Karen Vergano

Dynamic healthcare leader with extensive experience at Signet Health, excelling in clinical oversight and compliance management. Proven track record in implementing evidence-based practices and enhancing staff education, resulting in significant quality improvements. Adept at budget management and fostering collaborative environments to drive exceptional patient care outcomes.

• Board certified with the American Nurses Credentialing Center – expires 11/2027
• Pa Nursing RN License

• 2018 Virginia APNA Presentation. Suicide and the Columbia Suicide Assessment.
• 2017 Actively involved with the APNA Educational Committee in the development and publication of an educational program for nurses. Participated in Competency Based Training for Suicide Prevention with the APNA to be a Training Instructor.
• 2015 American Psychiatric Nurses Association 29th Annual Convention Poster Presentation at the 25th “Moving the Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse from the Bedside to the Corporate World and Still Making a Difference”.
• 8/2011 – 12/14 Adult Psychiatric & Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist Content Expert Panel With American Nurses Credentialing Center
• 2013 Completion The Academy for Healthcare Leadership Advancement with Healthcare Association of New York State
• 2011 American Psychiatric Nurses Association 25th Annual Convention – Poster Presentation “Moving to a Patient Focused Nursing Care Model” awarded second place in clinical category
• 2009 APNA Competency based training workgroup, Institute for Safe Environments
• 2008 Active in Penn Consultation Service. Providing educational programs to Community senior centers and home health care employees.
• 2007 APNA Restraint and Seclusion Task Force
• 2006 Panel Workshop – American Nurses Credentialing Center - Standardization for Certification Examination of the Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse
• 2005 American Psychiatric Nurses Association 19th Annual Convention – Session Presentation “Providing Psychiatric Services in Nursing Homes”
• 2005 Geropsychiatric Nurses Society – Poster presentation “ Spark in Life: Educational Consulting for Geropsychiatry”
• 2003 American Psychiatric Nurses Association 17th Annual Convention - Session presentation “Developing and Maintaining a Restraint-Free Geropsychiatric Unit”.
• 2003 The 11th Annual National Convention of the Alzheimer’s Association - Poster presentation “Diminishing Agitated Behaviors in Individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease”.
• 2003 Poster presentation for Failure Modes Effects and Analysis of Depakote

• 2006 Workbook for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Western Schools Publishing
• 2006 Workbook for Bipolar Disorder Western Schools Publishing