public Health Nurse – California RN443764, Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), NIHSS, Management, Front Line Leadership – Zenger Miller, Miller Heiman – Leadership, Curriculum Design and Development – ASTD, Building a Customer for Life – Disney University, Sig Sigma, Yellow Belt – ServiceMaster, Nurse Leader Competencies – AONL/CNML, Role Driven Professional Nursing Leadership Program - Maria O'Rourke Professional Development, Keck Academy - Strategic Thinking
Timeline
Unit Nurse Manager – ICU/CCU/5 South Telemetry
USC Verdugo Hills Hospital
01.2020 - Current
Critical Care Manager- MICU, SICU, Neuro ICU
Methodist Hospital of Southern California
01.2018 - 01.2020
Registered Nurse - MICU, SICU, Neuro ICU
Methodist Hospital of Southern California
01.2016 - 01.2018
Registered Nurse – ICU
San Antonio Regional Hospital
01.2015 - 01.2016
BSN, Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse -
University of Phoenix - Southern California Campus
B.A. - Business Economics
Pitzer College