Kellie Lisenby

Provided the NEA area with access to multiple surgical disciplines in the ACH Jonesboro Specialty Clinic.

• Providing input to EPIC, schedulers and clinic managers to streamline scheduling for multiple services.
• Collaborating with pediatric general surgery, urology, orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery and plastic surgery team members to provide services to patients in the NEA area.
• I am the sole practitioner who functions in this capacity.
• Provides pre and postoperative educations to families for all services.
• Preceptor for Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Students

• Improved patient outcomes by implementing evidence-based pediatric general surgery and trauma care practices.
• Enhanced team communication for better patient management through regular case discussions and debriefings.
• Provided high-quality nursing care to critically injured children, ensuring proper assessment and treatment.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive care plans for pediatric general surgery and trauma patients.
• Reduced hospital readmission rates by providing thorough discharge education and follow-up support.
• Utilized advanced clinical skills to manage complex cases, such as multi-system injuries, complex colorectal patients.
• Member Trauma council
• Preceptor for Acute Care and Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Students
• ATLS and TNCC Certified
• TNCC Instructor

• First APRN employed by ACH Department of Neurosurgery to provide inpatient and outpatient care.
• Collaborated with PICU, Plastics , Craniofacial and Rehabilitation teams to provide care for complex patients.
• Neurosurgery QA review and improvement
• Member Task Force on Traumatic Brain Injury as APRN representative for the State Board of Nursing for Governor Beebe

• Staff Nurse in PICU awaiting board certification and appointment to Pediatric Neurosurgery Department

• Full time Graduate School student
• 2005-2007 LENDs participant, 1 of 3 graduate nurses chosen from the state of Arkansas -LEND programs are interdisciplinary leadership training programs federally funded through HRSA's Maternal Child Health Bureau
• Staff nurse and rotating nurse coordinate for PICU weekend end option
• Preceptor for new graduate and new hire RNs for PICU

• RN coordinate for brain tumor and craniofacial clinics
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
• Trained nurses throughout the hospital in proper techniques, care standards, and safety protocols for the pediatric neurosurgery patient.

• Staff bedside nurse and weekend coordinator
• ECMO pump training
• Completed QA for PICU
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.

• Enhanced patient safety by conducting thorough preoperative assessments and effectively communicating with the surgical team.
• Reduced surgical site infections through meticulous adherence to aseptic techniques and infection control protocols.
• Provided quality perioperative care by closely monitoring patients throughout their surgical experience.
• Provided conscious sedation for the adult patient
• Provided after hours call for postoperative patients
• QA for the Plastic Surgery Center

• PICC line insertion and maintenance
• IV therapy administration of antibiotics, TPN, narcotics for hospice patients
• JCAHO certification for Oxford Healthcare
• Patient and staff education

• Weekend coordinator PICU
• Staff education, training, precepting
• Policy and procedure committee for PICU
• Organ donation committee
• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams for comprehensive patient care plans, resulting in better health outcomes.
• Developed strong relationships with patients'' families, providing emotional support while addressing concerns or questions about care plans.

• Provided emotional support to families coping with a child''s chronic illness or acute medical crisis related to an endocrine disorder.
• Implemented evidence-based practices to optimize patient outcomes in the treatment of pediatric endocrine disorders.
• Managed complex cases involving Type 1 diabetes, growth disorders, adrenal insufficiency, and thyroid conditions in children.
• Research coordinator for patients with growth hormone deficiency
• Left that position only because daycare for my three children was cost prohibitive while my spouse was in medical school

• First job as a registered nurse
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.