Kathy Ferguson

Accomplished Nursing Informatics Clinical Advocate, Senior, enthusiastic and motivated, with a drive for excellence. I began Nursing Informatics in December 2017. My background is Registered Respiratory Therapist with 26 years of experience in critical care as Lead Therapist in Cardiac ICU and relief shift manager. Compassionate Advocate with outstanding communication skills. Goes extra mile to provide assistance to endusers through proficient knowledge of EPIC, network of resources and hard work.

• Lead for all Respiratory Care in CFD-S including Pulmonary Rehab pre-Epic
• Round on nursing units at AdventHealth Orlando including Neuro ICU, Medical ICU, Med Surg, Observation, CVICU, Cath Lab and Neuro PACU for new projects/go-live including infusion management at AH Altamonte, Telehealth, education updates, on-call support, collaborate with ClinDoc, Orders and PowerPlan and other teams for documentation build changes in Cerner. Supporting the new enhancement request process in Epic.
• Familiar with core nursing workflows, support all inpatient/ED areas
• QlikView reports for Med Scanning Compliance
• PowerBI to track Epic Devices and deployment
• Teach virtual orientation classes for RN, HUC, and PCT, ED RN in Cerner
• Fluent in Cerner, Epic experience since wave one
• Collaborate with Stakeholders
• Collaborate with the Epic Orders, ClinDoc, and Revenue teams to aid in building Respiratory orders and documentation and ensure charges are correct.
• Completed the following Epic training tracks as well as SLE Proctor Classes: Med Surg RN 100& 101, ED RN 100 & 101, Pre/Post OP RN 100 & 101, Respiratory Therapist 100 & 101 and Nurse Manager, Intra-op Nurse, PACU Nurse, Invasive Cardiology Nurse Documenter, May 2023 CLN102 Class-Epic Certified Informaticist July 2023
• Epic Clindoc Credentialed Trainer-training complete 8/18/23, pending paneling 8/23/23

Title: Clinical Informatics advocate, Senior

• Epic Certified Informaticist - July 2023
• Epic Clindoc Credentialed Trainer - August 2023