Lana Mesack

• Clinical nurse educator specializing in critical care education to strengthen the nursing workforce for a three-hundred and seventy-eight bed health care facility
• Responsible for serving as a role model and leader in evidence-based nursing education for both new hire nursing staff and current nursing staff
• Additional responsibilities include; facilitating orientation and preceptorships for new staff members, curricula development and revisions, development of new programs and courses, perform live and virtual lecture services, evaluating and designing continuing education programs, competency validation for regulatory requirements, lead for BLS and ALS program, leading organizational education/projects according to best practice and policy, and experience with regulatory requirements for CMS, and Joint Commission
• Liaised with medical and nursing personnel to evaluate and improve teaching and nursing practices.
• Coached underperforming students to help meet clinical objectives
• Contributed educational and clinical expertise to help optimize training courses and boost student learning.

Reference Contact: Tammie Rubel MSN, RN Director of Nursing Education and Patient Care Services

Contact: 1 (810) 342-5104

• Responsible for monitoring, mentoring, evaluating, and coordinating the clinical educational sessions for bachelor level nursing students
• Ensure learning outcomes are identified and measurable outcomes are met with focus on critical thinking, prioritization, collaboration, and professional development
• Lead nursing students in providing diverse, safe, and effective patient care for complex patient populations
• Additional responsibilities include the development of weekly discussion post that correlate with curriculum and provide prompt feedback and guidance in both an in person and remote setting

Reference Contact: Clincial Coordinator/Associate Professor

Kristen Powals MSN,RN,CNE,RNC-MNN,CLC,CPN.

Contact : 1(248)-275-5586

• Assess, monitor, and provide compassionate direct evidence-based care to critically ill patients in an eighteen-bed neurological, medical, surgical, trauma unit
• Duties include hemodynamic monitoring and management of invasive equipment such as; ventilators, ventriculostomy drains, intracranial bolts, lumbar drains, femoral sheaths, wound vacuums, and catheter assisted thrombolysis therapy machines
• Additional responsibilities include; titration of high-risk medications, assist with invasive procedures, perform continuous renal replacement therapy, management of therapeutic hypothermia, collaborate and communicate with team members, educate patient and care givers
• Lead RN duties include; change agent for best practice, patient triage, patient care assistance, documentation for quality measures and unit based-comprehensions, educate staff on evidence-based procedures.

Contact: Keith Ford BSN, RN

Nurse Manager Nursing Supervisor

1 (810)-342-5080