Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Affiliations
Honors and Awards
Research IRB
Presentations
Community Service
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Linda Gardner DNP

Mentor,Ohio

Summary

To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
112
112
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Math and Science Teacher

Preparing Academic Leadership Academy
Maple Heights, OH
01.2006 - 01.2007
  • Led 6th grade students in daily math and science lessons, supported the PTA, and advised multiple student committees.

Math Teacher

St. Vincent de Paul
Cleveland, OH
01.2003 - 01.2007
  • Led 6-8th grade students daily in math lessons, advised multiple student committees, and optimized student success.

Interim Senior Director of Nursing Education

Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
05.2022 - Current
  • Direct Enterprise educational processes and assessments including onboarding process and onsite nursing programs.
  • Identify and analyze problem areas and develop solutions
  • Implement practice changes based upon quality and evidenced based practice.
  • Assist with development of strategic plans.
  • Maintained energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment.
  • Led projects and analyzed data to identify opportunities for improvement.

Surgical Nursing Education Manager

Cleveland Clinic Health Systems
Cleveland, Ohio
07.2017 - Current
  • Manage and oversight of Perioperative education for all aspects of surgical services across the health system including the Operating Room, Perianesthesia, SPD and Surgical Technologists.
  • Leads innovation and change in Perianesthesia, intraoperative, and reprocessing education.
  • Drove departmental performance and achievement of service levels through focused team operational reviews, structured coaching and managing to enterprise targets.
  • Created ASPIRE Healthcare Science Explorers Program with three tracks: Respiratory Therapy, Surgical Technologists, and Sterile Processing Technicians.
  • Directed the development of an enhanced OR nursing residency aligned with enterprise orientation and PTAP accreditation.
  • Continued development of an evidence based Perianesthesia orientation that includes both pre and post procedures including the PACU.
  • Created and implemented the role of reprocessing educators to oversee a formal orientation and ongoing education for reprocessing enterprise wide
  • Lead innovative academic clinical immersion partnership to introduce nursing students to perioperative nursing
  • Develop and implement evidence based perioperative policies and procedures.
  • Lead Florida, Akron, Union, and Mercy integration of surgical nursing education to align with enterprise standards.
  • Simulation as a teaching modality integrated throughout course content in all areas of perioperative services.
  • Lead upskilling nursing courses for caregivers to deploy during pandemic including the National Guard.
  • Built a high performance culture promoting growth of 17 perioperative educators:
  • Mentor and encourage caregivers via professional growth opportunities:
  • 2021 Certification Rate– 81%
  • 2021 Professional Ladder – 88%
  • 2021 Distinguished Educator I – 44%
  • 2021 Master’s Prepared Nurses – 77%
  • Caregivers in Programs to Advance Education – 38%
  • 2021 Completion of Simulation Certification – 88%
  • Evaluated programs and monitored implementation and compliance with regulations to achieve objectives.
  • Represented educational program at meetings and conferences to serve as subject matter liaison for array of services and activities assigned.
  • Developed academic partnership with Schools of Nursing and Surgical Technology; Ursuline College, Case Western Reserve University, Chamberlain, Lakeland Community College, Cuyahoga Community College, Akron University, Lorain Community College, and EHOVE.
  • Designed and implemented educational programs and events such as OR Residency and Sterile Processing Orientation.

Adjunct Faculty Member

Case Western Reserve
Cleveland, Ohio
01.2017 - Current
  • Precept perioperative nursing students.
  • Collaborate with managers, preceptors, and project managers in setting educational goals for individualized students.
  • Promote and advocate patient safety.
  • Worked cooperatively with other members of faculty and staff to contribute to overall institutional effectiveness.
  • Displayed professional demeanor and served as role model for students.
  • Developed creative and effective teaching methods for course content to capture students attention.

Perioperative Educator

Cleveland Clinic Health System, Marymount Hospital
Garfield Heights, OH
09.2015 - 07.2017
  • Provides direct patient care to surgical patients.
  • Identifies learning needs of nursing and support staff.
  • Develops, schedules and implements unit based education classes for the perioperative staff.
  • Develops, implements and evaluates departmental orientation for new employees.
  • Collaborates with clinical instructors, preceptors, and project managers in setting educational goals for individual students.
  • Functions as resource and mentor to all staff members within the department.
  • Implements evidence based practice.
  • Mentor for professional ladder and certification.
  • Create orientation programs individualized to the unique learning needs of perioperative registered nurses and surgical technologists.
  • Promote quality improvement and safety activities within the perioperative environment.
  • Educate staff to promote good quality practices and ensure compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
  • Gather and analyzing quality data for patterns and trends in care delivery, educating staff on practice changes to improve delivery.
  • Mentor undergraduate students.
  • Collaborate with leadership and staff to create policies and procedures that ensure good quality care and minimize harm to the patient.
  • Ran the surgical board and scheduled cases.
  • Promoted available resources and connected individuals with services.
  • Continually improved knowledge, skills and performance based on feedback and self-identified professional developmental needs.
  • Identified process improvements in day-to-day functioning of department.

Clinical Coordinator

Cleveland Clinic Marymount Hospital
Garfield Heights, OH
01.2012 - 09.2015
  • Develop and implement process improvement plans to enhance orthopedic, podiatry, and pain surgical outcomes.
  • Collaborate with surgeons and company representatives to ensure all equipment available for cases.
  • Standardized total knee instrument trays the physicians.
  • Educate staff on new products.
  • Develop and implement relevant simulations.
  • Lead Process Improvements: First Case Start and Turn Over Times: Increased nurse On-Time starts by 40%.
  • Mentor new employees and students.
  • Ran the daily surgical schedule “board” and scheduled cases.
  • Implement new policies and educate staff on changes.
  • Identified nurses' and staff training needs and devised training programs to close gaps.
  • Monitored, analyzed and corrected staff performance and worked with nurse manager to raise standards of practice.
  • Implemented ongoing learning strategies such as tutorials, instructional modules, and supervised hands-on sessions to help nurses and staff improve understanding of medical equipment and care best practices.

Circulating Nurse

Cleveland Clinic Marymount Hospital
Garfield Heights, OH
07.2010 - 01.2012
  • Promote and advocate patient safety.
  • Develop and implement process improvement plans to enhance orthopedic surgery outcomes.
  • Anticipate physician, surgical assistant, and surgical technician’s needs.
  • Organize and facilitate successful surgical cases.
  • Mentor new employees and students.
  • Create RN schedule.
  • Used aseptic techniques to maintain sterile fields and actively monitored situations to prevent breaches in aseptic techniques.
  • Coordinated and consulted with healthcare teams to plan, implement, assess and evaluate patient care plans.
  • Positioned patients in operating rooms to prepare for surgical procedures, using supine, prone and sitting surgical positions.
  • Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
  • Advocated for and strived to protect health, safety and rights of patient.
  • Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
  • Led teams in driving successful patient outcomes by prioritizing standard of care and best practices.

Surgical Technician

Cleveland Clinic Marymount Hospital
Garfield Heights, OH
12.2007 - 07.2010
  • Promote patient safety during surgical procedures including maintaining a sterile field, anticipating physician and surgical assistant needs, and mentoring new employees and students.
  • Anticipated surgeons needs and handed instruments and supplies to surgeons during procedures.
  • Gathered and set up equipment, tools and supplies and arrange instruments according to surgeons' preferences or instruction.
  • Created safe operating environments for invasive and non-invasive procedures.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Mathematics And Adolescent Education

Ursuline College
Pepper Pike, Ohio
1998 - 2002

Doctorate of Nursing Practice -

Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ
2016 - 2019

Masters of Nursing - Informatics

University of Phoenix
Tempe, AZ
2013 - 2015

Diploma of Nursing -

Huron School of Nursing
Cleveland
2009 - 2010

Masters of Education -

Indiana Wesleyan University
Marion, Indiana
2014 - 2115

Skills

  • Instructional Techniques
  • Training Program Assessment
  • Training Needs Analysis
  • Education Program Management
  • Education Initiatives
  • Positive Learning Environment
  • Team Collaboration
  • Learning Outcomes Tracking
  • Partnership Building
  • Goal Strategizing
  • Curriculum Evaluation
  • Program Analysis

Certification

  • CNOR 2014- current
  • Basic Life Support

Affiliations

Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses, Member

American Nurses Association, Member

Honors and Awards

Nursing
Abbie Porter Nursing Leadership Award, Main Campus, 2021
Cleveland Clinic Innovation Award, 2020
Ohio League of Nursing Innovation Award, 2021
Participated in Empowering Others Leadership Course via GLLI, 2019
Quarterly Quality Caregiver Excellence Award: BBPE, Enterprise, 2019
Stryker AORN Conference Scholarship, 2014
Quarterly Caregiver Excellence Award: MH Simulation, Cleveland Clinic Marymount Hospital, 2014
Quarterly Caregiver Award: First Case On Time Starts Continuous Improvement, Cleveland Clinic Marymount Hospital, 2013
RN Rookie of the Year, Cleveland Clinic Marymount Hospital, 2011

Other
Teacher of the Year, St. Vincent de Paul, Cleveland 2004
Student Teacher of the Year, Ursuline College, 2002
Cleveland Clinic Caregiver Celebration Awards

Research IRB

Implementation of a Perioperative Education Program to Improve Time Out Performance, Primary Investigator, 2020

BOOST Bridging Operative Obstacles through Shared Tenets, Co-Principal Investigator, 2020

Presentations

Improving Surgical “First Case on Time Starts”
Shared Governance, Poster Presentation, 2013

Simulation Prepares Surgical Team to Stay Cool When Treating Malignant Hyperthermia
AORN Global Surgical Conference & Expo, Poster Presentation, 2015

Nurse Associate Extern Program: Creating Confident New Grads for the OR
AORN Global Surgical Conference & Expo, Poster Presentation, 2016

Keeping Up with Kompetencies
AORN Global Surgical Conference & Expo, Podium Presentation, 2017

Vertical Evacuation: Saving One Life at a Time
AORN Global Surgical Conference & Expo, Poster Presentation, 2017

Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
AORN Global Surgical Conference & Expo, Poster Presentation, 2019

Procedural Sedation Woes? We Have a Curriculum for You!
PNEG, Poster Presentation, 2019

Bloodborne Pathogen
SASCE, Poster Presentation, 2019

Implementation of a Perioperative Education Program to Improve Time Out Performance
Surgical Services Leadership Affinity, 2020

Implementation of a Perioperative Education Program to Improve Time Out Performance
AORN Global Surgical Conference & Expo, Poster Presentation, 2019

Where Does the Waste Go? Proper Medical Waste Disposal
AORN Global Surgical Conference & Expo, Poster Presentation, 2020

Procedural Sedation Woes? We Have a Curriculum for You!
AORN Global Surgical Conference & Expo, Poster Presentation, 2020

Perioperative Clinical Immersion: A Clinical /Academic Partnership
Ohio League of Nursing, Poster Presentation, 2020

Perioperative Clinical Immersion: A Clinical/Academic Partnership, Continuing Education Presentation, 2020

Fight Attitude with Gratitude: Improving team morale and the employee experience through daily gratitude
AORN Global Surgical Conference & Expo, Poster Presentation, 2020

Perioperative Clinical Experiences: Effective Ways to Apply All Six QSEN Competencies
QSEN, Poster presentation, 2021

Sedation Station: Building a Track to Safe Standardized Practice
AORN Global Surgical Conference & Expo, Podium Presentation, 2021

School is in Session: Building an Academic/Clinical Partnership
AORN Global Surgical Conference & Expo, Podium Presentation, 2021

Schools in Session: Building an Academic and Clinical Partnership
ASPAN National Conference, Podium Presentation, 2021

BOOST Bridging Operative Obstacles through Shared Tenets
National Initiative VII Meeting, Poster Presentation, 2021

CNOR Certification Review Course-
Cleveland Clinic- responsible for curriculum development and presenter, 2015- present

Community Service

Parent Teacher Association Ridge Elementary, member, 2019- present
PTA, Lake County Council Ridge Elementary Representative, 2019- present
ASPIRE Nurse Scholar Presenter, 2019-presenter

Health Care Presenter for Girl Scouts 2013-2017
Helping Hands Marymount Hospital Perioperative Services, Coordinator, 2011
Home Owners Association Board, Secretary, 2008-2010

Timeline

Interim Senior Director of Nursing Education

Cleveland Clinic
05.2022 - Current

Surgical Nursing Education Manager

Cleveland Clinic Health Systems
07.2017 - Current

Adjunct Faculty Member

Case Western Reserve
01.2017 - Current

Doctorate of Nursing Practice -

Grand Canyon University
2016 - 2019

Perioperative Educator

Cleveland Clinic Health System, Marymount Hospital
09.2015 - 07.2017

Masters of Education -

Indiana Wesleyan University
2014 - 2115

Masters of Nursing - Informatics

University of Phoenix
2013 - 2015

Clinical Coordinator

Cleveland Clinic Marymount Hospital
01.2012 - 09.2015

Circulating Nurse

Cleveland Clinic Marymount Hospital
07.2010 - 01.2012

Diploma of Nursing -

Huron School of Nursing
2009 - 2010

Surgical Technician

Cleveland Clinic Marymount Hospital
12.2007 - 07.2010

Math and Science Teacher

Preparing Academic Leadership Academy
01.2006 - 01.2007

Math Teacher

St. Vincent de Paul
01.2003 - 01.2007

Bachelor of Arts - Mathematics And Adolescent Education

Ursuline College
1998 - 2002

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