Keri Ellison
Moorpark,CA
Summary
Master's prepared Registered Nurse with 26 years of combined management and clinical experience. Demonstrated expertise in providing exceptional care to tertiary care patients on Labor and Delivery, Antepartum, and Mother/Baby units for 18 years. Proven track record as an OB Clinic Nurse, delivering high-quality care to GYN and OB patients of varying acuity levels for 6 years. Experienced Quality Coordinator with 3 years of quality management experience, ensuring adherence to industry standards and improving patient outcomes.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
5
5
Certifications
Work History
Quality Management Coordinator
Kaiser Permanente
08.2021 - Current
- Performs diverse administrative, facilitation, and technical support functions to strengthen Quality and Safety Improvement activities aimed at supporting programs and initiatives.
- Responsible for developing, implementing, and monitoring Quality and Safety programs to drive ongoing improvement.
- Maintains the KP safety culture through developing and monitoring performance indicators/metrics, collaborating with relevant departments to collect, analyze, and trend data from various reporting systems/sources.
- Manages and facilitates collaboration among workgroups to tackle priority concerns in quality and safety.
- Provides support to various committees coordinated or chaired by the department.
- Ensures compliance with professional standards, laws, regulations, and internal quality and safety requirements within the organization.
- Conducts data extraction, analyses, and presentations to support quality improvement efforts.
- Facilitates quality improvement and risk management efforts.
- Acts as the departmental subject matter expert, specializing in quality improvement processes and regulations within multiple service lines.
- Executes stakeholder development programs and evaluated quality performance review procedures.
- Facilitates the development and implementation of quality improvement initiatives through PDSA.
Women's Health Clinic Nurse
Kaiser Permanente
09.2014 - 08.2021
- Assessed critical OB and GYN patients through Women’s Health Triage, delivering nursing skills including IV hydration, lab draws, staple and suture removals, and wound care.
- Managed and supervised the Message Center, handling patient inquiries via email and phone communications
- Provides patient education and advice through the KPOC flowsheet system
- Champion for the KPOC protocols
- Responsible for a 6 bed Antepartum Testing Unit that monitors on average 120-130 patients each week along with limited obstetric ultrasounds
- Assisted providers with various procedures including Nexplanon placement and removal, IUD placement, endometrial biopsies, and D&C's.
- Conducted Zika workups and follow-up activities efficiently
- Ensured timely and effective follow up with patients post-TAB procedure.
Charge Nurse, Labor and Delivery
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center
12.2008 - 12.2016
- Managed the care of patients on a women’s health unit consisting of 11 labor and delivery beds, 4 triage beds, 8 high-risk ante partum beds and 2 operating rooms.
- Effectively oversaw staff roles and responsibilities to maintain excellent quality patient care.
- Served as a liaison between patients, nursing staff, anesthesia personnel and physicians.
- Provided a daily report to oncoming shift and monitored staffing levels in accordance with the census level and patient acuity.
- Assisted primary nurse in supporting patient during delivery and post-delivery newborn stabilization.
- Managed patient assignment while efficiently organizing care, leveraging critical thinking skills to monitor all nursing interventions.
- Served as a super user for glucose monitoring and amnisure testing.
- Proficient in QS and Meditech charting systems.
Patient Education Coordinator
Licking Memorial Health Systems
08.2007 - 12.2008
- Created all patient education material for the health system.
- Chaired the Patient Education Committee
- Served as a member on the Nurse Practice Council, Clinical Alliance, and Forms Committee.
- Coordinated monthly community education programs for the public.
- Facilitated the ONA contact hour provider process as the Primary Nurse Planner.
- Coordinated collating and distribution of the First Impressions Notebook for the women’s health areas.
- Created and coordinated the process for the Diabetes Book and the Inpatient Handbook.
- Oversaw the maintenance of the Patient Education ISO Business Process for Joint Commission.
Women's Health Clinical Instructor
Ohio University
08.2006 - 06.2007
- Instructed students on how to clinically apply the nursing process in the areas of labor and delivery, postpartum, nursery and neonatal intensive care units.
- Observed, assisted and critiqued students’ clinical skills in these areas.
- Assisted in connecting classroom teaching with clinical practice for students.
- Evaluated students' progress throughout the quarter and provided clinical support to strengthen weak areas.
Registered Nurse, Labor and Delivery
Riverside Methodist Hospital
01.2005 - 08.2007
Charge Nurse, Labor and Delivery
Mount Carmel East Hospital
01.2003 - 01.2005
Charge Nurse, Labor and Delivery
Genesis Healthcare System
01.2001 - 01.2003
Civil Service Labor and Delivery Nurse
Cherry Point Naval Hospital
01.2000 - 01.2001
Registered Nurse, Labor and Delivery
Pitt County Memorial Hospital
01.1998 - 01.2000
Education
Master of Science in Nursing -
University of Phoenix
06.2003
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
East Carolina University
06.2001
Associate of Applied Science in Nursing -
Ohio University Zanesville
10.1998
Skills
- Effectively develops, implements and oversees all areas of quality improvement to ensure delivery of the highest quality patient care, optimal patient flow, provider productivity and continuity of care
- Able to manage staffing and care to all patients on the unit and make appropriate assignments
- Ability to make quick decisions in an emergent situation without the presence of a physician and act accordingly
- Utilizes the nursing process while providing professional care to mothers and babies during antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum periods
- Functions independently, safely and effectively as a charge nurse, triage nurse, primary care nurse, circulating nurse and post anesthesia care unit nurse
- Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary care team
- Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to identify and meet the individualized needs of all patients served on the women’s health unit
- Educates patients and their families on stages of pregnancy, expectations during labor and delivery and post-delivery care
Certification
- AIA certification
- CA RN license
- ACLS certified
- BLS certified
- NRP certified
- Limited OB ultrasound certified
- In the process of obtaining CPHQ certification
References
Available upon request
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Accomplishments
Awarded the Kaiser Permanente Florence Nightingale Excellence in Nursing award in 2024.
Timeline
Quality Management Coordinator
Kaiser Permanente
08.2021 - Current
Women's Health Clinic Nurse
Kaiser Permanente
09.2014 - 08.2021
Charge Nurse, Labor and Delivery
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center
12.2008 - 12.2016
Patient Education Coordinator
Licking Memorial Health Systems
08.2007 - 12.2008
Women's Health Clinical Instructor
Ohio University
08.2006 - 06.2007
Registered Nurse, Labor and Delivery
Riverside Methodist Hospital
01.2005 - 08.2007
Charge Nurse, Labor and Delivery
Mount Carmel East Hospital
01.2003 - 01.2005
Charge Nurse, Labor and Delivery
Genesis Healthcare System
01.2001 - 01.2003
Civil Service Labor and Delivery Nurse
Cherry Point Naval Hospital
01.2000 - 01.2001
Registered Nurse, Labor and Delivery
Pitt County Memorial Hospital
01.1998 - 01.2000
Master of Science in Nursing -
University of Phoenix
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
East Carolina University
Associate of Applied Science in Nursing -
Ohio University Zanesville
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