Mary-Eileen Dickey

• Assures Cleveland VA Healthcare System meets external quality standards by managing documentation, overseeing compliance with law, policy, and accrediting standards of care.
• Coordinated and developed audits, analyzed data for improvements, and formulated reports for hospital committees and leadership to enhance quality management processes.
• Training quality management staff, tracking performance, implement quality structures, drive continuous improvement, develop and lead workgroups to ensure continuous quality improvement.
• Acted as liaison with accrediting bodies to secure and maintain hospital certification.
• The Department of Quality and Patient Safety

• Provided direct patient care for post-operative surgical patients, ensuring recovery from complex procedures including craniotomy, lobectomy, coronary artery bypass graft, stent placement, and major abdominal surgery.
• Led SICU Unit Practice Council meetings to enhance patient care standards.
• Utilized WTA-C certification to conduct wound assessments and provide tailored recommendations for post-operative care.

• RN in the emergency room assessing urgent medical or mental health crisis of each veteran, keeping direct communication with physicians and other medical team members, administering medications per doctor’s orders, and reassessing veterans for changes in condition.
• Role responsibilities include triage nurse, charge nurse, responding to rapid response and codes throughout the medical center, as well as co-chair of the Unit Council Committee which oversees and assists other committees with their projects improving current hospital practices.
• Member of the CTT Project which goal is to facilitate improved communication between the Psychiatric Assessment and Observation Center and the Emergency Department for the benefit of our veterans seeking treatment for mental health.

• Managed critical care for patients in acute health crisis by titrating drips, assisting with rapid intubations, and facilitating central line placements.
• Contributed to the skin team by documenting wounds, preventing pressure ulcers on the unit, and educating nurses on common causes of skin breakdown.
• Participated in MICU Shared Governance to improve patient care and staff collaboration.

• Pomona Valley Medical Centre Hospital, Pomona, CA
• University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
• Kaiser Hospital, Ontario, CA
• Promedica Toledo Hospital, Toledo, OH
• For various hospital systems

• Provided nursing care in a medical surgical telemetry floor on a medical surgical telemetry floor with specialty emphasis in stroke care and epilepsy monitoring unit.
• Assisted diverse patient population with complex medical needs on this unit included post-brain shunt recovery, ventilator dependence, tracheotomy, heparin drip for embolism treatment or Coumadin bridge, post NSTEMI treatment, substance abuse withdrawal, arrhythmias, post ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke, management of seizures while performing seizure assessment, COPD, CHF, acute patients with multiple comorbidities, and diabetes.
• Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
• Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
• Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.

• Attended 2004-2007
• Pursued both Nursing and English degrees

2014 obtained an associate’s degree in nursing

2018 obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing

2026 obtained a Master of Science in Nursing, Clinical Nurse Leader program